What MANGOES Are Like In The Seychelles - Weird Fruit Explorer

Ep 415: Mangoes in the Seychelles
Steven and I try a few of the common varieties of mangoes available in the Seychelles.
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[@ladigwaz]

🤣 I am from the Seychelles, and just to clear things up, we love sour. However, I now live in Canada and yes, Western mangoes are mediocre at best. I think tho due to not having the time to ripen properly. The best I've tasted are mangoes from Haiti green on the outside and super sweet and juicy on the inside. That being said, the mangoes they tried are usually eaten in a salad - as on with salt, pepper, onions chilli and vinegar. Yep, we love our mango salads. We have many other varieties such as mang draze (candy mango) that grow in bunches almost like grapes. Those, when ripe, are as they are named. Really sweet and juicy. Mang sab, which is a long variety is pure delight! We also have a giant variety we call mang dodo. It is about the size of a medium cantalope and has a chalky texture. Good for salads mostly.

[@aR0ttenBANANA]

Are western mangoes a thing?

[@bryankc9644]

Each area has various varieties that do well there, from the humid wet tropics of southeast Asia to dry higher altitudeareas of India with cool nights. I grow 8 varieties here in South Florida. There are several big growers down here like Zill pumping out New varieties all the time that I would put up against any other regional favorite.

[@vibespidersstudios8895]

Totally true, I love sour mangos more than the afulo or the Mexico ones. I put that stuff with vinegar and salt every time. Edit: btw I live in canada too haha and my heritage is filipino. My mom always put with green mangos which are sour with shrimp paste, anchovies, tomatoes, and other stuff it suppose to cut through foods like if you're eating nothing but meat like eating a beef bowl. It is the same things as putting ginger on that beef bowl.

[@PapaOsmubal.OscarBalajadia]

Same as Asians in South East Asia, we love sour.

[@yanj111]

yeah, green mangoes are great! salt and hot pepper, you can make salad or even pan fry with beef, delicious!

[@JessHull]

I'd give my left eye brow to go and taste weird fruit with you guys!

[@pkre707]

The way Jared handles a knife, just in general, is hilarious to me.

[@dextrodemon]

never realized australia has mango privilege, the ones in the supermarket here are divine.

[@dbo9984]

See but the Seychellese are probably blissfully unaware of their trash mangoes too. Cheers mate 😁👍

[@goldreverre]

Yes, we do...I remember 30 years ago, in Queensland, there were lots of rubbish turpentine mangos around, but the "Bowen strawberries" were the best example of how they should be. I've eaten great and nasty mangos in India, Malaysia, China and Sri Lanka...But I think the last few years, there are now appearing 5 or 6 commercial varieties of mangos in Melbourne's supermarkets are superb. Not fibrous, thin seed, loads of juicy flesh and absolutely delicious flavour.

[@sdfkjgh]

9:10 I'm imagining a post-apocalyptic wasteland where The Bastards Who Started The Mango Wars are spoken of only in hushed, angry tones.

[@-jank-willson]

Banana republic 2.0

[@Beats126]

He says at 2:05 it tasted like vomit and goes straight for an other bite 😂

[@benwalter4842]

He is a fruity-masochist (a person who loves to torture himself by eating horrible tasting fruit multiple times).

[@seneciohaworthii970]

Here in St. Petersburg Florida, everyone has mango trees. And there’s soooo many different varieties available for growing here. I loveeee my old Florida Hayden mango personally. It’s mouth watering, sugar sweet, and custardy smooth inside. But Asian cultivars are popularly grown here as well as Alphonso mangoes.

[@elhombredeoro955]

Still I saw no Maldah mangoes in Florida.

[@jul.escobar]

2 years ago I lived in St. Pete and had 7 different mango trees in the yard. It was so lovely. Enjoyed the heck out then 😋

[@ZE308AC]

Great cutting technique

[@-jank-willson]

2:30 whenever I can, I get the little yellow 'honey' mangoes over the tommy atkins mangoes at the supermarket.

[@TheOneBearded]

At this point, the only thing they haven't eat at the Seychelles is a tree. So many videos from there. Love it.

[@WeirdExplorer]

Still more on the way! we found so much there :)

[@Hojjiifp]

😆

[@MoniMeka]

Lmaoooo

[@THEGROWITS]

WOW.lol both of you said weird right of the bat!!! i could never imagine a mango like that

[@kevinsaadi3728]

weird explorer i think ur doing such a good job. and i love the way you talk and make vids very fun to watch

[@stanervin6108]

I don't remember the name or variety, but I got a few at a latino farmer's market that had pinkish flesh that were like the fruit of the gods. Would you know what kind they might have been?

[@Pthaloskies]

My favorite mangoes are from the Philippines and Thailand. They are very large, seasonal, pale yellow with a distinctive shape. The flesh is deliciously sweet bursting with mango flavor. The US mangoes are pitiful substitute.

