This question has puzzled me for years. Mangoes are some of the tastiest fruit around - right up there with avocados, artichokes and raspberries. Yet I've been plagued with how to best cut this delicacy.
Well, bloggers, perhaps you knew this already: peel it with a peeler first! Then cut off slices around the funky pit, and chop away. This may seem obvious to you all, but I've tried several different ways - scoring, slicing and then scoring, and so forth. None were very satisfying, and I always felt like I left too much fruit behind. But watching Alton Brown's show on the Food Network was enlightening. He's so darn smart... and I'm forever changed.
3 comments:
hey! you can also slice two sections on both sides of the seed, score them in a grid and "pop" it so you have cute little cubes stickin out at you.
nice for breakfast for two..
plus a little extra as you whittle closer to the seed.
roopa
Dude ...
It's not like I thought you were joking, or that Alton Brown was either, but I just tried my first mango this way and it totally rocks! Yippee to Mr. Brown for kicking butt all over town!
XOXOXO
Yeah, I find the scoring and cubing method to be not so easy or satisfying. I leave too much mango on the peel, and it's super time-consuming.
Can you tell I've thought a lot about this?? Sheesh....
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