Guest guest Posted April 28, 2005 Report Share Posted April 28, 2005 What I do is I use a vegetable peeler and peel the whole thing first. Pulling the peel off with your fingers tends to leave too much fruit on the peel and it goes to waste. After I have it peeled, I run a knife down one of the flat sides as close to the pit as possible. I then repeat on the other flat side and then I do the same thing on the " edge " sides. If you want the mango diced instead of in big flat pieces, then after it is peeled, make slices through the flesh vertically, then horizontally before you cut the flesh away from the pit. Hope that helps! (Not sure I was able to describe it was as I hoped :-)) -Poppy rawfood [rawfood ] On Behalf Of Gypsi at www.aromaticwings.com Thursday, April 28, 2005 3:17 PM rawfood Re: [Raw Food] One month today * I do not want to sound stupid here... but can someone tell me how they cut open a mango?? I had one the other day and just seemed to mangle the thing... only maybe half got in the blender the rest went in the trash....?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 28, 2005 Report Share Posted April 28, 2005 Thanks,,, Guess my fruit was too ripe because I had a heck of a time even cutting it... well, it might just take practice... it WAS the first time I ever ate one... Thanks Again! Poppy Davis <poppy wrote: What I do is I use a vegetable peeler and peel the whole thing first. Pulling the peel off with your fingers tends to leave too much fruit on the peel and it goes to waste. After I have it peeled, I run a knife down one of the flat sides as close to the pit as possible. I then repeat on the other flat side and then I do the same thing on the " edge " sides. If you want the mango diced instead of in big flat pieces, then after it is peeled, make slices through the flesh vertically, then horizontally before you cut the flesh away from the pit. Hope that helps! (Not sure I was able to describe it was as I hoped :-)) -Poppy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 28, 2005 Report Share Posted April 28, 2005 Yeah, sometimes they can be very juicy! I cut mine over the blender so that all the juice doesn't go to waste. Wow! The first time you've ever had one? What did you think? Did you like it? Be on the lookout for cherimoyas. they're my favorite! -Poppy rawfood [rawfood ] On Behalf Of Gypsi at www.aromaticwings.com Thursday, April 28, 2005 3:37 PM rawfood RE: [Raw Food] Mangos * Thanks,,, Guess my fruit was too ripe because I had a heck of a time even cutting it... well, it might just take practice... it WAS the first time I ever ate one... Thanks Again! .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 28, 2005 Report Share Posted April 28, 2005 Yeah that was something I would suggest anyone do... cut them over a bowl or the blender itself... Which of course dumby me didn't..lol what did I think?? well... at first impression I did not care too much for it.... but then as the flavor stayed in my mouth some.(as I nbbled before adding to smoothie).. it kind of grew on me... I have never been one for the produce section until recently... and some of the things you all speak of here I have never seen in my store or stores that I shop at... Maybe I just do not know where to look. I have noticed they group the fruits in like citrus , exotic, and others... Poppy Davis <poppy wrote: Yeah, sometimes they can be very juicy! I cut mine over the blender so that all the juice doesn't go to waste. Wow! The first time you've ever had one? What did you think? Did you like it? Be on the lookout for cherimoyas. they're my favorite! -Poppy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 28, 2005 Report Share Posted April 28, 2005 what exactly does a cherimoya taste like?? From what I hear of those durains(sp?) I do not know if I would like those... lol Poppy Davis <poppy wrote: Be on the lookout for cherimoyas. they're my favorite! -Poppy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 28, 2005 Report Share Posted April 28, 2005 Cherimoyas are nothing like durian. Cherimoyas are like a cross between a banana, a pineapple, and a papaya. It's a creamy white custard that kind of tastes like a mai tai! I've tried durian once and didn't like it. It seemed really salty to me. Maybe I had a bad one. But I think that durian wouldn't pass the Bobo test! ;-) -Poppy rawfood [rawfood ] On Behalf Of Gypsi at www.aromaticwings.com Thursday, April 28, 2005 3:56 PM rawfood RE: [Raw Food] Mangos * what exactly does a cherimoya taste like?? From what I hear of those durains(sp?) I do not know if I would like those... lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 28, 2005 Report Share Posted April 28, 2005 Cherimoyas sound wonderful... papaya... another one I haven't tried.... I am so out of the fruit loop..lol BoBo test?? what did I miss Poppy Davis <poppy wrote: Cherimoyas are nothing like durian. Cherimoyas are like a cross between a banana, a pineapple, and a papaya. It's a creamy white custard that kind of tastes like a mai tai! I've tried durian once and didn't like it. It seemed really salty to me. Maybe I had a bad one. But I think that durian wouldn't pass the Bobo test! ;-) -Poppy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 28, 2005 Report Share Posted April 28, 2005 rawfood , " Gypsi at www.aromaticwings.com " <aromatic_wings> wrote: > Cherimoyas sound wonderful... > > papaya... another one I haven't tried.... I am so out of the fruit loop..lol > > BoBo test?? what did I miss -------------- Bobo's my imaginary primate that helps me decipher foods. the longer post is a couple of days back... it's just a fun way for me to approach Natural Hygiene. all the best, Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 28, 2005 Report Share Posted April 28, 2005 rawfood , " Poppy Davis " <poppy@p...