It's mango time again, since the mango tree fruits a new lot of 'Nam Dok Mai'
I don't know how many Bangkokians in my generation has an experience of picking mangoes from the tree by using 'Ta Kror'. Of course, finding a mango tree in Bangkok is hard enough. A story of children gangster stealing mangoes from their neighbor is now outdated. So, I was not surprised at all when my friends really had no idea that lamps in the 'Mango Tango' store at Siam Square were actually 'Ta Kror'.
About myself, I remembered that I tried to pick up mangoes by using Ta Kror when I was young, but the fact that it was kinda heavy so my dad had to help holding it.
Growing up, I couldn't remember when was the last time that I pick up these mangoes since I hadn't pay any attention about it. But this year, because I tried to move my working station out of my bedroom to the lawn, I started to look around the lawn once again. And then my mango mission resumes...
Though this might seem a simple task, but it was NOT. I just simply failed from the beginning task of the mission, 'finding the ripe one'.
Wandering around the mango tree is hard enough for my case, since while I was looking for the mangoes, I had to look down to the ground, avoiding the 'land mines' (from the dogs -- guess you know what I mean) that were scattered around the tree.
The trick of picking the right mango is to look for those having somekind of 'white powder', but I just couldn't differentiate them. So dad had to assist me telling which one to pick.
Reaching Ta-Kror to mangoes ain't an easy task too, usually, there would be stupid branches that obstruct you from reaching the mango. And if the mango was too high to reach easily, a stair is needed. Optional 'Double' or 'Triple' shot would increase the difficulties too :P
But no matter how hard to get them, I'm still in love with Mango anyway\[^o^]/
P.S. Has anybody try "mango with rice" for breakfast? (Hom ma li rice, not sweetened sticky rice) It's good na :P
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