Oranges. They taste better and it doesn't have that stringy flesh like mangoes does
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Not all mangoes have stringy flesh. Most of the mangoes I see in U.S. supermarkets are the Tommy Atkins variety, which is pretty unremarkable. In the 1950s, the Florida Mango Forum described it as having, "unremarkable eating qualities and considerable fiber in the flesh."
I sometimes see Kent mangoes, which taste better and are way less fibrous. If you can find a Keitt mango, they taste great and also have low fiber.
Good quality berries and grapes
Some berries just aren't fresh/ripe/grown. But once you get a good box of them...
I prefer the green grapes, and on the berry side I love them all: raspberries, blackberries, blueberries, strawberries, various regional berries
Mangos taste like black pepper to me, so pretty much any other fruit tastes better.
If you've been buying the tiny black round ones that come in a grinder, you may want to try the big red ones in the produce section
Black grapes. They're high in antioxidants, actually taste like something, and they have this great crisp, almost crunchy yet still tender consistency. I can eat a few pounds in a sitting if I don't watch out.
Avocados
Raspberries are the ultimate fruit, better than all others. A little sweetness, tart and tangy, good fibre, goes with everything. Mangoes are sickeningly sweet
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Tangerines, all day long.
Jack fruit
Persimmon!
Froot Loops
No fruit is better than mangos.
Mangoes aren't bad, IMHO, but if I had to give up a fruit permanently, I don't think that it'd be that near the bottom of my list. I'd rather keep standbys that are common in US grocery stores like like apples, oranges, pears, and kiwis.
I'm not really a fan. They have a certain light taste of black pepper that ruins them for me. I guess I'm sort of like the cilantro-soap people.
Mangoes have a black pepper taste to you? I've heard of people not liking mangoes but that one is new. If they are unripe they have this kind of tree resin taste/aroma but even that varies across different types.
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Perfectly ripe cherries, pitted and frozen
Passionfruit
A well grown mango at the perfect ripeness is unbeatable IMHO.
Jackfruit almost gets there with it's unique delicious taste.
Oranges
I really like pears.
Feijoa
i really love mangoes.
It's hard to compare apples and mangos, but if we're gonna consider favorite tropical fruits, I friggin love fresh mangosteen. It's like a little fruity Bob-bom. Smooth and silky texture, creamy sweet flesh and just fantastic. They don't seem to travel well, unfortunately.
Or fresh pineapple.
I had fresh pineapple off a farmer's cart in the tropics two decades back. Afterward, I couldn't eat pineapple in the US for almost three years. It was so much better than the canned or grocery-store stuff there was just no comparison.