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Conference turris::cooks

Title:	How to Make them Goodies
Notice:	Please Don't Start New Notes for Old Topics! Check 5.*
Moderator:	FUTURE::DDESMAISONSec.com::winalski

Created:	Tue Feb 18 1986
Last Modified:	Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	4127
Total number of notes:	31160

1061.0. "Mango" by PARROT::GALVIN (Another Grey Area) Tue Mar 22 1988 11:27

    On a vacation last year, I had the pleasure to be served fresh mangos
    on several occasions.  I had never had a mango before, so they were
    a real treat.  They were cut in half lengthwise, then cut, on the
    skin in a lattice pattern, and turned inside out so the fruit was
    convex.
    
    When I finally saw mangos in the supermarket last week, I had visions
    of preparing them as I've described.  Then, I encountered the pit.
    Mangos, I have learned, have what the _Joy of Cooking_ describes
    as "... a long, fibrous pit that runs the entire length of the fruit."
    My question is how do I remove the pit -- how do I even know where
    it starts?
    
    I really like the taste of mangos.  It isn't necessary for me to
    get as fancy as the fruit I was served last year, but I would like
    to find a way to cut and eat the mango without getting a mouth
    full of pulp.  I welcome any tips or suggestions.
    
    Susie

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
1061.1	Tangy, but sweet	CIMNET::GAFFNEY	NASCAR **** 600 HORSEPOWER	`Wed Mar 23 1988 13:58`	16
	Seeing as how I was a beach bum for 10 years in Hawaii and ate more than my share of mangos, I'll give it a shot. First take the mango and stand it on end, stem side down. Turn it so the narrow side is facing you. Start cutting at the top, slidding the knife down the side of the pit, turn the mango around and cut a similar slab off the other side. Lay each piece on the plate and make three or four cuts in each direction. You can now pick it up and push the skin side in which will seperate the mango fruit into nice bite size pieces. There should still be a narrow piece of fruit left on the pit. Just piel the skin and the fruit can be easily cut (or chewed, if you don't mind the mess) from the pit. Now that I've thought about this, I'm definatly going to have to buy one this week. Good Luck Brian
1061.2	exit	WAGON::RITTNER	Make the world turn around...	`Tue Mar 29 1988 12:56`	17
	I'll take a chance at adding my two-cents since I grew up in Florida with a mango tree in the backyard. I like to cut just through the skin of the mango with a sharp knife, sectioning it into four pieces (like you would section an orange's peel without cutting into the fruit itself). I peel off the four sections of skin, which separate from the fruit easily if it is ripe enough. There is always a little fruit clinging to the skin, so I munch on this (I HATE to waste any mango, especially since it is an EXTRA treat to buy one up here in Massachusetts!!). Then I cut the fruit from the pit in fairly large chunks because small pieces of ripe mango tend to desintegrate a bit (fairly soft fruit when very ripe). I do leave a little fruit around the pit so I don't cut any fibers off along with the fruit. As I mentioned, I hate to waste mango, so I munch on the fruit that's still clinging to the pit! Enjoy!! Just a note: Mango juice stains fabric. Be careful. I got this warning lot's when I was a little kid!