Depending on the season you may also find the short chunky lemony-flavored Mexican Burro banana. Red bananas have red skin that turns purplish when ripe. The sweet flesh is pinkish-orange in color and softer than the Cavendish. Overripe bananas are ideal for breads, puddings, and smoothies. The beautiful green, yellow and red-skined mango is the single most consumed fruit in the world.
Mangoes can be very fibrous and turpentiney when underripe and devilishly difficult to eat.
To pick a good one, look for mangoes with mostly yellow and red skin with little green. Sniff the stem-if it smells good, it will taste good. The fruit should be slightly soft when squeezed with tight skin. Let them sit out at room temperature until ripe. Then refrigeration is fine.