Mamey Fruit - How to Mamey Sapote
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- What is mamey sapote? Mamey is a tasty tropical fruit we see often at local fruit markets here in Mexico. Mamey fruit is much like an avocado in the way you slice and eat it. It has an inedible skin, creamy inner flesh, and a large inedible pit in the center. How to tell when Mamey sapote is ripe? When buying mamey fruit at the grocery, choose one that is not too firm, it should give when pressed, and look for mamey sapote that still has a nub of stem on the end where it was cut from the tree. For more info on choosing and cutting mamey sapote, check out www.myfoodchannel.com/mamey-f...
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Give mamey sapote fruit a try and let me know what you think, and bon appétit!
How to tell When Mamey Fruit is Ripe
Mamey fruit varieties are shaped from round to football-shaped sizes with dull, sandpapery skins. The mamey we find here at markets in Mexico range from “hard as a rock” to “so soft it looks like a flat tire”. If eating mamey soon, you want to buy fruit somewhere in between these two stages. The mamey should give slightly when pressed.
Mamey fruit grows on trees and is cut away when harvested, so pick a mamey that still has a nub of stem where it was taken from the tree. If the crown of stem is missing, the fruit can dry out, and may spoil prematurely.
If you buy firm mamey, just let it sit unrefrigerated until it softens. Firm, raw mamey is not edible. It’s hard to cut, semi-starchy, and bitter.
Cut ripe mamey just as you would an avocado. Run a sharp knife through the skin and around the pit to divide the mamey into two halves. There will likely be only a single pit at the center, but there may be up to four pits. The pits are slightly toxic, so do not consume them in any way, and the skin is inedible, as well.
The meat of the fruit ranges from a light salmon color, to orange, to a deeper reddish hue. Any membrane you find in the fruit from around the pit can easily be scraped away with a spoon. - แนวปฏิบัติและการใช้ชีวิต
Anyone ever buy mamey in the USA, or Canada? I read they grow mamey and do a mail order business in Florida. I found mamey online you can buy and have shipped, but they were ridiculously expensive, and I don't think remotely ripe mamey would ship very well, although unripe mamey are very firm--and heavy!--so maybe not great for shipping. Anyone ever ordered mamey online? How'd it work out?
I have heard of the fruit only my name in a book. It sounds really versatile in that its sweet and a potato like consistancy. I'll have to keep my eye open to this and take a chance here in Oklahoma.
I really like it...it has heft...I tend to appreciate foods that can be described as hefty
Chef Buck here in California we can find them in the produce section of any market, it’s very expensive though as chirimoya is as well, they grow in the Caribbean, we are supposed to wash our fruits even if we are in USA.
Chef Buck They are good in a smoothie too! Ice, milk, Mamey and blend, delicious
Yes got to at least rinse all fruit and vegetables now a days. Being imported from all over the world.
A mamey is like a cantaloupe and an avacado had a baby, rhen was blessed by all the autumn spices!
that is a really spot on description
I tried one for the first time today and I would describe it as Sweet Potato and Pumpkin had a baby. I'm sure there's some flavor variation though like every plant
LOL I love this description
That is a great description. I see it as a cross between avocado, papaya, and sweet potato.
Like a papaya and a sweet potato had a baby.
I had to look this up because my job sells these and I wanted to see how to eat it. A woman that bought one said that she blends it with some milk and vanilla bean as a shake. I might try it!
I planted a seed in my yard and it took 10 years to fruit. it is a beautiful tree.
Would you tell me how you planted it? I got a seed today I want to plant
Yes, I used to buy them in stores in New Jersey, and when I became the manager of a Latin grocery in Atlantic City, we sold them there. I always found Mamey reminiscent of papaya, just a little sweeter than most varieties of papaya. But I enjoy Mamey.
Hi! I live in Memphis TN, and I got a delicious Mamey from our international market. It was $3.99/lb. thanks for your video- I was excited to try it! I thought it tasted most like sweet potato. Honestly, I thought I was getting a chocolate one but didn’t realize it was a red one until I watched your video. Tasty!
Best and most delicious fruit for me. I’m glad you are enjoying them.
I live in Sarasota, FL and we have them at our organic grocer. SO GOOD!!! Just had one as a snack and came onto TH-cam to see if I can plant the seed. Have you ever tried that? They are so custard like. Just love them. I paid $12 for a huge one that was 2.5 pounds like a small kid's football. I want to grow a tree here.
