How to eat a mango

So for those of you who know me fairly well, you know that I am a huge fan of mangos... a good ripe mango is definitely my favorite fruit. The best part about my trip right now is that I happened to arrive in Colombia in the middle of the mango harvests. Now, anyone who has every eaten a mango will surely attest that it is a somewhat messy ordeal, ending in sticky fingers, sticky goo all over your face and probably lots of little mango fibers stuck in your teeth. Here are a few alternatives to eat mango that I have learned here in Colombia:



1) With your teeth, bite at one end of the mango and tear off the skin towards the other end. Peel the whole mango this way and then eat it. This works best with the little mangos (``mangas``)




2.) About an inch and a half away from the end of the mango cut a circle all the way around. Do this at both ends and then peel in between the two little circles. Use the unpeeled parts to hold the mango and eat everything in the middle. This eliminates the sticky hands.



3.) Squish the mango with your fingers until it is very soft. At the opposite end as the stem, bite a small hole. Squeeze the mango juice into your mouth, but dont squeeze too hard or the other end with blow out and make a mess. Suck out all the fruit and juice until all that you have left is pit inside of the skin. This is my favorite way to eat the mango and avoids sticky hands and strings in your teeth.

4.) Go to the market and ask them to make you some fresh mango juice. Let them deal with the mess!

5.) How to eat a green (unripe) mango: Peel, cut into little sticks (french fry size), add lime and salt. Crunch away!

The moral of the story is, mangos are obviously the best fruit ever and the world would be a much better place if everyone could enjoy mango season in Colombia just once in their lives. The end :)