Peel Sessions: How to Peel a Mango

Over reading week, I was visiting my friend Katie. She happened to have a bowl of mangos sitting on her kitchen table, so I asked if I could have one. I cut it up into a million irregular pieces and ate it that way...the only way I really knew how. Afterwards, as I was tossing the peel, her dad came in and said something along the lines of "you know you can peel a mango like a banana." No...I didn't.

I have actually eaten a mango every day since I learned this trick. I even tried an Ataulfo mango, which tasted pretty similar but...they were on sale. I know mangos aren't exactly the picture of local eating during winter in Canada...but...I love them. And, like I said, they were on sale...poor students can't be too picky.

Anyways, I still I wish I had known How to Peel a Mango a little earlier in life...

Score the top of the mango with a knife.

Peel slowly and see how easy it is!

Peeling a mango is a joy when it is well-ripened...and quite a struggle when you're too impatient to wait for it to ripen.

So, depending on the ripeness of your mango, the skins might come off in just a few large pieces, or a bunch of little ones. Once the peeling is done, you can just eat it off the pit.

Anyways, if anyone didn't know this little tidbit of information, I hope I have gotten to you before you spend 22 years eating irregular shaped mango slices. While thinking about mangos, I started, of course, Googling them. Here's a site full of interesting information...including different ways to eat them (I had no idea people sprinkled salt on them):

Kate's Global Kitchen: Mango Up

And finally, it only seems appropriate to have the nutritional information...

Nutritional Information 
(per 100 grams)
Calories: 65
Fat: 0
Sodium: 2 mg
Carbohydrates: 17
Fiber: 2
Protein: 1
Calcium: 1%
Vitamin C: 46%
Vitamin A: 15%
Iron: 1%

Source: Nutritiondata.self.com