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    Posts: 271 Member
    edited December 2024 in Food and Nutrition
    Mangoes are much more difficult to peel and quarter than indicated by online faqs. That or I'm much more pathetic than the instructions call for. :-)

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    • Posts: 572 Member
      Agreed. I nearly lost a finger to a mango incident.
    • Posts: 554 Member
      Nah! struggle every time just wish they were not so nice. Love the dried mago as well just a tad more calories.
    • Posts: 249 Member
      I agree. Only safe way to eat a mango is standing in the bath. Naked to avoid unnecessary laundry.:laugh:
      Don't think they're worth the effort!
    • Posts: 10,347 Member
      I used to struggle with mangoes, then I found a little gadget in the kitchen section that is like the apple slicer, but it is specifically for mangoes! So much easier!

      Here's a pic:

      9gQD8.jpg
    • Posts: 1,915 Member
      Agree!! I made mango avocado salsa last weekend and it took me so long to peel and cut that sucker up! The salsa was amazing though.
    • Posts: 464 Member
      Agreed. I find most of the fruit sticks to the pit and when I try to eat it of the pit, it gets all stuck between my teeth. But, they taste so good!
    • Posts: 1,123 Member
      if you think mangoes are hard, try to peel and chop a butternut squash! last time i ddi that it took me about an hour, and i was exhausted. now if only i had a chainsaw...
    • Posts: 336 Member
      Very true.

      I made one attempt. I will never buy another mango again.

      mango.jpg
    • Posts: 965 Member
      Very true.

      I made one attempt. I will never buy another mango again.

      mango.jpg

      That looks identical to every attempt I've ever made.
    • Posts: 130
      I used to struggle with mangoes, then I found a little gadget in the kitchen section that is like the apple slicer, but it is specifically for mangoes! So much easier!

      Here's a pic:

      9gQD8.jpg

      I've seen that little gadget at Target and always wondered if it really worked.... so now that you say it works... I'm going to buy one. Thanks
    • Posts: 513 Member
      If the stupid seed wasn't so frickin' huge...
    • Posts: 388 Member
      MMMMMM....now I'm craving mangoes!!! Thanks a lot!! ;)
    • Posts: 673 Member
      OMG I thought I was the only one that absolutely destroys mangoes every time. This made me laugh!! :drinker:
    • Posts: 873 Member
      and the presliced ones at the store aren't as good.
    • Posts: 249 Member
      They are my favorite fruit. YUMMY!! I've got it down but its hard to explain.

      I actually poke the knife through the widest part to see how much I can slice off/how big the seed is. I make two slice one on each side of the seed. Then I take one slice and separate the skin from the meat (kind of like separating a watermelon from the outside shell). Then I dice up. Do the same with the other slice. For the seed just slice of the skin and eat what is left with my hands.
    • Posts: 148
      if you think mangoes are hard, try to peel and chop a butternut squash! last time i ddi that it took me about an hour, and i was exhausted. now if only i had a chainsaw...

      I found that if you let the butternut squash get to room temp. it was much easier...might only take 1/2 hour :)
    • Posts: 2,608 Member
      Stand the mango upright
      Slice down one side of the seed
      Slice down the other side of the seed
      Cup each cut off section in your hand and cut the flesh into the size pieces that you want
      Push on bottom/outside of section and "invert" the flesh so it's all sticking up off the skin
      Trim flesh off skin
      Trim any remaining flesh on seed off
      One cut up mango
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