The season is fleeting. Peel and dice your Kents, lay them flat on a baking sheet to freeze, then bag them. A frozen Kent chunk in a blender with a little yogurt or coconut milk makes a "nice cream" that tastes better than any store-bought sorbet. The Bittersweet End The tragedy of the Kent mango is that just as you fall in love, it disappears. By mid-September, the bins are empty, replaced by the hardy but inferior Keitts. The short season forces urgency. It reminds us that the best things in life are not available year-round.
As the blazing sun of late summer beats down, a quiet revolution happens in the fruit world. The noisy hype of early-season mangoes (think Tommy Atkins) fades away, and the chaotic abundance of mid-season (Haden) begins to wane. But for those in the know, the calendar isn’t marked by holidays—it is marked by the arrival of the Kent . kent mango season
Peel the skin, slice the cheeks off the pit, and eat it plain. Let it drip down your chin. This is the purest expression of summer. The season is fleeting