How to eat a mango

I am currently living in a country where you know that the mangoes are fresh- when they fall off the tree. Maria had 3-4 mango trees in her yard, and they all produce a fruit with a slightly different flavour. One is just sweet enough, one requires a little salt, and the other two are juicy and sweet, though taste slightly different. My previous experience of eating mango has been to peel the skin off and slice it, hoping that is ripe enough and sweet.

Here when you pick it off the ground, you know it’s perfectly ripened. And you can cut it, but there is another option….

Step 1: Hold the mango. Take a bite from the end opposite the stem and remove. You’ve created a hole at the bottom of the mango.

Step 2: Squeeze and catch the juice and fruit flesh before it drips down your hands.

Step 3: Get a paper towel because you can’t catch it all.

Step 4: The seed will loosen as you eat more mango, remove and clean off the seed. Continue to squeeze the mango skin.

It sounds odd. It is actually kind of odd. But think about it the next time you grab a mango…

Mmmmmmmmmmm…………