How to Slice a Mango: A Tutorial by Mark
There is an oblong, somewhat flat pit in the center of the mango, so the first thing you want to do is make two lengthwise slices around the pit.
Here’s the first slice:
And the second slice:
Begin scoring the mango, cutting the flesh but not cutting all the way through to the peel:
Then score in the opposite direction to create cubes:
All along, make sure you are not cutting through the skin:
Here is the nicely-scored mango:
Flip it inside out:
Then start cutting the cubes off from the peel:
Repeat for the other half. Then you can remove the mango that surrounds the pit on the middle slice:
If you get tired of slicing around the pit, just eat around it like a monkey, in particular, the monkey in Indiana Jones, but eating a mango, not a date, the one about whom Indiana Jones says “bad dates”:
Cecilia Said,
July 13, 2008 @ 10:20 pm
that’s exactly how I slice my mango! Ahh good to see that I’m not the only one who eats the mango pit that way – by the way, did Mark ended up with mango juices all over his face??
Mark Said,
July 14, 2008 @ 12:55 am
Yes I did, but I didn’t die like the monkey in Indiana Jones. Monkeys are great, I wonder if they really do eat mangos in the wild. I hope they do, and I hope they don’t read this blog and think I’m mocking them.
Monkeys: I am not mocking you, please don’t kill me with big rocks.
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