PRESERVE MANGOES? YES, YOU CAN!
Want to preserve some tasty mangoes for another day?
The tropical fruit can be canned or frozen for use later, according to the U.S. National Center for Home Food Preservation.
Here’s how:
• Selection: According to Pete Luckett, forget what you’ve learned about other fruit as “a good mango may be as hard as a turnip or as soft as a ripe avocado. The leathery skin may be thick or thin, smooth and taut or gently wrinkled.”
Smell the stem end and avoid those that give off a kerosene aroma as they might be overripe. Choose those that smell sweet.
• Ripening: Under ripe mangoes can be ripened at home out of the fridge and away from direct sunlight.
• Cutting: Hold the mango toward you on its narrow side, and slice down on one side of the seed. Then make a similar cut on the other side. With the two seedless pieces, you can peel them and slice as you like. Or, by holding the mango skin side down, use a knife to score the fruit without going through the skin. Then fold the skin inside out and slice from the skin or serve as is.
• Freezing: Wash, peel and slice. Arrange slices on a flat pan and freeze. Once frozen, store in a plastic freezer bag or sealed containers. Or puree slices in a blender or food processor. Sugar can be added if preferred and then pack into containers and freeze.
• Canning: Pack slices into jars. Cover with a 30% syrup solution. (To ensure proper food safety, use a canning guide).
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2007-06-08 19:55:54
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answered by sandeep k 5
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Excellent taste analysis, F5, even though I'm a Yashica T4 man myself. BTW. I suppose you've known forever the mysterious synergy between mango and shrimp? The perfect marriage. Just do a stir-fry of vegetables and fresh shrimp (with the shells on, of course!) and then add diced mango for the last minute or so -- just enough to heat and soften a little if it's not over-ripe. You'll see! Moroccan harissa paste is a fine addition if you like spicy. So much better than Tabasco or that Thai stuff because no vinegar or MSG. No special personal recipes for cherries, but I'm with you there.
2016-03-12 23:19:15
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answered by Anonymous
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Ripe mangoes can be best preserved by liquid Nitrogen chilling and preserving in freezer for 2 or even more months.This is known as Individual Quick Freezing of perishables.It is expensive .
2007-06-07 06:22:57
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answered by catcher in the rye 1
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hi!
This is srikanth. we cannot preserve the ripe mango for 2 months. U can store for 1 week or 10 days. If u store more than these days the ripe mangoes will spoil and it cannot be useful .
2007-06-06 23:31:09
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answered by srikanth 1
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Wash the ripe mango fruits, put in a vacuum jar and place in a cool dark room.
2007-06-06 21:12:22
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answered by K K S 1
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To dry them, when they are dry they can be preserved, or if you boil them in sugared-water that will make it into a preserve or some type of jelly-form that is sweet; but I would say the first one; de-hydrate them under a slow fire, but cut the pieces thin; before doing so and then you will be able to de-hydrate them, & to hydrate them put them in a metal tray that has holes, and that metal tray that is circular goes into a pot, at the bottom of the put on the inside of the bottom of the pot water is boiling, but they will not be in the water only above the boiling water steamer, the metal tray I mentioned is like a filter, now cover the but re-rehydrate them and then you let them cool and then you can enjoy them. it will preserve for more than 2 months.
2007-06-07 07:17:04
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answered by Kaneka Majii 3
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Cut the mangoes into pieces for that add stone salt and combines togther keep in a jar.
2007-06-06 23:05:58
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answered by reddy s 1
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Cut up and freeze, or my favorite, pickle (sweet) and can. Canning preserves the cell walls in the mango and it will stay firm but if you freeze it, the water will swell and split the cell wall, so when you thaw them, they will be mushy.
2007-06-06 03:42:06
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answered by carrie_penny 3
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just dry the mango in order to remove the water contents which inhibit the microbial proriferation,like wise you can dissole in a cooking oil it will persist for two months
2014-07-10 07:49:26
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answered by Japhet 1
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Dry or pickle
Dry - the best way is to sundry them
Pickle - Marinade them in lemon juice, salt and sugar (the proportions are completely upto your taste).
2007-06-06 03:45:43
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answered by lool 4
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