Mangoes

Mango facts: - The best mangoes available in North America are Kents from Mexico. Keitts from California take second place, but only just. - If you've eaten mango and you think you don't like them because they stabbed your tongue, you've eaten a Tommy Atkins mango, the worst mangoes ever. They're the most common breed available in North America. Mr. Atkins was not a nice man and developed a mango engineered to ship well (due to it's highly fibrous tissue) with little flavor that has an exceptionally long shelf life, beautiful color and uniform shape. They are bright red and almost perfectly egg shaped. But like a well shaped, beautiful woman, when you see one, your first concern should be how they were raised and what's on the inside. - Never buy unripe mangos that have been/are being refrigerated. Mangoes continue to ripen after they are picked from the tree. They also begin to rot as soon as they are picked. Refrigerating a mango will suspend it's ripening process but not it's rottin