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Haden Mangoes Revisited

February 27, 2018 by Carolina Drees

This entry is part 6 of 6 in the series Mango Varieties in US Markets
Mango Varieties in US Markets
  • Ataulfo Mango – Tasty, Tasty, Tasty!!
  • 3rd Runner-up…Haden
  • The Trouble with Tommy Atkins
  • Kents and More Kents
  • Holy Haitian Mango, Batman!
  • Haden Mangoes Revisited

Dear Fellow Mango lovers: Every once in awhile I have to revise an earlier opinion – and this is one of those times. In my earlier post on Haden mangoes, I described them as a 3rd runner up to Kent and Manila mangoes. While I still do favor Kents and Ataulfos, I recently had some Hadens that were TRULY superb – and most importantly – they contained almost no fibrous flesh. That Hadens typically contain some amount of fibrous flesh was the main reason that I had been previously been luke-warm on them.

 

The Hadens that altered my opinion were organic; maybe this had something to do with the high quality of the mango eating experience:  the flesh was incredibly juicy and flavorful…and abundant.  That’s one thing the Hadens (like Kents) offer is a lot of yummy flesh – especially compared to the smaller Manilas.    The wee bit of fiber that *was there* was not a distraction to an amazing real deal mango eating extravaganza.

My new bottom line:  if you can find a nice batch of organic Haden mangoes, you will likely be very pleased with the quality if you eat them at their prime.  Note the ripe specimen above.  It has a blushy-pinky-peachy color on much of the surface – and it has little wrinkles, which means it’s prime for eating.

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