On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 2:02 PM, Perry E. Metzger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> [1] My favourite are the red ones -- any idea what they're called?
chevazhai? or is it the malai pazham (but that is green->yellow, not red, afaik) > I've also very little experience with "real" mangoes -- the ones sold > here are mostly notable for their durability, which is similar to that hmm... strange you say that, coz even as a kid i've heard the street vendors complain that the best produce goes to the lucrative export market. > of automobile bumpers. Unfortunately, they're also about as flavorful > as automobile bumpers. yeah, was impressed the first time I walked down the aisle in an American supermarket. The perfect veg/fruits sure as hell did look good on display, had perfect colour, no bruises, not rotten...., happily lugged it all back until i experienced the agony of eating the tasteless produce...... Exchanging flavour for durability didnt taste good at all. Closer home, the local tomato variety i get in bangalore (do they call it "naati" here?), used to be available in a jumbo size in bombay (sourced from bangalore according to the sabzi-wallah) oh-so-many eons ago, but today only the fleshy hybrid is sold there, which is utterly tasteless imo. > South Asian friends of mine in New York > regularly get this distant, misty look in their eyes when they start > telling me about how much better mangoes are in India... Less than a month ago, haapus from bombay tasted different (less sweet, less everything...) than yesteryears.... and this for a variety that you can tell by its smell. Just touching the fruit would leave that nice fruity fragrance on the palms....Not so today. The ones i bought in Blr had that old taste i like. ..... but the biggest difference -- I dont get to scream "keeda" on sighting a dead one in the fruits nowadays :-/