Mamey use to only be sold as frozen pulp and ice cream or sorbet in Florida. This video is the first time I have seen real mamey. Very cool 😎💕
I’ve had Mamey as an agua fresca at Vallarta a Mexican grocery store and that was the first time I had it but it was a sweet refresher. To me the flavor reminded me of a wild strawberry but as a melon, with other flavors I’ve never tasted before.
I just ate a Mamey fruit bar. I couldn't place the taste so I TH-camd it and found yours! Yummy!
Thank you. I just bought one today. I'm so glad i seen the video, because mine is hard as a brick lol
I live in Illinois. I brought one home tonight. It is very hard so will let it sit until ripe. It was 2.99 a pound and weighed in at 1 and a half pounds. Can't wait to try it.
Hey. Great video. I live in NY ans I just had one for the first time. It was very ripe. Very soft. It was so darn good!!! Extremely sweet. It tasted like a dessert instead of a fruit. It was a lot more ripe than the ones in your video.
Just got these today at Publix where I work and had no idea what it was. I cut one open, it was hard as a rock, and it smelled much like amaretto. Thanks for the info and I look forward to one ripening and seeing just how it tastes...
They definitely grow in Miami area! And yes I know about conkers!! My kids LOVED playing with them while we lived in England.
I have seen them here in S FL. I haven’t looked for them any time recently . Good eats!
we're back in Florida now...I hope we run across some
Just finally found some, been wanting to try for so long. I'm in Bushwick, Brooklyn, I found them for 2.99 a pound. They aren't ripe yet, I'm looking forward by the weekend!
You don't throw away the seed,you break the shell and dry the seed and it is use as a spice to put in cakes and milky drinks.growing up in the caribbean you must have the seed to put in cakes on Christmas.
Where in the Caribbean do you have these? I want some seeds or a plant so badly.
Never seen one, but I do like the way CG wiggles her eyebrows up and down.
haha...me too
I've been eating mamey paletas from mexican grocery stores since I was a kid but I've never had the actual fruit until today. You should try the ice cream though, it's delicious
I bought one at a Mexican market in Ohio for 16.00 very excited to try
I just had half of the big one. Planted the seed and bless be fruitful and multiply. Very good fruit, cost about $6 lb in Fl
The pits!! Lol 😂 you guys are cute!!
Yes, we have them in West Palm Beach, FL.. my inlaws has a few trees! =)
The Mamey looks like an interesting fruit with a lot of possibilities
I really liked it...I can't recall ever seeing mamey before we visited Mexico, though...which may be an oversight on my part, since I can't imagine a fruit this good not finding a market in the US.
We bought a house in Miami and it has a huge Mamey tree. Going to try it for the first time tonight.
Yummy. Bought one from Asian grocery in Charlotte NC. Expensive.
My #1 favorite smoothie! Mamey (Zapote) smoothie
Wow FOUR seeds! 🥰 I hope I’m as lucky! I want to try and grow a seed into a plant. I bought one for $6 last weekend, I live in central Florida.
My father in law has a loaded tree in Greenacres FL. So delicious 😋
In Central Florida they're sold at Fancy Fruit Market and Publix (once in a while.
Mamey is found all around Miami-Dade County and the Florida Keys. Most commonly found in the form of ice cream, milkshake, or in juiced form. It is not commonly eaten raw. Grows easily in back yards and a staple milkshake in Cuban restaurants. Best recipe I have found includes 1 cup condensed milk, 2 cups whole milk, 1/4 cup sugar, 1/4 tsp salt, ice to your liking, and blend for a minute or until smooth. Word to the tourist, most places that carry anything in mamey flavor, do not know the fruit is the same as mamey sapote. So simply ask for mamey, and enjoy!!!
There's a smaller verity of these also called chikoo, the ripe ones taste sweet as candy with smaller pits.
I've been waiting for you two to try it since that rambutan video :D
We found them in Mexico ranging from the size of a Nerf football to just smaller than a baseball. When I cut the smaller baseball sizes, it was like the perfect dessert cup--but fruit--so after eating one, I could technically still have desert.
Thanks for sharing, you and camera girl stay safe.🙂🙏🙂🙏🙂🙏
gracias! we're great...just gotta find that monopoly board :^) ...be well!
It reminds me of Mango, going to Little Havana for lunch on Friday gotta try a Mamey batido (smoothie) to see if I would like it.
I am from the mid west and I wash (rinse) ALL fruits and vegetables even the ones I peel, just because I don't know who has touched them and what has been put on them. When you take a knife to cut or peel all that nasty goes into the fruit or vegetables. Maybe I am a little cautious but oh well that's me. Thank you have a great day and keep on vlogging.
