Now, my dad has been selling mangoes for 35 years.
So Ba, is this a good mango?
Yes, they got a fragrant mango smell, you know, very good.
G'day guys, it's Thanh the Fruit Nerd
and today we're talking mangoes.
Joe, how long does a mango season go for?
August to March, maybe seven to eight months.
There are three main varieties of mangoes in Australia.
The Kensington Pride, the Calypso and the R2E2.
Now the Kensington Pride, better known as the KP
or the Bowen, is one of Australia's first mangoes.
And that's why when most people think about an Aussie mango,
they think about...
the perfume of a KP mango.
Now, when you're picking a KP,
you have to give it a smell and it has
to be asking you to eat it.
It has to be exuding a really strong, sweet aroma.
You should also look for a very plump waist
here at the bottom which will show that it's very fleshy.
And also there's a bit of lenticel spotting.
Now in the industry, people say that this is a defect
but I actually think that these are really nice sugar spots,
and it's a sign of maturity in the fruit.
Also look for a bit of colour.
Now, KPs turn yellow, and you want at least 30 per cent yellow colour
when you're buying your fruit.
And when it's a 100 per cent yellow,
it's good to eat.
Now the one thing that you should look out for
when buying a KP is resin canal.
Now, it's a disease that makes the flesh black on the inside.
You can spot resin canal by seeing
that there are some dark, black bruises coming from the inside
and appearing on the skin.
Now the Calypso mango is known as the farmer's mango
because they yield a lot of fruit on the tree,
they're really resistant to a lot of disease
and they keep for a really long time.
Now Calypsos have an extraordinary colour to them.
You can pick them any time,
but what you wanna look out for are these brown spots
'cause they show maturity.
And also, if they've got a nice red blush on them,
then it's actually on the outside of the tree
and it's been sun-kissed.
So it might be just that little bit sweeter
than ones that don't have as much of a blush.
Now you wanna eat your Calypso when it's starting
to give a little, and it's just a touch soft.
If it's firm, it's gonna be a little bit immature
and not sweet.
So this is an R2E2 mango.
Now R2s are exported across the world,
from Asia all the way to America.
And they're known as the Australian mango
because of its big size, good colour,
and also really good shelf life.
Now, R2s are somewhere between a KP and a Calypso
in terms of, KPs give off a huge aroma,
Calypsos none at all, and R2s somewhere in between,
there's a mild aroma.
Now, when picking a R2 mango,
you wanna look for a mango that is wide
at the waist, at the bottom, and it's a big plump
because a skinnier R2 is gonna be less mature,
have less complex flavour, and also less flesh.
The one thing that really gives off
an immature R2 is the base.
So if it's got a V shape rather than a more round shape,
it's less mature, so go for the more rounded-based R2s.
Now R2s keep for an insane long period of time,
but you wanna eat your R2s when they're
fully yellow coloured.
Now the best way to store a mango is just room temperature,
21 degrees.
It'll ripen naturally, it'll be really smooth
and sweet to eat.
But, if you bought a whole tray of mangoes
and you wanna keep them, a cooler environment,
12 to 13 degrees is best, it'll keep for a much longer time.
Now, if you follow all my tips on how to pick a great mango,
don't worry about any blemishes or scarring on the skin
because the mango's gonna be perfectly fine on the inside.
Guys, this is my dad, John.
Now nearly everything I know about fruit comes from my dad,
nearly everything.
Now, my dad has been selling mangoes for 35 years.
So Ba, is this a good mango?
Yes, they got a fragrant mango smell, you know, very good.
Ba, can you cut me a mango?
Yeah, so my dad's old school,
classic hedgehog three by three.
Let me show you how I cut a mango.
So instead of cutting a three by three,
in order to get more texture,
try doing, say, an eight by eight.
Because if you do an eight by eight,
you're gonna be eating through a lot more texture
than a three by three.
Now eating a mango fully flipped,
you might get mango all over your face.
So I've got one more tip for you.
Once you've cut your hedgehog, instead of flipping it out,
cut it in half first and you'll have a nice,
kind of, watermelon wedge.
It'll be much easier to eat and you won't have mango
all over your face.