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How to Cut a Mango

Mangoes are not meant to be diced, unless perhaps you are cooking with them for some reason. They are meant to be sliced down (as close to) the middle (as possible) and then eaten in its pure glory. The juice is meant to get all over your hands and face. You must get all of the meat that you can from the pit and the skin. It is not a neat fruit, do not try to make it one! It’s is a treat, one that allows you to tap into a more primal nature. Embrace it. Mmmm, mango. 

My favourite fruit.  I’ve become very picky in the last few years, though, and don’t care for the green/red ones, as they’re so fibrous and get stuck in my teeth.  Yellow mangoes (the Champagne kind) are my perfect food.  I like to do the dice just because you can get that much more Frank’s Red Hot and sea salt down in the cracks if you do so.