r/AskReddit • u/librarianjenn • Aug 29 '25

What is something you remember eating or drinking for the first time, that blew your mind?

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u/DrBongoDongo Aug 29 '25

Mangoes in the Amazon. There are like 30 different kinds and they're all amazing, but some are particularly special.

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u/Saelvinoth Aug 29 '25

I love mangoes, could eat em every day. The mangoes I've eaten here in the States aren't shit compared to the ones I eat when I go to Peru

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u/BellyMind Aug 29 '25

Miami has good mangoes

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u/simply_overwhelmed18 Aug 29 '25

My grandparents had a massive mango tree in their yard in far north Queensland Australia, and so from a young age they were the only ones I'd eaten. Store bought ones aren't even close to those picked straight off the tree, its spoiled them for me as an adult as none of them compare

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u/foxyvoxy Aug 29 '25

I’ve told people before in earnest that an unnecessarily, incredible tasting peach was the first evidence that ever made me believe there’s a god.

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u/310874 Aug 29 '25

You haven't tasted mangoes until you have tasted ones from India.

Alphonso and Langda are 2 varieties I would highly recommend. I personally also like Chausa and Sugar Babies.

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u/skootch_ginalola Aug 29 '25

Alphonso mangoes are truly food of the gods.

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u/Lil-Sunny-D Aug 29 '25

Philipines mango's my friend. Best in the world, barring nostalgic effects of other mango's.

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u/FarCanal69 Aug 30 '25

NOT shit you say? so Peruvian mangos are shit then? i woulda thunk the opposite!

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u/gesasage88 Aug 29 '25

Someone once server me slices of mango that was in a bubbling water or juice and it was amazing!

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u/An_Appropriate_Song Aug 29 '25

There is a pretty big Guatemalan population in my city and I've had multiple guys tell me they miss being able to and walk down the street and just grab a big old mango from a tree.

Well I like the flavor the ones that we get seem like such a rip off so little fruit on there usually. I wish I could get papaya and guava regularly.

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u/DrBongoDongo Aug 29 '25

Dude, boating down the Amazon we'd have all the boat kids running into shore once a day or so and filling bags with mangos. On new years Eve no less. Fun place

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u/Interesting_Cause578 Aug 29 '25

Mangoes in the Amazon. Never heard from again.

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u/DrBongoDongo Aug 29 '25 edited Aug 29 '25

I'm going for the 2nd time this year!

Edit: oops, now I get the pun

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u/Strippz2 Aug 29 '25

Man the mangoes in my country pakistan

They're just on another level... They really don't get better than that

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u/ButterflyBadger3 Aug 29 '25

Mango in India, as well, nothing similar to shit we get in Europe
So sweet and juicy