very embarassing question

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Posted by marrymybestfriend

so i bought a whole bunch of fruit and vegetables over the weekend... and today i brought to work a mango. i have never eaten a mango before... and i have NO IDEA how to eat it. can i eat the skin? do i cut it? does it have a pit???? ughhhhh...

please help!!

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i am laughin cuz when i was in school i told my mom i really wanted a mango. so she bought one. neither of us knew what to do with it. so it wound up sitting in the fridge until it started rotting. then we through it out.

Okay very simple....

A mango has a very long and slim pit in the middle.
Don't eat the skin.

You see the pic I posted below. That is how you would lay the mango to cut it. But you cut it horizontally. If you have that stub that you see in the pic on the right had side, you can use that as a guide. Your horizontal cut should be right above that stub. That stub is lined up with the pit.

My suggestion after you make the initial cut. Is to eat the fruity part (which is very fibery sp.?) on the part you cut off. Eat the fruit off the skin. You can continue to cut, but I thin it gets a bit messy and hard to hold onto, so you can be a little animalistic and just dig in. If the mango is juicy be prepared for the juice to get all over you.

If the fruit part should be really soft to eat like eating through a ripe peach, then you know the mango is ripe and it should be sweet. Otherwise, if it is not sweet, you probably have eaten it too green. Mangos when ripe are bright red and orange.

If you have any other questions, let me know.

P.S. beware of the pit, it is big and tough, so don't try to bite into it.

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Posted by little j

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Posted by marrymybestfriend

so i bought a whole bunch of fruit and vegetables over the weekend... and today i brought to work a mango. i have never eaten a mango before... and i have NO IDEA how to eat it. can i eat the skin? do i cut it? does it have a pit???? ughhhhh...

please help!!

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i am laughin cuz when i was in school i told my mom i really wanted a mango. so she bought one. neither of us knew what to do with it. so it wound up sitting in the fridge until it started rotting. then we through it out.

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lol. i have a second mango at home... thats probably whats gonna happen to it. not because i dont know... but because i really didnt like it too much

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Posted by NYYankeeGirl72

Okay very simple....

A mango has a very long and slim pit in the middle.
Don't eat the skin.

You see the pic I posted below. That is how you would lay the mango to cut it. But you cut it horizontally. If you have that stub that you see in the pic on the right had side, you can use that as a guide. Your horizontal cut should be right above that stub. That stub is lined up with the pit.

My suggestion after you make the initial cut. Is to eat the fruity part (which is very fibery sp.?) on the part you cut off. Eat the fruit off the skin. You can continue to cut, but I thin it gets a bit messy and hard to hold onto, so you can be a little animalistic and just dig in. If the mango is juicy be prepared for the juice to get all over you.

If the fruit part should be really soft to eat like eating through a ripe peach, then you know the mango is ripe and it should be sweet. Otherwise, if it is not sweet, you probably have eaten it too green. Mangos when ripe are bright red and orange.

If you have any other questions, let me know.

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damn!!! that was awesome!!!

and i think mine wasnt quite rip enough because it wasnt that soft. and i dig try to make a second and third cut... and it got too messy and slippery, so rather then cutting a finger off... i just ate it like an apple or a peach

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Posted by marrymybestfriend

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Posted by little j

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Posted by marrymybestfriend

so i bought a whole bunch of fruit and vegetables over the weekend... and today i brought to work a mango. i have never eaten a mango before... and i have NO IDEA how to eat it. can i eat the skin? do i cut it? does it have a pit???? ughhhhh...

please help!!

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i am laughin cuz when i was in school i told my mom i really wanted a mango. so she bought one. neither of us knew what to do with it. so it wound up sitting in the fridge until it started rotting. then we through it out.

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lol. i have a second mango at home... thats probably whats gonna happen to it. not because i dont know... but because i really didnt like it too much

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Was the mango ripe? What color was it?

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lol. i have a second mango at home... thats probably whats gonna happen to it. not because i dont know... but because i really didnt like it too much

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Was the mango ripe? What color was it?

