Mango - Elephant Tusk
by ~ May 22nd, 2005. Filed under: General.Everyone knows what mango is and what mango looks like, I suppose?
But not all mangoes look or taste the same. I have here the elephant tusk mango from Thailand. It’s light yellow flesh has a mild sweet taste and very firm. What makes elephant tusk mango different from others is probably the paper thin seed. The smooth flesh makes it one of the better mango around. Some mangoes have too much fibres. Therefore, to serve this mango, one just need to cut it very close to the seed, into half, criss-cross it and scoop the flesh out to eat.
I have seen some Caucasian eating mangoes the wrong way, i.e. to peel the skin like a banana, leaving a horrid looking ‘torn’ flesh and then suck the flesh. Usually, we Asians use a peeler to peel off the outer skin and using a sharp knife, cut the flesh from the top (i.e. the part where the fruit stem is). This is because mangoes have fibres and cutting it other direction will make the fruit rather ‘ugly’. Moreover, the fibres may cause some people with sensitive taste buds to cough badly because it makes the throat itchy.
Some mangoes may be more expensive than others but not necessary tastier.
May 22nd, 2005 at 1:12 pm
Eh, how you cut like that? Looks cool, but how to eat? scoop each cube out with a spoon ah?
May 22nd, 2005 at 4:52 pm
woo~~ the 2nd pic show a very pretty cutting. Making me missing for mango now.
May 22nd, 2005 at 7:53 pm
wowowow…..looks nice…nyam nyam…nice art!
May 22nd, 2005 at 10:32 pm
Gosh! I love mangoes of any kind especially the Phillipine and Indian ones because it has that milky taste in it.
May 23rd, 2005 at 5:10 am
Yup, I love this kind of mango as I find them not too “jelak” compared to the other varieties.
May 23rd, 2005 at 3:29 pm
Different species from mine. Mine is Alphonso type, from Southern India. Very sweet, and rich in fibres.
May 23rd, 2005 at 6:24 pm
*sobs* I haven´t had these for ages!! They are always not in season when I return to Malaysia. Time to change plan!!!
May 24th, 2005 at 4:09 pm
how to choose sweet and non fibrous mangoes?? do they go by species or wat?