Sounds like you had fun! Do you remember the names of any of the varieties that you liked?

Yes, I've heard from several other people that they were very disappointed this year, Silvia, especially at the small number of varieties available for sampling.

Sultry, since they are the experts they put some of the good varieties for tasting, in my opinion they were all tasty but some I like less than others for example the Cogshall and a variety green when ripe but because we are all different my other half liked the variety green when ripe and he said I don't really like a little bit sour tasting but I liked that one. I was happy to see the size of the fruit, the colors and flavor for some of the varieties like the early ones that I am most interested in and have them in my garden like Rosigold, also saw the Fairchild mango that I am supposed to have and had my doubts because mine is a larger fruit but after seen the fruit again and sampling, I think I have the same variety after all.

I did find out my favorite this year (next year maybe different:) it was one of the mangoes from the vendor, he said it was his first time doing the show and he was expensive, all his mangoes were imported from India and Pakistan and had no labels but I was able to try them and I liked the small one, it was delicious! and reminded me a mango that I use to like as a child. I do like a lot of mango varieties that have a pure mango flavor and don't like too much the ones with coconut or other flavors in them.

Writersblock, I think the varieties to sample were kind of the same like other years, the big difference was in the mangoes for sale at the Fairchild booth, they used to sell a lot of fruit and with the names on them, so it was easy to remember which ones you like them or not. I could pick all different varieties in one box, this year it was very different to deal with the vendors.

Some more pictures from the festival....

Varieties for tasting

Mangoes for the auction

It was so hot that we hit the beach after the mango festival

Sultry, are you growing yerba buena? it is the real thing for mojitos.:)

Silvia

I just made the best mango dish ever with the mangoes that I bought 2 for a $1, I am going to beat myself up for not buying more of those,lol. I got it from one of the ladies selling food and she did not know the name and I did not know how they tasted, she was also selling some so big and round they look like melons! did not get those...

Here is one of the mangoes and the dish that I made for lunch, it had all the flavors in the palate spectrum, sweet, salty, spicy, sour and everything else that I can think of.:)

Silvia