When a mango grows up it will be a nectarine: freestone, eatable skin, no fiber, and real taste.
I will give you one thing, the mangos I had shipped in from FL and CA were better than the peaches from CO.
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How come most people think a mango is better tasting fruit than a nectarine?
Yes, people can be stupid, but they arenāt always wrong.
Is it possible that you are comparing a 99.9th percentile nectarine to a 50th percentile mango?
Perhaps compare 5 of your nectarines to 5 of the best mangoes from somebody in Florida who grows the newest Zill varieties and tree ripens them.
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I think you nailed it. Most people havenāt had a great nectarine. That doesnāt make mangos better than nectarines.
Iāve ordered Sweet Tart and Lemon Zest from FL. They ripened up nicely soon after arrival. And were comparable to an average peach.
Mangos and more so most other tropical fruits are still seedlings or close to it. Not fruits that have been bred and selected for decades if not centuries like stone fruit.
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Respectfully, you are wrong here.
Iāve tasted wild mangoes as well as older mango varieties (100 + years old) They canāt hold a candle to the newer varieties. The old wild ones are like rope mixed with turpentine. Nasty.
Thereās been a lot of evolution.
There is no right or wrong. Just different experiences and preferences.
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Iām simply saying that there has been a LOT of breeding and selection in mangoes.
Yes, tastes do vary but it is a very old fruit that is not like its ancestors at all
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This has likely already been mentioned here somewhere butā¦ there is a HUGE difference in eating quality between fresh and frozen durian.
Imagine freezing any ripe,amazing fruit: peaches, mangoes, pineapple, figs, melons, etc, then thawing and eating itā¦ It would give you a picture of the fruit but be FAR from fresh.
That being said, Iāve had delicious frozen durian and also really gross frozen durian. It just differs from the quality and ripeness at the time of freezing, variety, etc.
I think a lot of peopleās disgust is from the weirdness of the frozen fruit. The fresh fruit is a lot betterā¦
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The peaches in Colorado are all talk and terrible. I literally drove to every corner and every fruit stand and every farmerās market when we were stationed there to find the mythical āpalisade peachesā and they all tasted like junk. However the peaches i grew myself there were magical lol. Thatās how i ended up with over 20 varieties and trees
The Asian stores here in wasnāt state have fresh durian during the summer. I loathed it when grandpa would buy it during our fishing trips cause thenā¦ thereās no escape
I actually prefer frozen blueberries and strawberries to fresh. But Iām odd, they are my āice creamā treat.
Respectfully I think the flavor, texture, and aroma of fresh durian are way out of the comfort zone of most Americans.
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Haha for sure. I guess I personally just have an adventurous palate when it comes to fruits and vegetables. Durian is strong stuff, and I tend to like intense things.
To open a controversial bunny trail here, really good pawpaw fruit can sometimes have a durian-esque texture and even subtle flavor resemblance, without the SHTANK
Frozen pawpaw is actually tasty too, I hear you on the ānatural icecreamā bit
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theyāre fantastic. whenever Iām near uwijamaya I buy them āfreshā (they freeze them to transport) and I pick up frozen chunks at the local Asian market often.
I understand why people are put off but the flavor is amazing. I could eat these all day, itās sad they are tropical because I would fill the yard with them.
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People who love durian LOVE durian.
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I wonder if thereās a genetic sequence linked to the love of the fruit like how thereās dna data linked to why some people taste cilantro as soap and why some people canāt live without it (me always having a few bunches in my fridge).
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There may be something to that. Aside from being an acquired taste, Iām sure that some people experience the fruit very different from one another. Like cilantro, or some bitter compounds.
I read a while back that the taste of cilantro is actually linked to a specific dna sequence thatās also linked to European ancestry. Thatās why the vast majority of Spaniard, native American, Middle Eastern, African, Hispanic, and Asian descendants donāt typically have the cilantro = soap tasting issues
I think tastes developed early when youāre young by environment and culture, and tend to stick with you. I donāt think I know anyone who thought it was bad smelling until I got to the US. I was introduced early to durian by people who love them. Though tastes also change throughout oneās lifetime. I used to dislike ginger, garlic, bitter melon and other intense flavors but now like them a lot.
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I am Vietnamese so the fresh durian is a King of fruit or smell always very good to me. Some fresh durian I paid over $150 dollars for one big fruit ($17/ pound) And the best one is Musang king and Ri6 varieties. More and more people know and enjoy it now. Unfortunately nowhere in US can plant them except Hawaii or Guam. The seedling might take 10 to 15 years to fruit. Some time you need to taste several times to recognize the real flavor of durian.
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āThere is no right or wrong. Just difference experience and preferenceā, this can be applied to fruit like durians, too.
The reason durian are not allowed in hotel, planes, etc. because of its strong, pungent smell that lasts a long time esp. in places that are carpeted like hotels or in a tight space like an elevator. The ban is a courtesy to those who find durianās smell offensive. Those of us who love durians, smell and all, do understand why those places ban durians and are willing to comply.
It is not unusual that people in the same family have opposite reaction to durians. It is quite common. It does not mean anything beyond the fact that people are different. My sister, her husband and her younger daughter loves durians. Her older daughter (my niece) canāt stand it. Even durianās smell gives her a headache. She is married to a guy who loves durians. Her husband has to eat it outside the home out of respect of his wife. We do not disown her 
It happens. No big deal.
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