Can I eat the green mango I bought before it is ripe? How to ripen it? (with taboos)

Mango is a tropical fruit, which is mostly yellow when it is ripe. Because ripe mangoes are not resistant to storage, they are picked when mangoes are not ripe and still green in appearance, and many buyers may buy green mangoes. So, can you eat the green mango you bought before it is ripe? How to ripen it? Are there any taboos?

Can you eat green mangoes before they are ripe?

Green mango is not ripe can be eaten, but unripe green mango taste is sour and astringent, taste is not very good; and green mango contains some substances, easy to cause certain damage to the intestines and stomach, after eating, the tongue will have a numb feeling, if a large number of long-term consumption is also easy to cause stones. Therefore, it is better to ripen the green mango before eating it.

Second, how to ripen the green mango?

Since the green mango is better to eat, do you know how to ripen the green mango? Here are a few ways to ripen the green mango.

1. Use fruit to accelerate ripening. First, put ripe apples or ripe bananas and green mangoes in a plastic bag, tie a tight mouth in the bag, and then put it in a warm place to ripen about 2-3 days later. This is because ripe fruits release ethylene, and green mangoes absorb ethylene to accelerate ripening.

2. Use rice to accelerate ripening. Put the green mango in the rice, cover it with rice, and ripen it in about 3-4 days. This is because rice releases some ethylene during storage, which is an important substance for ripening green mangoes.

3. Use high temperature to accelerate ripening. If it is in summer, you can directly put the green mango on the balcony, the high temperature in summer will let the green mango ripen itself; if it is in winter, wrap the green mango, and then put it in a place with higher indoor temperature to cover it. If the green mango is very green and astringent, you can put ripe bananas or apples together. It takes at least 3-4 days to ripen the green mango in winter.

4. Use drugs to accelerate ripening. Ethephon is one of the most commonly used ripening drugs. After dilution, ethephon is sprayed directly on the surface of green mango, and then covered with something to accelerate ripening after about 2 days.

Third, how can green mango be considered as ripening?

Generally speaking, green mangoes become yellow and soft even if they ripen, but there is a cyan mango variety whose color is always cyan, even after ripening. What should we do? In fact, no matter which variety of mango, just squeeze it with your hand, if it becomes soft, it means it is ripe.

Note that when ripening the mango, do not encounter water vapor, so as not to cause the pericarp to fester, remember to add a little paper to absorb the water vapor when covering the mango in winter, and check every day to see if it is ripe, as long as it feels soft, it means it is ripe. The green mango that has been ripe should be eaten in time and should not be kept for too long.

How to eat ripe mango?

Most people are used to peeling off the skin and eating directly after washing, which is too rude and easy to get dirty on the face, hands and body. Mango can be peeled and eaten with a knife, which is more elegant. First, wash the mango, cut off the head and tail, then stand it up, peel it with a knife, then cut the mango into pieces, or put the cut mango into a juicer to drink.

Are there any taboos on eating mangoes?

1. Mango can not be eaten with some foods, such as garlic, salt, green onions, wine, seafood, pineapple and so on.

2. Some people can't eat mango, such as asthma, diabetes, allergies, cough due to deficiency and cold, people with skin diseases or tumors, people with bad stomach, women during menstruation, and so on.

3, mango can not eat too much at one time, otherwise it is easy to cause nephritis and other kidney diseases; do not eat after a full meal; wash off the mango juice adhered to the skin after eating mango.

Conclusion: through the introduction of this article, we all know the method of ripening green mango, and we should pay attention to its taboos when eating mango.