Sunday, 24 July 2011
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How to Properly Cut Mangoes
Mangoes have quickly become one of the most popular fruits globally. So, like many others, I hopped on board. I have been a dried mango eater for a long time, but only recently did I really start enjoying the fresh fruit. After buying a few from my local grocery store, I realized I didn't quite know how to cut a mango. I spoke to my mom and she taught me how to do so.As it turns out, cutting a mango is pretty easy and is actually kind of fun (I know, I know-- I'm so lame). One of the most important things to know about mangoes is that a lot of people are allergic to the skin of the fruit, so it's extremely necessary to cut it away.
Step 1: Find the core of the mango. It's a sort of long, flat pit which is unlike many fruits. It generally goes long ways, meaning that you should hold the fruit up and down.
Step 2: Slice one side off. Cut as close to the core as possible. Then, slice the other side away. Don't throw away the rest of the mango yet-- you can still do some work around the core.
Step 3: Take one side that you've cut and start making incisions. Place the skin side down on your cutting board and cut lines going vertically through the inside. Then, in order to make cubes of mango, cut horizontally against the lines you've already cut.
Step 4: After this, you can push the skin side in towards the cuts and the mango should flip inside-out. Slice your cubes off of the skin and throw the skin away.
Step 5: Do the same with the other side.Step 6: Take the piece that holds the core of the mango and slice the skin off the perimeter. You should be able to cut some more of the fruit away from the core.
Step 7: Eat it!How do you like you eat your mangoes? Do you cut yours differently?
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i usually eat the fresh fruit as is! though i peel the skin. Or dried mangoes, yummm! but, i am one of those people that have allergic reactions to the skin. i cant eat fresh mangoes due to it. well i can but then i will get this nasty huge rash around my mouth and nasties liquid filled bumps on my lips... sigh. its pretty gross. and its totally worth it while im eating it. =D too bad it looks like a horrid case of oral herpes after. =(
That's how I cut my mangoes!
@ShirleyD@xanga - Ok, this just made me so happy because I seriously thought I was the only one. Does this happen to you when you eat other kinds of fruit like peaches or plum with the skin?
I can't eat mangoes because I'm allergic to it. :(
I usually use a potato peeler on the skin and then cut the mango in long thin slices.
My mom cuts them into long pieces instead of cubes. Your way makes it much easier to eat!
I just peel off the skin and eat the mango to the seed in the middle. This method sounds like too much effort.
I've been cutting them this way my whole life (:
@Justaconcept@xanga - Haha yeah, mangoes are evil to my face! On the peaches and plums though, I haven't had a bad reaction to those. Do you have reactions to them? If you do, are you able to eat other varieties of these fruits say as ice creams or pies?
I work in a grocery store and we have to cut these for fruit cups, we do it differently because we don't dice them. We skin the whole mango with the knife then cut it down the sides around the core and then slice it so there are long pieces.
there is no "proper" way to eat a mango!
In my opinion, if i want to rip off the skin and eat it like that, i can. if I want to use a knife to cut it in to little pieces, it's okay too!
important, we don't waste the juicy mango!!
Mangos are my fav! just had one for dinner. I usually just take a knife and peel all the way around.. then make four cuts down the sides to maximize mango area. Lastly I eat around the core like a corn-on-the-cob.
That's usually how I cut my mangoes as well, but sometimes I can't wait so I just peel it and eat it.
@ShirleyD@xanga - Love the dedication to the mango, haha.
@endlezzthinking@xanga - Lol thanks
i have been cutting it this way at home too.
i worked at a froyo shop for 2 years. they use this thing to core it. so pretty much. cut off both pointy ends. steady it and have the chunky side on the board and core it like tat. its pretty fun to core it tat wayif it's fresh and ripe, I just eat it, skin and all! the best mangoes I ever had were in Colombia, and that's how we ate them there. NOM my favorite fruit.
I needed this i love mangoes!
I always seem to rip them apart as they are quite slippery(xMangos are fantastic! I can't believe I wasn't introduced to them till a year ago. Oh, and that's exactly how I learned to slice mangos too. It works perfectly! And for little ones just slice em in cubes but leave them on the skin and they're easy to eat and easy to clean up. :)
hmmm no sure do that but I eat it like sucking on apple I eat the whole skin if its red etc I eat it whole except the seed of course
Oh what a delightful tropical treat mangoes are! I cut mangoes exactly as described above. I do like the little yellow ones more than the green/red ones.
that's how i typically cut mine
@Justaconcept@xanga - That happens to me, too.
I like all fruit a little under-ripe, so it's hard/crunchy, so when I eat mango I just take a paring knife and cut off chunks, eat it with the skin on. The skin is my favorite part, actually. x)
I don't even buy mangoes.
I don't cut mine into cubes, but I cut it that way in like vertical pieces. Very yummy fruit, I've been eating it since I was a kid. I had a friend, who's still my friend, who grandfather would grow mangoes in Miami and send us them.