Just in case you didn’t get your fix already, I wanted to let you know that one of my favourite seasons is finally here and that’s the season for the one, the only, the best, the king of all mangoes, the alphonso mango season!
God I love alphonsos! There is nothing that I love more than its fragrance, it takes me straight back to the summers of my childhood. I celebrate the arrival of the Alphonso mangoes every year, put my name on a gourmet mango shippers list every year, and dream of sinking my teeth into the flesh of a jumbo alphonso mango every single year. I did get my first box of gourmet mango last year -at least- but I was told the jumbo mangoes crop was a disappointment and they might turn up eventually. I guess they didn’t.
In any case, perhaps this is the year the jumbo alphonsoes make an appearance and if they do, and I hope with all my heart they do, I will be having a second celebration. Meanwhile, I am waiting for the parrot-green five alphonsoes sitting proudly in a bowl on my dining table to turn golden yellow and I’m going to feast on them for lunch, breakfast, dinner, and snack until I have mango juice dripping from my fangs and mango pulp smeared all over my face, fingers, and special mango eating pjs I have stored for the occasion.
If you’ve never tried alphonsos then you should give them a try, and only the alphonsos! They are available by piece or per carton in TSC and you should be looking for smooth, firm parrot-green ones. Take a whiff of its scent, my entire living room now smells of alphonso mangoes, and you will know why I’m head over heels helplessly in love with those golden royalty. Welcome back, dear alphonsos, you’ve been sourly missed!
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