[@timb8989]

The "green spotted" one is not ripe...so you're eating it green. The "long" mango you did not get(from my childhood) is from India and is called a cigar mango. It has a different flavor than purees, commons or haydens.

[@MoniMeka]

Ugh, I love mangoes! I just had a Kent one! So good! Sweet, tart and juicy! Omgggggg! 😩😩😩😩😩

[@blueorchid2467]

Try thai snake fruit. Its a spiny reddish brown variety that taste like strawberry, pineapple

[@WeirdExplorer]

It's good stuff! tried that a few years ago in Singapore.

[@SpeakerJohnAsh]

These dudes need a high production travel show

[@joec8750]

once upon a midnight dreary I awoke with mangos in my head

[@dfpguitar]

"indian mangoes" is a very broad spectrum. You get mangoes like these ones there, loads of very fibrous ones, ones with deep orange flesh and more. Also mangoes are probably eaten much more commonly as a vegetable/pickle by South Asians than a sweet fruit anyway. And those ultra sweet Alphonso/Pakistani mangoes are no good for that.

[@Non-zo4gh]

Really interesting to hear you say the third mango tasted like carrots, I taste carrots when I eat mangoes here (in the uk) but only when they're not ripe enough; or if you buy frozen mango it always tastes like carrot to me.

[@theblobfish9614]

The piney flavor is what I love most about mangoes. When they are real sour and piney I like them best. The sweet mangoes that are tree ripened aren't even my favorites:D

[@presterjohn1697]

Jamaica's mango are sweet complex and maintain a really nice resinous note. Particularly a cultivar known on the island as East Indian. You can smell it from the next room. It's the kind of mango that breaks up families, friendships, marriages.....it's just that good.

[@theblobfish9614]

@@presterjohn1697 sounds nice!

[@jpad1978]

Come to South Florida we have hundreds of different varieties of mangoes that grows here.

[@mrphotomanseattle]

Now I'm craving a mango lassi. ;)

[@challenger398]

what ive learned is that, in a forgeign country, when a salesman tells you their opinion on something...dont listen. theyre just trying to get you to buy it, theyre gonna say whatever they need to in order to make you buy their products

[@mouzzy45reid]

you could visit Jamaica again and try out our East Indian, Julie and Blackie mangoes

[@repeatdefender6032]

Weird, I’ve never noticed that mangoes taste like pine cones/turpentine, even though I love the smell of turpentine.

[@messeduphina566]

First mango,i knew it'd be sour. It was making those sounds while you cut it.

[@remingtonrojas]

if it sounds like velcro and green yellow inside it will be sour. If its golden inside and knife cuts like butter it will be sweet

[@TaDi398]

You should try Carabao mango, from the Guimaras Island, Philippines as it should be the sweetest mango in the world (served on Royal menu of UK, Moscow hotels). I recommend it a lot :)

[@harpodjangorose9696]

Mangos are so dang fun. If any of you know of any turpentine/peach cologne, please clue me in.

[@fungussf]

Am I the only one who enjoys a sweet, pinecone-flavored mango?!?

[@mirandamom1346]

fungussf No! Me too.

[@dream.fiiend]

Those are the best!

[@jonbowman4057]

Here is a handful of mangoes. A literal handful of mangoes

[@yugimuto9763]

You've probably heard, "she sells sea shells at the seashore" but have you heard the original, "she sells sea shells at the Seychelles"?

[@eyemyth]

Hi Jared, I want to go somewhere tropical in the Americas this winter, and one of my favorite things about tropical destinations is the fruit. I was wondering if you have any recommendations? I particularly love bananas, papaya, coconuts, lilikoi, and figs. I'd also love to taste a cashew fruit and anything else that generally can't be or doesn't get shipped to the US.

[@WeirdExplorer]

Columbia was great. I Found tons of fruit in just a couple days.

[@eyemyth]

Weird Explorer thanks!

[@TR-oh3rs]

I wouldn't say better then US mangos, until you have tasted the one's in Miami on the mango farms. Unless your just talking about mangos from the supermarket.

[@xnirvanaXnevermindx]

5 more episodes and he eats an edible

[@alexanderleuchte5132]

The "Zamal" cannabis strain from Africa is also known as "Mangu'Carot" because of the typical mango-carrot smell

[@pauliethemushroomman]

Also, if you slightly lop off the top, you can see the direction of the seed.

[@mirandamom1346]

The Alphonso mango is commonly available in the US. Do you consider that poor quality? I think it’s ambrosial. Maybe I need to get out more.

[@WeirdExplorer]

Alphonsos are great. Its hard to find good ones at supermarkets though.

