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9 hours ago, FriscoKid said:

I’ve been in Thailand longer, but I swear the fruit just isn’t what it used to be. Half the time it tastes like it gave up on life before it even ripened. You either get a rock-hard guava that could break a window or a mango that’s already halfway to compost. Is it just me, or are they shipping all the good stuff overseas where they can charge triple and leave us here in the LOS with the rejects?

It is just you

Posted
5 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

Not all mangoes are the same, different varieties, choose the more expensive ones

My wife's home town has the reputation as being the best source of mangos, particularly the mango species which is the best to be served with sticky rice and coconut cream.  That's the only species I know by name: nam dok mai.  Her hometown is in Chaochengsao province on the Bang Pakong river.

 

There are many different species some of which are always eaten while still green and hard.  Last visit to her region we ate an older variety of mango that has fallen out of favor so is hard to find now.  The flesh was orange and more firm that most others.  It seemed less sweet but with a stronger flavor.  This year her sister sent us a box of them.

 

The mangos from Northern Thailand cannot compare to those from central Thailand.

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Posted
30 minutes ago, gamb00ler said:

My wife's home town has the reputation as being the best source of mangos, particularly the mango species which is the best to be served with sticky rice and coconut cream.  That's the only species I know by name: nam dok mai.  Her hometown is in Chaochengsao province on the Bang Pakong river.

 

There are many different species some of which are always eaten while still green and hard.  Last visit to her region we ate an older variety of mango that has fallen out of favor so is hard to find now.  The flesh was orange and more firm that most others.  It seemed less sweet but with a stronger flavor.  This year her sister sent us a box of them.

 

The mangos from Northern Thailand cannot compare to those from central Thailand.

Makes sense, Makro's Nam dok mai is good, but expensive

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The cantaloupe’s turned into a flavourless chew toy, pineapple tastes like it’s given up on life, papaya smells like a bell-end unless it’s the fancy Holland kind, and the rose apples are like biting into a soggy cloud, nothing but overpriced water in the shape of fruit.

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Posted
5 hours ago, sandyf said:

Indeed. We have about 20 mango trees and about as many varieties. As they ripen the taste can change almost daily.

Also affected by the weather, 2 of our trees that I know of, for the first time have not produced any fruit at all this year.

In the markets, price may well depend on locality rather than variety.

And you think "Local Market", but he didn't make that clear.

Maybe his main "Purchase-Point" is Lotus's or Big C???

(Industrially Sourced "Fresh Fruit")???

Posted
5 hours ago, GammaGlobulin said:

 

I agree.

The mangoes are just not worth harvesting.

Not sure why.

Maybe it is a problem with the fruit in my yard.

 

AFAIK, you live in CM.  This area is not a great fruit area.  Oranges, longans, guava and rambutans are OK here and strawberries are occasionally excellent but mostly subpar.  The best area for fruit is central Thailand... at least for my favorites mango, pineapple, mangosteen, durian and pomelo. 

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2 hours ago, had a mango from the local market, Ban Kor, in Hua Hin, sweet as, never had any bad/poor fruit... Except some green apples, from Lotus, they had been picked a bit early, edible but slightly on the sour side

Posted
12 minutes ago, LeRoux said:

And you think "Local Market", but he didn't make that clear.

Maybe his main "Purchase-Point" is Lotus's or Big C???

(Industrially Sourced "Fresh Fruit")???

It was just a suggestion, which could equally apply to the big boys.

Operating costs,in my humble opinion, would more likely be affected by location than variety.

Posted
22 minutes ago, gamb00ler said:

AFAIK, you live in CM.  This area is not a great fruit area.  Oranges, longans, guava and rambutans are OK here and strawberries are occasionally excellent but mostly subpar.  The best area for fruit is central Thailand... at least for my favorites mango, pineapple, mangosteen, durian and pomelo. 

 

But....VERY GOOD for Fruitcakes like ME....I think....

 

Posted
25 minutes ago, sandyf said:

It was just a suggestion, which could equally apply to the big boys.

Operating costs,in my humble opinion, would more likely be affected by location than variety.

It was written without criticism. The biggest difference in costs are in Mass Plantation system, and massive quantity delivery to supermarkets.  Both of these cost-cutting factors will make the quality more consistent, BUT!  At a lower (and sometimes MUCH Lower) average Quality Level.

How many different types of fruit around the world are picked "Very" Green, so that after shipping, they reach the Supermarket at the proper level of Ripeness?

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1 hour ago, gamb00ler said:

AFAIK, you live in CM.  This area is not a great fruit area.  Oranges, longans, guava and rambutans are OK here and strawberries are occasionally excellent but mostly subpar.  The best area for fruit is central Thailand... at least for my favorites mango, pineapple, mangosteen, durian and pomelo. 

 

Mangos and pineapple are superb in CM, you don't know what you're talking about. If they were any more sweet and delicious you'd die from diabetes while eating them.

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Brought 4kg for 100baht of very tasty mangoes off the back a truck in Pattaya in March. Some needed a couple more days ripening in my room but they were the best I've ever had.

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1 hour ago, Cameroni said:

 

Mangos and pineapple are superb in CM, you don't know what you're talking about. If they were any more sweet and delicious you'd die from diabetes while eating them.

I find the mangoes too sweet in Chiang Mai. Watery also.

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Posted
8 hours ago, Will B Good said:

We are swamped with them this year......we stack them at the front of the restaurant for people to take away free.

 

Swamped with what?

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I have two mangoes hanging below the belt.

 

They are Macau Mangoes, might I add....?

 

I first began going to Macau in 1979....when it was still a mud flat, in some places.

 

The commies destroyed Macau, but the mangoes survive.

 

I have been here in Asia far longer than most members on this forum.....

But some members will be here long after I am gone, no doubt.

 

 

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1 hour ago, GammaGlobulin said:

I have two mangoes hanging below the belt.

 

They are Macau Mangoes, might I add....?

 

I first began going to Macau in 1979....when it was still a mud flat, in some places.

 

The commies destroyed Macau, but the mangoes survive.

 

I have been here in Asia far longer than most members on this forum.....

But some members will be here long after I am gone, no doubt.

 

 


Wow, fascinating stuff about your mangoes and how long you’ve been lurking around Asia like a ghost with a fruit basket. Genuinely, what would this forum do without yet another nostalgic detour through your decades-old memories and completely unrelated personal history?

 

Your account of the Macau mangoes hanging below your belt really added a rich, almost mythological layer to the topic of rotting fruit. The blend of geopolitics, produce, and testicular imagery was bold. It’s not every day we get a post that reads like both a fruit review and a blatant cry for attention.

 

The thread was about the quality of fruit now, not a memoir of your tropical testicles and how they’ve weathered the tides of Asian history. Most of us have been here long enough to remember when durians were spiky, pineapples weren’t metaphors, and you weren’t in every thread trying to remind us you once ate a mango in 1979.

 

Maybe try actually responding to the topic instead of turning every discussion into an unsolicited tour of your internal monologue and expired travel diary.

Posted
27 minutes ago, Celsius said:

Guava scene?

 

What I've been missing?

 

It is all done by touch and feel. 

 

You better get onboard fast!

 

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Posted
3 hours ago, short-Timer said:

 

Swamped with what?

 

All the Good Mangoes Must Be in Macau?

 

Macaus....millions of them...????

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24 minutes ago, Will B Good said:

 

All the Good Mangoes Must Be in Macau?

 

Macaus....millions of them...????


I thought the man in your avatar was fixing all of those swamp problems? 

 

What about mangoes? Do you have any good ones? What variety? Can I send my maid and driver to pick them up on his day off?

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