A nice feature of Los Angeles is the many enterprising fruit sellers positioned around the neighborhoods:
At this time of year they sell good mangos. Not those softball sized green and red things that usually aren’t as good as you think they should be, and seem to have no season. I’m referring to the smaller, yellow, sort of paisley-shaped flattish mangos that are both seasonal and delicious:
They are usually called manila mangos, but they go by many other names too. And although the aren’t exactly local, they really don’t travel too far compared to many other fruits. The ones we get in L.A. often come from the Ciudad Obregon region of Sonora Desert long the Gulf of California, several hundred miles away.
They are the best mangos, but you kind of have to search them out. If you buy them by the case when they’re in season they are not too expensive.
And the boxes have useful info, too. Check this one out:
