I remember when oranges and other citrus fruit were seasonal items, that's why getting them in your Xmas stocking (out of season for the US) was so exciting.

We had a garden and cooked and canned out of that, so I was used to the idea that some things you only got for a brief, particular period during the year.

Mangoes? That's what people called green peppers when I was a kid. Real mangoes didn't show up in groceries in my area until the 90s. And they're not the good mangoes I used to get in Puerto Rico, they're these tough fibrous things with giant pits. Green as grass and hard as rocks, it takes a couple of weeks for them to get ripe enough to eat.

The oranges we get now last longer than the ones we got when I was a kid, but they don't have near the flavor. The rinds are so thick, they don't even remotely resemble really good oranges. Well like modern tomatoes, they're bred for shipping and holding in storage more than anything else.