Great food from the Philippines: Carabao & regular Mangoes!
by The Longest Way Home ~ November 20th, 2009. Filed under: Great food from around the world.
A Carabao and regular mango from the Philippines
There are many different kinds of Mangoes available in the Philippines and all over the world. On the streets they are usually found chopped into little slices and sold in clear plastic bags. They may not be what you expect though.
Filipino’s really like a contrast of bitter, salty and sweet flavors. The slices for sale on the streets are often quite bitter and hard. They come with a dipping sauce, or just plan salt. Yes, salt and mangoes are a big favorite in the Philippines.
Pictured above in the read is the large Carabao Mango. Relative inexpensive it’s crunchy and not so sweet. While to the forefront is a regular small yellow mango that’s a very sweet and juicy.
Mangoes can by found for as little as 5 peso to 15 pesos. Always ask if it’s sweet, ripe and and or ready to eat. Vendors are quite happy to tell you. And, if there’s nothing too ripe you’ll often find a discount box with yesterdays fruit in it. Here the mangoes are on the verge of becoming over ripe. But for immediate mango eating satisfaction, it’s where I head to first!
This additional post is one of a series featuring Great Food from The Philippines.
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November 21st, 2009
i love mangoes, but here in the states (at least in the midwest) we don’t get so many varieties. too cool!
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The Longest Way Home Reply:
November 25th, 2009
-jessiev- With climate change you never know!
-Bruce- Thanks Bruce, yes they are a pretty great fruit!
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November 23rd, 2009
for me, mangoe is the king of fruits. love eating them.dont find much variety here in deleware
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November 25th, 2009
Great blog. Informative and some lovely shots. I teach on a few Photography Holidays around the world and I’ll definitely be recommending this blog to my students who are always asking me about good photography websites!
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The Longest Way Home Reply:
November 25th, 2009
-HPC- Thanks for the recommendation to your students, I hope they follow along too.
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December 2nd, 2009
They are also famous for the Walls Ice-Creams!
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December 24th, 2009
The mangoes are usually sold green because it’s supposed to be eaten while it’s not yet ripe
It’s supposed to be sour and crunchy and the salt is intended to remove the tanginess (putting salt in fruits is a very Asian thing).
Try having the green mangoes with Bagoong (which is shrimp paste), there are two variants – spicy or sweet.
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December 25th, 2009
-dia- Yes i know about the salt thing but it doesnt do it for me. I like sweet mango. And I really dont like shrimp paste
Thanks for sharing you insight here, is much appreciated!
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