India's Alphonso mangoes are virtually impossible to find in America (2018)
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Re: India's Alphonso mangoes are virtually impossible to find in America (2018)
#2I saw a box of Indian mangos at the local Indian grocery store (the name is "cash and carry" but I don't believe they're a chain). $80/box. The Mexican mangos were $20/box. The Indian ones definitely were air cargoed at that price.
Re: India's Alphonso mangoes are virtually impossible to find in America (2018)
#3For some reason lots of popular Indian products which india has the potential to supply are banned in USA for one reason or the other. For example, mustard oil and ghee in culinary usage.
Re: India's Alphonso mangoes are virtually impossible to find in America (2018)
#4For some reason lots of popular Indian products which india has the potential to supply are banned in USA for one reason or the other. For example, mustard oil and ghee in culinary usage.
You can buy mustard oil but without the same erucic acid content. Also ghee is definitely available at the Indian shops I've been to? Not sure where you're getting your info from
Re: India's Alphonso mangoes are virtually impossible to find in America (2018)
#5They are not as of 2023. I just got Indian Alphonsos for $50 a box. You have to reserve it in advance. They come through air cargo.
Re: India's Alphonso mangoes are virtually impossible to find in America (2018)
#6If you haven't had this mango, I urge you to have it. It is truly one of those fruits that can replace any dessert.
Re: India's Alphonso mangoes are virtually impossible to find in America (2018)
#7If you haven't had this mango, I urge you to have it. It is truly one of those fruits that can replace any dessert.
Seconded.
I live in a country which fortunately gets Alphonso mangoes from India. On the few occasions I have offered it to uninitiated guests and colleagues (making sure they aren't allergic first), the reaction has been a wide eyed disbelief of how good this variety is. Of course there are other varieties that are good (Langda is a close second).
If you ever get a box at home, unless rules are set and respected, it quickly becomes a free for all and people who hate welding a knife or peeling a fruit quickly become adept at it.
It is that good.
On a separate note: we live in interesting times where I can almost have a culinary-credo like I want to try the amazing food each place has to offer. Someone needs to put a list of these things - fruits, dishes, what have you and we need a serious conversation about how some of us can sample them from far away.
Re: India's Alphonso mangoes are virtually impossible to find in America (2018)
#8Spectacular mango, should be grown in more places.
Re: India's Alphonso mangoes are virtually impossible to find in America (2018)
#9it may require some effort and patience to find Alphonso mangoes in America, it is not entirely impossible.
Re: India's Alphonso mangoes are virtually impossible to find in America (2018)
#10If you haven't had this mango, I urge you to have it. It is truly one of those fruits that can replace any dessert.
Seconded. I live in a country which fortunately gets Alphonso mangoes from India. On the few occasions I have offered it to uninitiated guests and colleagues (making sure they aren't allergic first), the reaction has been a wide eyed disbelief of how good this variety is. Of course there are other varieties that are good (Langda is a close second). If you ever get a box at home, unless rules are set and respected, it…
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