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it pretty much looked exactly like that picture you posted. green and red

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Posted by marrymybestfriend

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Posted by NYYankeeGirl72

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damn!!! that was awesome!!!

and i think mine wasnt quite rip enough because it wasnt that soft. and i dig try to make a second and third cut... and it got too messy and slippery, so rather then cutting a finger off... i just ate it like an apple or a peach

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Actually, if you get a mango that isn't ripe, just throw it into a paper bag and leave it in a cupboard for a day or two. That should ripen that bad boy up. Also, if you squeeze the mango and it isn't a bit soft it probably isn't ready to eat.

The same goes for avocados for all you guacamole fans out there. If you squeeze an avocado and it is hard as a rock, it most likely is not ready to eat. Do the same as the mango, put in a paper bag until it gets ripe.

HTH

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Posted by marrymybestfriend

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lol. i have a second mango at home... thats probably whats gonna happen to it. not because i dont know... but because i really didnt like it too much

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Was the mango ripe? What color was it?

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it pretty much looked exactly like that picture you posted. green and red

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Yeah not ready yet. Wait until it is really orange/red. But make sure you leave it out of the fridge. Leaving it in the fridge won't let it ripen.

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Posted by NYYankeeGirl72

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Posted by marrymybestfriend

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lol. i have a second mango at home... thats probably whats gonna happen to it. not because i dont know... but because i really didnt like it too much

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Was the mango ripe? What color was it?

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it pretty much looked exactly like that picture you posted. green and red

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Yeah not ready yet. Wait until it is really orange/red. But make sure you leave it out of the fridge. Leaving it in the fridge won't let it ripen.

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ooooooohhhhhhhhhhh... thats where i had them

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Posted by marrymybestfriend

you guys are AWESOME!!!

and here i was thinking that you guys were gonna make fun of me

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Well you werent made fun of because I just got online and saw this topic LoL.... As the resident 'gay' groom shouldnt you know all about licking and sucking on something thats nice and juicy??!!!

I hope I don't get into trouble for this post...

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Posted by SummerGroom10

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Posted by marrymybestfriend

you guys are AWESOME!!!

and here i was thinking that you guys were gonna make fun of me

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Well you werent made fun of because I just got online and saw this topic LoL.... As the resident 'gay' groom shouldnt you know all about licking and sucking on something thats nice and juicy??!!!

I hope I don't get into trouble for this post...

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Posted by marrymybestfriend

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Posted by SummerGroom10

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Posted by marrymybestfriend

you guys are AWESOME!!!

and here i was thinking that you guys were gonna make fun of me

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Well you werent made fun of because I just got online and saw this topic LoL.... As the resident 'gay' groom shouldnt you know all about licking and sucking on something thats nice and juicy??!!!

I hope I don't get into trouble for this post...

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Sorry man I just couldnt resist.... doesnt it say something about our 'relationship' that I can say something like this and you automatically take it as a joke and do not get ticked off at all.... I love it LoL

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Posted by SummerGroom10

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Posted by marrymybestfriend

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Posted by SummerGroom10

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Posted by marrymybestfriend

you guys are AWESOME!!!

and here i was thinking that you guys were gonna make fun of me

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Well you werent made fun of because I just got online and saw this topic LoL.... As the resident 'gay' groom shouldnt you know all about licking and sucking on something thats nice and juicy??!!!

I hope I don't get into trouble for this post...

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Sorry man I just couldnt resist.... doesnt it say something about our 'relationship' that I can say something like this and you automatically take it as a joke and do not get ticked off at all.... I love it LoL

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absolutely. you can say what ever and i would take no offense. i have very tough skin. i dont believe in getting offended, because the second you let someone know that they have offended you... they suddenly have the power. they know in their head that with words, they can alter your mood and attitude.

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Posted by RitasEngaged

i thought this question was going to be a lot more interesting

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sorry to disappoint you Rita. not everyone can be like you and Barb

marrymybestfriend Re: very embarassing question

o just google imaged a pomogrante... are there like like ball-like things inside??? i'm assuming you do not eat the outside??? what in the hell??? where did this fruit come from???
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Yup they are like little pearls. No you do not eat the outside. It took me like forever just to get it cut and the fruit out. I dont know but its really yummy. But sometimes ill just settle on the juice

John - I would like a full mango critique if you will?

this spice taste you speak of, please elaborate

would you say it was worth the hassle of slicing and dicing??