dave submitted this story (and the title) regarding mangoes from India now being allowed to be imported into the US.

For almost 20 years, Indian mangoes (thought to be some of the best in the world) weren't allowed in this country because of FDA import standards. And there was a little problem with a pesky seed weevil.

But now I can walk into my local Indian grocery store and find boxes of mangoes from India next to the basmati rice. The store clerk at Namaste Plaza in Silicon Valley says that when summer rolls around, he starts getting phone calls from regular customers who will buy a few boxes and distribute them to relatives. At over $30 a box, that's a king's ransom for a taste of home. But I paid up.

There are said to be some 1,500 varieties of mangoes in India. Only a couple have been cleared for export to the U.S. One, the Alphonso, is known as the King of Mangoes in India.

As someone who has had mangoes in both places, this is very good news. There is really no comparison...the Indian mangoes are much sweeter and bigger than the Mexican mangoes that one typically finds even in Indian grocery stores in the U.S. It's too bad they can't import them cheaper...the other type of mango they describe in the article is awesome. It is soft enough to squeeze all the pulp off of the pit while it is intact, and then you make a hole on one end and literally drink a bunch of mango juice/pulp right out of the skin like a juicebox.