I believe more and more folks are doing that routinely...we always water rinse our veggies in the sink here in the US, but that's it...in Mexico we always treated the produce with a sanitizing rinse, even the ones where we were only going to eat the insides, because as you said, when you cut through with a knife, you're still going to have contamination from the skin
North Texas. Never seen a fresh one for sale, but Goya sells frozen mamey puree, and it is available at Hispanic groceries and Walmart. Not super sweet, kind of mealy and borderline gritty, vaguely bitter but it has a unique flavor. Vaguely reminiscent of hawthorn. Still looking for a fresh one.
Have those in my country. Love them. Its like a more dry papaya / sweet potato
What country??
@@mariza101_ British Virgin Islands
Thank for teaching me how to cut a mamey fruit, the right way
I live in south Florida my parents and grandparents have had a few of those trees they love the fruit. I don’t like it too much BUT I love the color ! I want to paint my house Mamey !
so your folks have mamey trees in their yard? I read that the trees require little maintenance...mamey does come in some nice colors...I really think it worked great as an ice cream.
Chef Buck they did at some point I believe the last hurricane knocked them down! You can also make a milk shake or juice them.
I'm in South TX and it's 7.19/lb at HEB but it's REALLY hard to find. I decided to plant the seeds since it was a $22 fruit and the sucker is over a foot tall now :)
I’m in s. Tx too (corpus) I need to go look this wk at heb or natural grocers I want to try it.
❤ I LOVE MAMEY icecream
You can get them here in NYC. I've seen them in grocery stores that cater to central/south American customers. They cost about $2.50 or 2 for $5.
Tons of mamey in south Florida, especial at the ethnic markets
Mamey sapote, mango and avocado are everywhere in South Florida. Many people have all 3 in one backyard
I’m in south Florida, the rare fruit council sells baby trees grafted especially for Florida. I have some trees but sapote is available at the store down here.
Every so often they pop up in Charleston, SC, usually in April and May. They're very expensive because they're not widely grown and don't ship very well. Usually $5.99/lb. They're delicious - sort of like a cross between a sweet potato and a cantaloupe.
You can extract the oil from the seed and use it for your hair or skin too just like avocado oil
"and I throw like a girl" lmaoo I liked this video because of that
Lol nice one Chef. Never heard of that but it looks fun to try. I’ll let you know if I find them in the Pacific Northwest.
I used to shop at the international groceries in Seattle all of the time, and I would find really cool produce there I'd never seen before...I don't recall ever seeing mamey, but I might have just overlooked it...it is a boring looking piece of fruit until you cut into it
Never seen those at the store before... However, I'm pretty sure I've had it a few times in the past! G'stuff!
I would think mamey would make its way up to California from over the border...hope you're doing well!
@@ChefBuckRecipes So far so good!
You can buy mamey in Miami, specifically in Palacio de los Jugos. You typically find this fruit in Hispanic grocery stores. They’re pretty expensive fruits down here though, you buy them by the pound.
I found mamey one can order online from Miami and it was $50 for 3 mamey...ouch...super ouch!...if I planned on eating a dozen mamey, it'd be cheaper to fly to Mexico and eat them ....We're currently back in the Tampa Bay area in Florida...once we can travel around again, I'm gonna check out some of the local Latin food stores and see if I can find some...I think my mom would really enjoy mamey
I bought some in Wisconsin (Pete's Fruit Market, in Milwaukee). They were something like $5 a lb last time I was there.
We have mamey in South Florida. I have 3 trees in my backyard in Miami.
Mamey is every where in South Florida. Not going to find it at publix though. Look at the spanish markets.
Thanks for shearing. We also have it in 🇯🇲
Jamaica?
@@ChefBuckRecipes jamaica West Indies
They easily grow in S FL, along with the other pouteria.
You mean you throw like you throw. Everyone is unique in that sense.
we live in Key West and my daughter brought one of them home after volunteering at the food bank.
I’m growing one in my yard on Kauai. Takes many years to fruit.
I just cut one I should watch this video before I cut it bec mind is not ripe yet n got like an yellow light orange color but it smell really good I dont know how to describe the fragrance
Never knew about Mamey Sapote; thanks! > 😊
We used to play that game "conkers" with horse chestnuts when I was a little kid ...CG has roasted chestnuts on occasion, and it hardly seems worth the effort to me
My aunt's neighbor has one. I live in palm beach county, Fl.
How about that, never heard of this before and cannot wait to find it here in Florida.
I hadn't noticed them before either, but in researching I came across a lot of info about mamey being grown and sold in Florida...I'll definitely keep a look out in the future
Is it normal for it to have white inside or is it mold ?
