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The Instacart guide to mangoes
About mangoes
A trip to your local grocery store barely scratches the surface of the taste sensations available from tropical fruits. The list of tropical fruits is long and delicious, consisting of exotic and hard-to-find items such as lychee, star fruit, and papaya, and more common items such as bananas and oranges. One tropical fruit that makes many favorite lists is mango. This is a juicy, delicious and nutritious piece of produce that you just have to put on your shopping list. Here's a rundown on what you need to know about mangoes:
If there is a single word to describe mangoes, it's this: succulent. Mangoes come with an outer skin that covers the edible, juicy, sticky flesh of the fruit surrounding a stone in the middle. This stone, or pit, is similar to what you will find in peaches, cherries, and plums. Mangoes are considered a superfruit and a superfood, dense with nutrition. One serving provides more than a day's worth of vitamin C (but just 100 calories). Mangoes are also high in folate.
Available year-round, mangoes have a versatile set of uses. They can be eaten, like any other fruit, as a snack. But they can also be tossed into a salad and added as layers on sandwiches, pureed as part of sauces such as salsa, or put in the blender to be made into a fruit smoothie. Mangoes are also frequently called for in recipes for main dishes, pairing up well with beef and steak meals, for example.
You can also find uses for mangoes in breakfast items, such as scones and even in alcoholic (or non-alcoholic, for that matter) drinks like the margarita. Believe it or not, mangoes are actually related to pistachios and cashews. This oblong-shaped tropical fruit traces its origins back more than 5,000 years and has often been used in different types of home-grown medical treatments for various ailments.
How to tell if mangoes are ripe
It could get you some unusual looks, but make sure to carefully inspect your mangoes before putting them into a shopping cart at your market or grocery store. Somewhat counterintuitive for produce, a mango's color does not necessarily give you signals about the fruit's ripeness.
Instead, squeeze the mango gently. A ripe or almost ripe mango will have a slight give to it, which is your indication it's ready to be purchased and enjoyed at home. You can also trust your nose: ripening mangoes will often give off a sweet fruity smell in the area around their stem. Don't fret if your mango shows some red. Always consider your mangoes based on how they feel.
How to store mangoes
If you bring home mangoes that have not reached peak ripeness, then put them in a paper bag and keep them at room temperature. That will speed the ripening process. Remember, this a tropical fruit, grown to thrive in a tropical climate. In fact, as a general matter, mangoes should not see the inside of your refrigerator until they are ripe. Once they reach the ripe stage, the cooler temperatures of a refrigerator can preserve the status quo, keeping the fruit in an edible state for at least a few days longer.
Whole, ripe mangoes can be kept in a refrigerator for about five days. If you have taken a knife to the mangoes and cubed them, you can place them in an airtight container in the refrigerator for a couple of days. Mangoes can also be kept in a freezer for up to six months or more.
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FAQs about mangoes
Mangoes are grown on trees in warm to very warm climates. Some are grown in Florida or California, but the vast majority sold in the United States are cultivated in Mexico, Peru, Ecuador, Brazil, Guatemala, and Haiti. Research is underway to improve conditions for growing mangoes in Florida. Mango trees tend to produce new fruit about every four months, and they sometimes produce different flavors. Most of the world's mangoes are grown in India and China, where they are revered for their taste as well as their medicinal potential. A mango basket is considered an expression of friendship in India.
Mangoes are the world's most popular fruit. The next time you're looking to replenish your fruit supply, consider adding some mangoes to your shopping list and placing an order through the Instacart app! If you have a taste for other tropical fruit, you could even expand your list to include items such as coconut or pineapple.
Ordering through Instacart can save you time and money, as Instacart shoppers will do the work for you. They will pick up mangoes and everything else n your grocery list. We will do our best to deliver all the items to your house on the same day, and we can often get them there in as little as 2 hours!