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hot water treatment for mangoes
Posted by:
flipperjan
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Date: March 23, 2008 07:55PM sorry if this has been posted before. I have just discovered that mangoes are dipped in water of temperatures about 50 to 55C for up to an hour.
Is this common knowledge? does it affect the fruits raw ness? (can't think how hot that is - bad brain day!) Re: hot water treatment for mangoes
Posted by:
flipperjan
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Date: March 23, 2008 08:01PM A quick look on the internet shows that this happens to many fruits - lychees, cherries, pineapples, peppers Re: hot water treatment for mangoes
Posted by:
EZ rider
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Date: March 23, 2008 09:04PM I found the temp conversion formula at:
[en.wikipedia.org] and by my math that calculates to: 50 C = 122 F 55 C = 131 F Enzymes in food are said to die above 115 F Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 03/23/2008 09:13PM by EZ rider. Re: hot water treatment for mangoes
Posted by:
Bryan
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Date: March 23, 2008 09:38PM Its not great, but I've noticed that mangoes that get this treatment nowadays are much better at ripening that in the past. I think perhaps they were using higher temperatures in the past. It used to be that a layer of flesh didn't ripen near the skin, and there were be large brown spots in the mango flesh. But nowadays I don't see the brown spots and that layer of unripened stuff is gone. Re: hot water treatment for mangoes
Posted by:
phantom
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Date: March 24, 2008 03:29AM If the mangoes ripen without rotting, I think you've got a good batch, and there's still some life force left, even with that nonsense.
There's a thread somewhere about totally artificial means of ripening mangoes with dangerous chemicals, so I'd still prefer the water over that. =\ I'd REALLY prefer a mango tree... that can somehow grow mangoes in an apartment in Canada... Re: hot water treatment for mangoes
Posted by:
la_veronique
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Date: March 24, 2008 09:12AM if i get mangoes at the store
and they are green i just put them outside in the backyard on the grass and let the sun work on it and they ripen that way and taste fantastic afterward no reason for them to do that at all killing our food i better stop crying and start planting enuff ssaid Re: hot water treatment for mangoes
Posted by:
phantom
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Date: March 24, 2008 08:04PM Great idea for the above-freezing times of year!
*shakes fist at snow* I wouldn't have thought of that, at least not for a while. -.- Thanks! Sorry, only registered users may post in this forum.
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