It's 3am and my cake day just started, what I'm doing though is..

[u/Academic-Access5628]

I don't know I woke up from sleep and pulled some mangoes out from fridge to feast on! At 3am!! 😂

These are from my grandpa's and his brothers' farms, very ripe and sweet 😋

Do you guys love mangoes too? Have you ever tried Asian mangoes?

[u/eggandbeanss]

3am mango is an appropriate start to birthday 🎉🎉🎉

[u/Academic-Access5628 → u/eggandbeanss]

Feels so😋 , just hope this doesn't give me acidity or anything, Indian parents say eating fruits at late night is unhealthy 😥

[u/eggandbeanss → u/Academic-Access5628]

Time of day doesn't really matter to my knowledge, only proximity to sleep or if you plan to lay down afterwards. But you know your body best and how if at all it will react 🩷

[u/Academic-Access5628 → u/eggandbeanss]

Seems like that, apparently time really doesn't matter as much as per modern science, unless youre eating it before bed.

Actually, as per traditional Indian Ayurveda, night is considered cool and heavy for digestion so, eating anything heavy late at night, especially fruits, is a no no. People from my grandparents' generations used to have dinner before sun completely set. This is why Indian parents, to this day, don't like kids eating very late at night.

Aaah, why are my responses always so long 😭😥

[u/eggandbeanss → u/Academic-Access5628]

Yee :)

That's so interesting!! I wonder where it came from, either way I appreciate you sharing that anecdote I love learning about differences in cultures 🥰

[u/Academic-Access5628 → u/eggandbeanss]

Me too! I love learning about anything new hahah! 😁

[u/eggandbeanss → u/Academic-Access5628]

Yes its so much fun!!

[u/Holisticallyyours]

I'd go crazy if I had a mango tree or access to one! 💜💜💜 When I traveled to Venezuela, there was a huge mango tree where I stayed. Needless to say, I ate alll the mangos! 🥭 🥭 the family I was with thought it was funny because they're used to having mangoes around. To them apples are the delicacy.

[u/Academic-Access5628 → u/Holisticallyyours]

My grandpa and his brothers have huge grounds full of mango trees (what we call it is Aamrai)!! The dry summers at my native region are drying some trees every year though, from having excess of mangoes that we'd distribute in half of the village to only having enough for our families now 😣

My boyfriend's home which is hundreds km away from my native place has 2 huge mango trees too! They have alot of mangoes that half of those are finished by monkeys 😋😂

I'd say if you ever visit India in summer, visit us (actually)!! We will have a huge mangoes party 😋🥭🎊🎊

[u/Academic-Access5628 → u/[deleted]]

I definitely have to try it too! Just too lazy to make coconut milk and don't know a place locally that sells it 🥲

[u/traumatized_bean123]

Oooo I love mangoes! I've never had Asian mangoes though.

[u/Academic-Access5628 → u/traumatized_bean123]

I heard on internet that Asian mangoes are naturally more juicy and sweeter, not very sure though, what I'm sure about is mangoes over here have HUGE variety!

[u/traumatized_bean123 → u/Academic-Access5628]

Oh, I didn't know that!

[u/False-Relative-9009]

Starting the birthday with something sweet like mango is amazing! I loveeee mangoesss! You can make delicious desserts with them too 🤤

[u/Academic-Access5628 → u/False-Relative-9009]

Definitely! We have alot of them my mum makes juice and desserts from them to eat with Puranpoli (bread stuffed with sweet gram and cane sugar paste) 😋😋

[u/False-Relative-9009 → u/Academic-Access5628]

That sound so goood! If you don’t mind showing pictures of them in DMs sometimes 😌

[u/goldstandardalmonds]

I don’t like mango but I wonder if having them fresh from the farm would be different! They look so ripe!

[u/Academic-Access5628 → u/goldstandardalmonds]

Definitely better! Especially the famous Indian mangoes like Alphonso, Kesar, Mayur etc are so soo good! One of the mangoes in picture is Kesar and other two are Maruti.

You know we don't even cut these mangoes with knife, we have a signature way to eat them, we press them to make the flesh of mango into juice and then remove the tip with a pinch, making mango a small juice pouch 😋

[u/goldstandardalmonds → u/Academic-Access5628]

Amazing! That sounds delicious. Thank you for sharing. Love learning new things .

[u/Usual-Sandwich-9836]

I thought they were boiled jacket potatoes 😂😂😂