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From: michaelk@azure.UUCP (Michael Kersenbrock)
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Subject: Re: What is the best way to eat a mango?
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Date: Mon, 6-May-85 02:57:18 EDT
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When I was a kid (in Hawaii) we had several Mango trees.  One of
my "jobs" was to keep 'em picked (to keep the ground less messy), and
one of the more prolific trees put out a grocery bag full per day
over quite some time.  Anyway,  Mangoes
are at their best when they are "half-ripe" as I used to call it.
That point is probably closer to 85% ripe -- BEFORE they get real
yellow/orange and soft/gushy.  They are at their peak when the
the flesh is only just barely turning orange,and is still 
fairly firm.  The trick is being able to pick it "just right", and
not TOO un-ripe.  Anyway, the ones in the markets here almost are almost
always way way overripe, and make me ill.  Anyway, the easiest and
cleanest (more or less) way of eating those wonderful fruits is
to just use a potato peeler & peel the thing.  Then just use a
sharp knife (a local company, Gerber, makes nice ones) to cut four
chunks off the seed pretty cleanly w/o much left.  Those pieces
are now up for eating (remember they were somewhat firm still?)
They are very good if you dip the mango pieces into Soy Sauce (Shoyu).
Preferably the Soy-sauce you get is the variety made from Soy beans.
Don't laugh, most of the junk the store passes as "soy-sauce" is
really "wheat-sauce", and the flavor difference is very large.  Safeway
here sells a "San-J" brand that is completely wheat-free & is pretty good.
Anyway, back to Mangoes/Mangos, an additional enancement is to pour some
of the soysauce into a shallow cup/bowl & grind some fresh pepper onto it,
then dip the mango slices into it.  Sounds strange but it is GOOOOOD!
Every once in a while I find a "perfect" one in the Safeway (probably
accidentally got put out on the fruit counters) & I delight in scoffing it.
I love good mangoes.  Just like mamma used to grow.......

Mike Kersenbrock
Tektronix Microcomputer Development Products
Aloha, Oregon

P.S.- All weird opinions above are my own ...(thank GOD you say?....)