Feast Your Eyes: Mangosteens

by Marisa McClellan, Posted Sep 19th 2008 @ 8:00AM

I have a friend who spent a chunk of her childhood years living in Indonesia. Of all the things she missed about life in the tropics, the mangosteen was the thing she longed for the most. When they finally became available in the US she was delighted and indulged in a few to satisfy her craving of many years. Having tasted one recently, I can understand why they haunted her for so long.

Thanks Dayna, for adding this gorgeous picture of some mangosteens to the Slashfood Flickr pool!

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9-19-2008 @11:13AM ABT said... After reading about them on a number of blogs I gave one a try and didn't feel that they were worth the hype. The inside resembles a brain and is squishy. The taste is nice, but I wouldn't choose it over other fruit.

Mangosteens: The overrated fruit.

(But of course, that's just one person's opinion.)
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9-19-2008 @11:49AM Jez said... Oh I love this fruit. It's called Manggis in Indonesia. People don't actually use knives to open them, simply cusp the fruit using both of your palms, and squeeze. It can be messy sometimes, but it gets easier with practice. Damn, now I feel like I wanna go back home.
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9-19-2008 @1:26PM Al said... I've had the fortunate pleasure of having these fresh and they are truly amazing....that is once you get past eating the fibery flesh part of it. I saw them recently at a korean grocery store in Cherry Hill, NJ...but they were frozen and there was no price tag...probably an arm and a leg.

But mangosteens are supposed to be extremely high in anti-oxidants. Definitely considered a superfood. You can buy the juice only through Xango. I have several friends who swear that the stuff prevents colds and reduces sickness time.

I can't wait till i go back to the philippines to have more of these. thanks for posting and bringing back the memories!
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