The first time I ate a fresh mango was from my husband. They have a lot of Indian mango in their backyard. But that was a long time ago, about a decade. All their trees died because it often flooded in our place. When I was a kid, our science teacher told us that trees absorb the water when it rains. But it looks like a tree can also be overdosed on too much water.
I just wanted to appreciate my husband's hard work. Because after their tree dies, we can't eat free mangoes. We experience buying it in the market. While before, my in-laws used to sell their mangoes. They sell it per tree. The buyer will determine the price just by looking at it. My in-laws tree is all Indian, so it's cheaper compared to the other. After the buyer settles the price, its crew will also be the one to pick it up from the tree. I saw how they do the job; it really took a long time to finish a whole tree.
Two weeks ago my husband was planning to buy a mango tree. He and our son will do the picking. And I will sell it to the barrio. But the owner suddenly changed his mind and wanted the mango to just be eaten. It has a reason; they will harvest the unripe ones, and it will actually take long before they can eat it. They will also have a stock food. Just like what we did with our mangoes. My husband was able to help the owner of the tree, and in return, he was given mangoes.
The total number of mango we have is 53. My husband told us to put the mango upside down. So the mango resin will be removed and all ripe equally. While waiting for it to dry my daughter all the small pieces and we eat with anchovies.
My husband said to put it in a box and cover it to fastly ripen. The photos are already on our third day. My daughter notice that its already changing color. So she checked all the mangoes so that none of it will be left behind. Its still sour but I prefer eating this kind of mango because it's already a bit soft.
We can't wait for a week to eat it we always get on the corner and luckily some of them are already ripe. They are really sweet. And I prefer eating it alone with rice. It may look green on the outside but it's already ripe on the inside.
