Mango Mania: How the American Mango Lost its Flavor—and How it Might Just Get it Back (encore)
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Mangoes That Taste Like Crap?
We're getting our mangoes from latin america, which is not the mango's native home. Because of particular seed weevil, they have to be dipped in hot water for what seems to be an incredibly long period of time. Some half way decent mangoes can be found if you look for small, yellow ones called champagne mangoes or atolpho mangoes. Noris ladesma is the mango lady, and she is the key to our mango quest. Her story coming up after the break.
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