Cooking & Baking
Related: About this forumLast Saturday we bought a box of Mangoes at Costco. They have gotten better each day. Tonight . . .
. . . . . they were orgasmic.
Really.
So good they could bring tears.
Sweet. Rich. Juicy.
For the first time ever, I ate the skin as I peeled them. Even the skin was good.
We have two left. They will be eaten tomorrow night.
noamnety
(20,234 posts)I'd be scared to eat the skin.
Stinky The Clown
(67,808 posts)noamnety
(20,234 posts)and can cause reactions in some people even if they can eat the fruit just fine.
Stinky The Clown
(67,808 posts)noamnety
(20,234 posts)If I ate some and was okay, I'd eat the rest too. I'm just scared of that first bite.
Stinky The Clown
(67,808 posts)In 2010 only 12 cases were reported. That said, I have eaten mango forever, to no ill effects, but this is the first time I've eaten the skin.
Festivito
(13,452 posts)It's the only way.
Warpy
(111,277 posts)with minimal mess.
Slice down the mango on either side of the large, flat pit. Hold the piece of mango, skin side down, in your hand while you make crosshatched cuts in the fruit. Turn the skin from convex to concave and the pieces of mango pop right up, perfect for nibbling off the skin.
I also peel them this way when I'm making chunky mango salsa: mango, jalapeno, serrano, lime juice and cilantro. The combination of super sweet with super hot is sublime with fish, chicken or pork.
ETA: There's a good description of varieties, different seasons, and points of origin at http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20061210082745AAEOsMW
Festivito
(13,452 posts)But, for orgasmic mangoes, real mangoes, one wishes to eat every bit that is not seed or skin. It even seems to get better nearer those extremes. It trickles down the face then neck, jumping from surface to surface as it dawns on you that I'm glad I'm waist deep in a stream somewhere in the middle of some Fijian island whose name escapes you. But, I digress. A bath works just fine.
And, the chutney sounds delicious.
elleng
(130,974 posts)Stinky The Clown
(67,808 posts)Red and green, not all green.
elleng
(130,974 posts)Stinky The Clown
(67,808 posts)elleng
(130,974 posts)LiberalLoner
(9,762 posts)they are kind of tart and not really sweet but I think I just like them because the seeds look like little rubies and are fun to eat.
Stinky The Clown
(67,808 posts)Yes they are!
Hey, have you ever had a persimmon that's really nice and ripe?
Le Taz Hot
(22,271 posts)is crazy about mangos. I made mango jelly last year and entered it into our County Fair. It won second place in a VERY competitive category (I'm in a farming community and EVERYBODY cooks). I'm thinking about doing a mango chutney for next year's fair.