[@MsCherade9]

@@WeirdExplorer We can get them easily in UK supermarkets, but the best are honey mangos from Pakistan, the Chaunsa variety. Very easy to get from Indian and Pakistani shops around the UK, even here in Scotland.

[@let_uslunch8884]

You win the internet today period for using ambrosial anyway. The rest is immaterial.

[@mandab.3180]

before i found this channel i thought there was mango. never knew there were 645 different kinds! 😂 the US must have crappy mangoes for the most part bc i don't really like them.

[@FruitingPlanet]

There are so many cultivars of the most common food plants, you can´t even imagine. The industrial agriculture and rural depopulation sadly cause a lot of these to disappear, for example where i live(germany), a majority of cultivars have disappeared in the last 100 years or only exist in conservation projects or a few hobby gardens, i have read a transcript once from around 1900 where they listed all known cultivars in the "Kaiserreich" at that time, of many diffrent plants, the apple for example had over 200 diffrent cultivars just in diffrent parts of the "Kaiserreich", there is also the British Pomological Society who listed those cultivars in the UK, another example are carrots, there where so many diffent kinds of carrots, have a look at these images of old carrot cultivars: www.carrotmuseum.co.uk/photos/varieties1885.jpg www.carrotmuseum.co.uk/photos/benary.jpg www.carrotmuseum.co.uk/photos/fourragere1871a.jpg www.carrotmuseum.co.uk/photos/ferry1921sm.jpg

[@alasdair_scott]

Commercial mangoes are grown for attributes other than taste for the most-part. You also get a lot of unripe mangoes shipped from mexico and they suck. There are lots of very good mango varieties (particularly the zill varieties) in the US, but not in the supermarket! Also - there's way more than 645 kinds!

[@ksitigarbha9787]

Some mangos are so damn good

[@dbo9984]

The good mangoes are not very transportable.

[@Hojjiifp]

Go to india....mango kingdom...

[@thedoors1388]

The common Tommy Atkins mango is mediocre, at best, and worse than these mangoes. But, I find Kent and Ataulfo (Honey) Mangoes at my supermarkets regularly, and I do not live in a big city with lots of specialty produce, so those must be very common varieties. How do these Seychelles mangoes compare to those varieties?

[@mysterybat35]

IMHO Tommy Atkins should never been mentioned in a "good tasting" mango discussion. To me its not so much that it tastes awful but they just have that horrible aftertaste. I lovvvvvvveeeee Ataulfo (Honey) Mangoes . People say they taste best when they are wrinkled.. however I find that they taste best when they are not wrinkled, still yellow but have a little green left to it , but gives to pressure (not mushy though).. I like when the honey mangoes have that slight twang yet mostly sweet flavor... to me when Honey mangoes are fully yellow/orange they are too mushy and a lot of times have brown spots inside ----- I have yet to find a mango that tastes better than the Ataulfo but then again, my local US Markets and Hispanic markets only sell those 2 varieties

[@AdamShaiken]

I am partial to the indicas !

[@babydaddy4257]

Steven got a new shirt!!! Nice bro

[@midnewt1468]

I hope to see the Anonidium mannii video soon!

[@Aliskangali]

Try Sudanese mangoes, shandy and zibda and others , nice mangoes

[@thuggie1]

India does have some real nice mango cultivars

[@anthonydatri7069]

In the shots where Jared is cutting there's something white off the back right edge of the board - what is that?

[@PapaOsmubal.OscarBalajadia]

These guys did not even mention the mangoes in the Philippines and Thailand. Wow.

[@Daradajee]

South Asian mangoes are the best. The top two would be the Chaunsa from Pakistan and North India and the Alphonso from West and South India. The Thai Nam Doc Mai gets honorable mention.

[@WeirdExplorer]

Haven't had the Chaunsa but the others you mentioned are very good. My favorite is the Hamam from india though

[@Daradajee]

@@WeirdExplorer You can sometimes find chaunsas in Pakistani stores in New York, season is from July to September.

[@kamranki]

True. You need to try a Chaunsa. Probably the sweetest of all mangoes with a very distinct flavor profile and very creamy texture.

[@GolosinasArgentinas]

Nice!

[@youtube.commentator]

Let's get this out on to a tray

[@GolosinasArgentinas]

@@youtube.commentator Haha, indeed!

[@Devil-tm4nu]

It’s a good idea to top and tail fruit and veg so whatever you’re cutting is stable and not rolling around everywhere. Also sharpen that knife.

[@dirtychina5964]

Try florida mangos . They have one that taste exactly like a smooth and buttery pina colada with no fibers .

[@noellem9319]

This is not a mango thing but a banana thing. So at the Commissary my mom bought bananas but they are not the same as she has bought before. They look the same but are starchier but has almost a sliminess to it. How do I find what kind of banana it is? Do you or anyone else know?

[@-jank-willson]

1:50 it's not ripe yet.

