Have You Tasted Carabao Mangoes?
By Morning Girl
@salonga (27775)
Philippines
November 17, 2015 3:33am CST
The carabao mango trees in my ancestral home have lots of young fruits.
In the Philippines, the sweetest and the most expensive variety is carabao mango. This is known internationally as Philippine mango and is regarded in the world market for its peculiar sweetness and exotic taste. In the 1995 edition of the Guinness Book of World Record, this mango variety was listed as the sweetest in the world.
I can't wait till the mango fruits turn bigger and bulkier. If by God's grace no strong typhoon will come, we will be enjoying bountiful harvest in the next two to three months.
There are various varieties of mangoes in the world but for me, no other variety can match the divine taste of carabao mangoes. Have you tasted carabao mangoes?
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@1hopefulman (45114)
• Canada
21 Nov 15
Not familiar with that variety. I love mangoes that come from Haiti as we can get those here and they are amazing.
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@1hopefulman (45114)
• Canada
22 Nov 15
@salonga Mangoes from Mexico are not the best. For good mangoes we have too look somewhere else.
@Sheilamarie78 (2586)
• Canada
19 Nov 15
I love mangoes, but I didn't know the different varieties. I'd love to have some mangoes right now.
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@Sheilamarie78 (2586)
• Canada
20 Nov 15
@salonga I suppose that's true of most fruits, but because mangoes don't grow here, I only know the kind we see in the stores. It must be nice to live where they grow.
@buenavida (9984)
• Sweden
21 Nov 15
Most times I have tasted frozen mangoes, and some of them are great, but the fruits we get here are rather expensive.. they have traveled a long way..
One day, I would like to visit a place where one can eat them right from the tree, fresh and ripe..
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@salonga (27775)
• Philippines
21 Nov 15
@buenavida Yes very healthy!
My little ones love mangoes a lot.
My little ones love mangoes a lot.@salonga (27775)
• Philippines
21 Nov 15
Ripe from the tree is certainly the best. When I was a child, I and my playmates would all gather under the 2 big mango trees in our backyard. When the wind blows, ripe mango trees would fall one after the other and so we were all happily racing to get the most number of fallen mangoes. Then we will sit together in a nipa hut to eat the mangoes.
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@SIMPLYD (90721)
• Philippines
17 Nov 15
Yes that's the one i love to eat . In my younger years i love to eat it when it's "manibalang" (nearly ripened ) and dip it in bagoong (fish sauce) with lots of Thai chili .
But not anymore , now that i am older . I like it ripe and i can eat e big ones . Oh my !
As for my daughter , it's her turn to love it manibalang and dip it in bagoong . 
Oh my , i am drooling ! 
Oh my , i am drooling ! 1 person likes this
@salonga (27775)
• Philippines
17 Nov 15
We are very much the same. I've favored the ripe ones more now than the manibalang although occasionally I would crave for manibalang with bagoong. When mango is in season I am not happy if I have no ripe carabao mangoes every meal time. It is addictive.
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@SIMPLYD (90721)
• Philippines
17 Nov 15
@salonga Oh i envy you for having a tree of that .
I have an Auntie who has a farm of that in Aritao, Nueva Viscaya . When i take a vacation there , we would always go to the farm and pick lots of mangoes . And meals will always be with mangoes as dessert .
I have an Auntie who has a farm of that in Aritao, Nueva Viscaya . When i take a vacation there , we would always go to the farm and pick lots of mangoes . And meals will always be with mangoes as dessert .
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@salonga (27775)
• Philippines
19 Nov 15
Well I am certain you have other delicious locally grown fruits that you enjoy.
@salonga (27775)
• Philippines
18 Nov 15
@poehere,I think it is a different mango variety. If you see the shape is not the same as the carabao mangoes in my ancestral yard. I think I have the same variety of what you posted in my own yard. We call it Apple Mango here because when ripe, the color becomes like that of apple. Here is the photo of my Apple Mango. Do you think they are the same variety?
I think it is a different mango variety. If you see the shape is not the same as the carabao mangoes in my ancestral yard. I think I have the same variety of what you posted in my own yard. We call it Apple Mango here because when ripe, the color becomes like that of apple. Here is the photo of my Apple Mango. Do you think they are the same variety?
@salonga (27775)
• Philippines
19 Nov 15
Thank you so much! I pray your legs keep healing. God bless!
@birjudanak (14320)
• India
18 Nov 15
i have never test this one but i have lot of mangoes tested because we have three months to eat mangoes,my family(4 persons) eat 150 kg mangoes in this season,all are waiting for these season because its sweet and not need anything we all whole day eat mangoes in other word its king of fruits.
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@salonga (27775)
• Philippines
18 Nov 15
@birjudanak Okay, if we meet here, will give you unlimited supply of mangoes.
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@salonga (27775)
• Philippines
18 Nov 15
Yes mango is king of fruits. You should taste the Philippine mango, it is really the best in sweetness.
@birjudanak (14320)
• India
18 Nov 15
@salonga yes definitely you have to eat me when i will there. i have tested lot of mangoes and my dad is experienced person he just smell and said this is name of this mangoes.
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@scheng1 (24649)
• Singapore
28 Nov 15
If a strong typhoon comes, you will have fewer but bigger mangoes.
I sure hope you have a good harvest.
For us here in Singapore, land is so scarce and so expensive that most of us never dream that we can live in a house with garden for trees.
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@salonga (27775)
• Philippines
28 Nov 15
I never knew land is scarce and expensive in Singapore.
But anyway, your country is very progressive.
But anyway, your country is very progressive.
@epiffanie (11325)
• Australia
19 Nov 15
I can't wait to eat as many mangoes as I can when I arrive there soon . Carabao mangoes is up to $14 a kilo here.. so you are lucky to have your own mango trees..
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@salonga (27775)
• Philippines
19 Nov 15
So expensive! You have to come during summer season to enjoy cheaper mangoes here.
@Letranknight2015 (52231)
• Philippines
17 Nov 15
Well, I have tasted them before but it was a while ago, and it was given to us. we have a mango tree but nothing sort of a carabao like. I love the green one, even though they are way too salty.
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@Letranknight2015 (52231)
• Philippines
17 Nov 15
Well, I have tasted them before but it was a while ago, and it was given to us. we have a mango tree but nothing sort of a carabao like. I love the green one, even though they are way too salty.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
19 Nov 15
I like the unripe carabao mango, or the sweet ripe mango as well. I could eat 3 pieces during my younger years; now, I prefer the ripe, and eat these with rice. I can make it as my viand.
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@salonga (27775)
• Philippines
19 Nov 15
lol, very Filipino style! My late Mom is just the same...she eats rice with ripe mango.