We had something like this in India (south), called it "Suppota". Looked smaller than the ones you are showing here. Been a while since I found someone selling it.
The smallest ones we found were about the size of a kiwi and the largest about American football size...they're called mamey sapota in Mexico, which is pretty close to suppota
@@ChefBuckRecipes guess they are the same thing. I am referring to the state of Kerala in India. Not sure if it is available anywhere else in India.
I live in Tampa and just bought these from the new delivery-only Kroger Grocery Store. They were $1.99 on a flash sale and normally they’re $4.99 each.
I just started working in produce and wanted to learn about this fruit. Thanks for the great info!
I have a tree in my yard in Hialeah, FL (Miami-Dade)
I bought one at a Mexican grocery store and it’s creamy I just want the seeds to try to grow I live in the s San Diego area so I’m crossing my fingers
I have only had the mamey ice cream, it's good.
it is good...did you have it in south Florida?
@@ChefBuckRecipes Yes, I think it was from Winn Dixie too.
It is good in frappe but you have to take care with the skin, between the skin from outside and the fruit, this white you don't eat it cause to you stomach ache. You can do jams too with this fruit, it's very delicious 😋, here in PR we have two kinds of this
We can buy them here in Texas. They are expensive! $6 per pound.
Try it in a milkshake it taste amazing ! Some milk some mamey and a little bit of sugar , grind it all up and enjoy !
They called it chocomil in my mother's hometown
Cinnamon
Mamey
banana
Milk
cocoa powder or nesquik (latter if your banana mamey is not overpoweringly sweet already)
Do you know that the seeds has a nuts inside but you have to make sure the seed is dry enough for u to hear the nut shaking inside of its not shaking its not properly dry the nut smells a lot like vanilla u could use it to flavor anything
They grow in Hawaii on my sisters farm---the Big Island
We pay about $3.00 a pound. Where abouts do you live in MX? We are considering MX since things are not great in states now. Thank you
I just paid $5.99 a pound 3 of them cost $23.59. At a little off the beaten path Mexican grocery store in my home town in New Mexico. They’re hard as rocks hope the ripen nicely in about 4 days. Fingers crossed 🤞
I wonder if it has a bit of a persimmon taste? It looks like it might.
it does look like it....I read where folks described persimmony tastes, but I didn't get that in the batches we were trying...I think there's a lot of variety in the varieties
Mamey sapote tohumu ariyorum yardımcı olabilir msiniz
I just bought one in the Philly area. It was $5 for one!
In Central Florida it's around $1.99 a pound.
I have a tree here in south florida. They sell them all over Homestead.
"You know, if I was to throw this at your head you may have to got to the hospital"
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thanks as always!
I want my Mamey! Sorry, had to say it.
:^) we never bought a mamey and didn't end up saying something like that...it's impossible not to
The Mamey I just bought cost $9 USD at an international market in eastern North Carolina. I thought it said $4.99 each, it was per pound
been in florida my whole life and never seen this fruit
My mamey sapote that I cut open had three pits
$36 for each KG,, is that expensive compared to other fruit like mango and avocado?
Just bought one for 22 dollars in los Angeles California it was 4 lbs. I hope it's worth it.
In india we have chickoo fruit, is it the same?
We can eat the skin of a ripe chickoos though
Sounds very interesting. What shoes it taste like? Or is it unique? Curious
@@reneemellace7409 it's quite sweet, almost as much as a ripe mango, it's brown in colour inside and outside
I had to google chickoo...it looks super similar
Potatoey...yum?
6.98 a pound at H.E.B in Cypress Texas.
I had to Google Cypress, TX ...do you buy the mamey? The mamey we're currently finding here in San Miguel are shaped like little footballs, but we've seen varieties that are rounder, like cantaloupe.
@@ChefBuckRecipes I bought the Magana and the Pantin trees from Lara Farms in South Florida. I'm still waiting for my two fruits to ripen. I believe the fruit I have is Magana from El Salvador. 7-gallon trees with fruit. I'm in Waller Texas which is a Zone 8, so I'll have to protect them when it gets below 32 degrees.
$6/lbs in SAn Diego. Dirty cheap 40 mins across the border.
I live in Miami, and I paid $3.59 at bravo supermarket.
I had one this morning they taste good, but weird. It was expensive as heck!!!!! $15 usd! (Was 3lbs )
I paid 6$ per pound here in Delaware at Mexican store
I've brought from publix and other stores but it dosnt compare to the tree I used to have. Please grow a tree