[@sevillipantelidou7297]

So from one now is two buzzard fruit Tasters??? Good Luck wishing you courage to find the fruit that will give you a sense of smell and taste that you didn't dream until Know!!

[@TAJloves]

I have been experimenting with mangoes lately I recently found out when the perfect time to eat a mango was I have been eating them a little to ripe my whole life but now that I know when they're perfectly ready oh my gosh I thought I liked mangoes before I have even taken some of the seeds from mangoes that I enjoyed the most and started growing trees from them I don't live in an area where you can grow mango trees but I'm doing my best I have two that are doing pretty good out of the nine that I have planted and one thing that shocked me the most is that Walmart out of all places has an amazing mango one of the best I've had by far I don't live in an area where we get very many different kinds of mangoes I've been trying them from all different brands and stores and they are all very different I've also been eating Mexican mangoes they are by far the best the biggest the sweetest best amount of juice best texture besant amazing colors I had a mango that was so beautiful green red and the yellow orange color it looked like a Rasta mango but it was just a perfect mango

[@vitriol03s62]

Those mangoes are not ripe they seem to be in between raw and ripe.The 2nd mango tastes like nectarine when fully ripe and not so hard.At the stage u brought it in,it is used to dip in salt chilli mixture and eaten😅

[@dans.8198]

Are you sure they were ripe enough ?

[@katarinaschossow417]

What’s the largest mango type in the world?

[@xPumaFangx]

Keitt

[@PassportCalifornia]

Woah

[@mehthatisall]

None of those mangoes were fully ripe lol.

[@ClissaT]

Yes well I won't bother going to the Seychelles if the mangoes are that bad! Why would I leave Australia where I grow the best organic mangoes that are super juicy, sweet, dark orange and with NO fibres! And make the best icecream. I grow Brookes, Bowens (Kensingtons) and Peach. Oh! And you guys sure do make hard work of cutting up a mango!

[@Kikilang60]

You know, I really want to do this myself, but don't. Watch these videos, it feels like I have. Thanks.

[@alicepearce4597]

I wonder if you guys got duped. Maybe some of those mangoes were not fully ripe. LOL

[@jakeguard9099]

Those Tommy mangoes God... So sad I want one that's doesn't taste like pine I honestly didn't realize there was more options

[@tabernaclejones6115]

Funny , I always thought the mangoes we eat in the states have a kind of putrid dead body taste\smell.

[@k8eekatt]

"Not as bad as a noni" shrug...LOL

[@tru7hhimself]

i have yet to taste a mango that's better than the nam dok mai. the "indian mangos" we sometimes get here in austria aren't nearly as sweet, have a lot less mango flavour but an intense off-putting turpentine smell instead.

[@ianoliver9629]

I think they gave you a horse mango

[@anthonymorency1107]

Austrailia?

[@dbo9984]

LMAO

[@sayanchx]

I don't think the mangoes were ripe- especially the first one

[@i5usko]

They all look under ripe to me but I have never had this kind of mango.

[@eswaribalan164]

The fruit is not fresh and not well ripened.

[@thethpian]

That first mango is green. Ripe mango doesn't tear like that when you cut it. The sound of it cutting is a green mango. Get a ripe one. You guys got took. Ripe mangoes don't have fiber.

[@JamesPawson]

The only issue I have with how you usually use a knife is that you often cut in a direction toward your hand/fingers, which is never a good thing to do. Like at 7:31 ... dude, put it down.

[@maxtcamille]

Ah man, too bad. There are so many varieties of Mangos here

[@seneciohaworthii970]

Those look like wild seed grown mangoes. They don’t look like cultivars of mango.

[@Hojjiifp]

Very very fibrous...keep you regular

[@itsrizqy8870]

the sound of cutting mango fiber make me pinching my jaw.. i'm one of those people who can't stand the smell of young mango or hear the crunchy mango sound. they makes my jaw hurt. no kidding. but i love the ripe mango smell..

[@ziggybaker3446]

I have never gotten a mango from the store that tasted like pinecones, and now I'm doubting your tastebuds.

[@majrovits4902]

You definitely want to try a 100% pure gum spirits of turpentine/castor oil cleanse after visiting this many foreign countries.

[@liamblake937]

these sound super unripe

[@evaloum1760]

They are not ripped sorry mate

[@JonHop1]

seychelle's have some terrible looking mango's man... Im sure this isnt all the varieties they have tho..

[@annettiespaghettie]

Unintentional ASMR

[@Black-March]

Mango cutting skills 4/10...

[@tapdancingrabbits124]

The mangoes in Barbados are sweet and sour and so juicy. The ones we get in England are straight depressing, just dry and bland. I’ve been on an exotic fruit hunt, I’m hoping London is a safe bet to get a taste of home. Best way to eat a mango is rip the skin off with your teeth and munch away