How do I?

How am I supposed to cut and eat a mango? I thought I was supposed to cut it like a avocodo, but that ended badly... is there a proper way to do this?

No really...

how did it end badly?

cut it open, grab the tasty mango bits, make with the mouth happy.

I tried to cut it in half but it wasn't working, so I just started gnawing away at the delicious mango like bloody savage, now I've got Mango juice and guts everywhere.... I actually just had to have a shower because of this... which leads me to believe there is a better way.

pretty much what clara said. cut straight down on either side of the seed and then cut that into little pieces, and either score it or just eat it off the peel (depends on how messy you want to be). with a good ripe, but not overripe mango this is kinda messy, but not too bad, with one that's a bit too ripe it'll be really messy. finding good mangos can be very difficult.

This is probably the funniest thing I have heard all day.

Yay Google!

Yay Wikipedia!

watch out for tigers when cutting your mango.

You really should dude. It'll keep you regular, and money.

Edited because I just realized this isn't in the silliness board and I don't want to push my luck.



[Edited on May 03, 2005 by FridgeMagnet]

Eat it in the bath.

Peel off skin
chop lil pieces off
and suck on center
then eat lil pieces..

Don't listen to these people.

I made you a professional diagram:

Once you have that done, you'll have two mouthwatering pieces. Cut them like this:



Then pull the skin back (like one of those poppers you played with as a kid) and you'll have yummy mango squares, just gently remove them with your teeth and enjoy.

The easiest way is to hold the mango so that a narrow side is facing you(as opposed to the flat, wide part) Guesstimate where the pit is and slice on opposite sides. Peel the skin from the cut pieces, or use a spoon to scoop out. Then cut of the fruit around the pit. Can be messy, also use a sharp knife, but be careful not to stab yourself.

PROFESSIONAL DIAGRAM

Now, I know who to contact to design my dream home

Or see above diagrams so nicely made by Unravled!

there will always be mango juice and flesh all over...................no matter how you cut it, mangos are messy fuckers.

Unless you are trying to cut one that is not ripe enough, in which case you might cut off your fingertip, because your stupid boss said the damn mangos were to be used anyway....errr, umm...that might just have been me...

Here's a video:

http://media.ocregister.com/kitchen_basics/kb_mango/kb_mango_broad.html

Sorry for the bump, I love mangos more than life.

Find a sushi chef to do it for you.

Hehehehhehhehe. My little weird mind is working into overdrive.

In the first image, it appears as if a very well endowed headless stick figure is going to commit hari-kari against himself whilst sitting on a gynormous mango colored blank headstone.

The second one looks like a very angry fly, upclose and in your face.

^ yeah, that's totally what i was thinking when looking at these diagrams as well

sprinkle on some lemon or lime juice and a dash of cayenne

Your imagination is even stranger than my diagrams.