The Alphonso, a type of mango and is called as "Hapoos" in Marathi. Its one of the best types of mangoes that I have ever tasted. Today evening I don't know why I remembered about these mangoes. ;)
These mangoes don't only remind about its sweetest taste but about the long summer vacations.
As a kid I and my cousins were really lucky rather blessed I would say.. We had our own mango trees and summer was the mango season. My grandfather and uncle used to store the mangoes in a room.. yes yes in a room... As soon as one enters the room... wow what a fragrance... The sweet smell of the mango.. All one would do is hunt for best mango among the hundreds spread around.. Search for the biggest yellow mango and pick it up before anyone else picks it.. and first thing you do is squeeze a little and bite them off directly... So much of juicy pulp in it.. The very thought is so mouth watering.
The best thing of these hapoos is that we could have it raw with salt also.
Miss those days... The fun we used to have in plucking mangoes from tree and wiping them a little(just for the sake of doing it) and consume them right away. Nowadays, I do get such mangoes but not that fresh and sweet :(
And the trees have become very old and you can hardly find a mango on it. None the less at my granny's place (maternal)we get the Kalmbi Mangoes (I don't know the English name), they also have their own unique sweet taste.. Be it any Mango it definitely rules the heart and so is always said as "the King of Fruits" :) :)
