Manila mangoes: better in Manila!

[greg_D]

I'm in the Philippines this week. The family I'm staying with has a bowl of what looks exactly like yellow skinned potatoes on the counter. In fact they are Manila mangoes; apparently there are over a dozen strains (probably not news to most of you here, but was news to me). Whatever strain these ones are it's absolutely fantastic. Extremely juicy, completely fiberless, very sweet, with a super pleasant resinous herbaceous taste on the back end (perhaps from my teeth scraping the peel. Very fragrant as well, even uncut. Individual fruits seem to range from 230-270 grams.

[ben mango]

They call this variety Cebu in Davao. It’s the same or very closely related to what we know as ‘Philippine’ mango in the states. Also called carabao mango. It’s the most commonly found mango in the Philippines. They are grown commercially in the Cebu area. They are good but I prefer the Pico variety which has a more orange colored flesh

https://nolisoli.ph/95562/philippine-mango-types/amp/

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