We Received the Sweetest Gift from a Relative: a Palm-Sized Mango, Sweet, Sour, and Yellow

It's been a long time since I last tasted an Indian mango. When I was a kid, I could eat that all the time during mango season. Together with my brothers and other friends, we can just pick some from someone's mango tree by using a long bamboo stick. That's another precious memory of mine from childhood that I will treasure forever. I also remember having a mango tree in school, and sometimes they would just fall to the ground. Lucky us because we don't need to climb up to be able to eat it. We just have to check thoroughly to see if there's a worm living inside of it already (≧▽≦).

Anyway, great news because Mommy D arrived home yesterday with her sister with a lot of mangos on their hands. My happy heart is dancing in anticipation of finally trying it again. To be honest, I want them just slightly ripe, not super ripe. But this will do too, after all, we got them for free (人 •͈ᴗ•͈). Look how happy the oldies were, (｡♡‿♡｡).

I'm not here in the photo, but I am also happy and excited. And please notice that big mango in my hand. I have a big hand, but look how it is almost the size of my hand. Actually, there is one much bigger than the one I'm holding here. And I'm keeping it because I'm the one who will eat it later. Lucky me. I'm not sure if I can eat it all in one sitting, I'm not so sure, (≧▽≦).

These are the four mangos with big sizes. According to Mommy D, these were delivered to their house in Bulbugan by her niece. It's from their own tree, and from what I remember, they really have a lot of mango trees on their land. I can see thrm whenever we will visit them. And now that it is already mango season, they are in full bloom.

What we are not sure is what kind of mango this is to weigh each of them at 3/4 or 750 grams. They are really big, and we love it, lol. One of these can already satisfy three people. We tried one yesterday, and seriously! It is just perfect. We ate it after lunch as a dessert fruit.

And this is the smaller version, I think this one is called Apple Mango, just based on its color, and that's according to Mama. I tried apple mango before, the green one, and we ate it unripe, which is super better than a ripe one. But I don't really know how to distinguish the difference between this and the Indian mango. All I know is their color, but what if the color changes to pure yellow now? Haha. Then it's hard to tell the difference already, lol. But anyhow, we all enjoy it, and it's superb!

It is sweet but has a little sourness in it, which balances the taste of the mango. Too much sweetness is really not my type, so this one is really perfect. And because it is a little sour, I still dip it in salt because, why not? Lol. The oldies are eating it with rice, like some dish they like. We don't have any dishes prepared this afternoon for lunch, and Mommy D suggested the mango as a viand, lol. But I only like to eat it after meals, so I just cooked some Pancit Canton paired with dried fish, and then for the finale, it's the mango. I still ate a lot despite the simpleness of our lunch, but simple is actually very good, would you agree? Heh.

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