> wrote: > Cherimoyas are nothing like durian. Cherimoyas are like a cross between a > banana, a pineapple, and a papaya. It's a creamy white custard that kind of > tastes like a mai tai! thanks, Poppy... they sound delightful! and I finally found a picture, but no article, in my Florida Fruit book... look forward to them... thanks, Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 29, 2005 Report Share Posted April 29, 2005 Hmmm. As a life long mango eater I will just put my two cents worth in here... cut mango down sides in four places forming a cross. Peel down each fourth of skin with mango meat on it. Pull off the skin and slurp up all the mango meat attached to it. Do this with all four peels. Now you have the mango with not skin and lots of meat left. hold it and start to bite into the most loose juicy places first. keep going until you have gotten all the meat. Old men in Bermuda, (my homeland),now suck on that mango seed all day long. I don't though. Happy raw day all. xoxo Lane - Gypsi at www.aromaticwings.com rawfood Thursday, April 28, 2005 6:37 PM RE: [Raw Food] Mangos Thanks,,, Guess my fruit was too ripe because I had a heck of a time even cutting it... well, it might just take practice... it WAS the first time I ever ate one... Thanks Again! Poppy Davis <poppy wrote: What I do is I use a vegetable peeler and peel the whole thing first. Pulling the peel off with your fingers tends to leave too much fruit on the peel and it goes to waste. After I have it peeled, I run a knife down one of the flat sides as close to the pit as possible. I then repeat on the other flat side and then I do the same thing on the " edge " sides. If you want the mango diced instead of in big flat pieces, then after it is peeled, make slices through the flesh vertically, then horizontally before you cut the flesh away from the pit. Hope that helps! (Not sure I was able to describe it was as I hoped :-)) -Poppy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 29, 2005 Report Share Posted April 29, 2005 Gnawing mango off the pit is one of the great joys in life! That is often where the sweetest bit is....mmmmm..... One thing that took a while for me was figuring out how to tell whether a mango was ripe or not. I just had to keep on by trial and error. But once I got the hang of it, I've rarely had a bad mango experience! :-) Peace, Valerie lane lynn <lanie wrote: Hmmm. As a life long mango eater I will just put my two cents worth in here... cut mango down sides in four places forming a cross. Peel down each fourth of skin with mango meat on it. Pull off the skin and slurp up all the mango meat attached to it. Do this with all four peels. Now you have the mango with not skin and lots of meat left. hold it and start to bite into the most loose juicy places first. keep going until you have gotten all the meat. Old men in Bermuda, (my homeland),now suck on that mango seed all day long. I don't though. Happy raw day all. xoxo Lane - Gypsi at www.aromaticwings.com rawfood Thursday, April 28, 2005 6:37 PM RE: [Raw Food] Mangos Thanks,,, Guess my fruit was too ripe because I had a heck of a time even cutting it... well, it might just take practice... it WAS the first time I ever ate one... Thanks Again! Poppy Davis <poppy wrote: What I do is I use a vegetable peeler and peel the whole thing first. Pulling the peel off with your fingers tends to leave too much fruit on the peel and it goes to waste. After I have it peeled, I run a knife down one of the flat sides as close to the pit as possible. I then repeat on the other flat side and then I do the same thing on the " edge " sides. If you want the mango diced instead of in big flat pieces, then after it is peeled, make slices through the flesh vertically, then horizontally before you cut the flesh away from the pit. Hope that helps! (Not sure I was able to describe it was as I hoped :-)) -Poppy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 29, 2005 Report Share Posted April 29, 2005 rawfood , " lane lynn " <lanie@p...> wrote: > Hmmm. As a life long mango eater I will just put my two cents worth in here... > cut mango down sides in four places forming a cross. Peel down each fourth of skin with mango meat on it. Pull off the skin and slurp up all the mango meat attached to it. Do this with all four peels. Now you have the mango with not skin and lots of meat left. hold it and start to bite into the most loose juicy places first. keep going until you have gotten all the meat. Old men in Bermuda, (my homeland),now suck on that mango seed all day long. I don't though. Happy raw day all. xoxo Lane --- Nice, Lane! and, see, not knowing any better, me and Bobo had two mangoes the other day, and we did it almost as you described....went to cut it down one of the sides, and since some of the pulp had stuck to it, I slurped it off.. did that all the way around...cut the rest off, and put it in the blender, to go with the smoothie...still had a fair amount left on the seed, so suck that off while I cut the next one up...the next one didn't get much of it to go in the blender....lol: I ate most of that one.!! I figured: with this much work, I might as well eat it! 'twas grand...and yes, then I sucked on that seed also...nowhere near all day....as I was cutting it up, I had a brief flashback to another time in my life ---- when I was working in South Africa from 12/97 thru 7/98, I had a very nice 3Bd/2Ba place with a courtyard and a pool. My company had suggested that I might want to find a " Char " woman to come in and help me keep the place up, do laundry, etc.. The owner had left me a note, saying that she had used a woman across the street for this, and so I contacted her. Her name was Anna, and she was delighted to come over on Saturdays, her official " day off " . I found out later that I'd offered her 2x the going rate (which, at that time I paid ~100 Rand, or ~$20/week US).soooo... to the point of the story -- I used to go to a local neighborhood market, and just randomly pick up fresh, raw fruits that I had no earthly idea what they were.....I'd bring them home, and then of course, have no idea how to prepare them. Mangoes were in this first grouping. AFter I'd eaten part of the fruit, I'd put the remainder in the refrigerator. Some of it, embarassedly I admit, was pretty " mangled up " - I really had no idea how to cut it up, and didn't know anyone else in the neighborhood. soo..I'd hack away at it, and then put it in the fridge. Well...one day, like a Wednesday, I come home from work, open up the refrigerator, and to my shock/delight/amazement ALL THE FRUIT IS CUT UP, and put in nice tupperware sealed bowls. I thought: WOW! I've got a fruit genie! actually, I waited for Anna on Saturday, and talked with her about it, and yes, she'd done it. I thanked her very much, and she said that since I was treating her so well, would it be ok with me, if she just dashed in and out a few times during the week, in addition to Saturday, and she do some of the work during the week, including checking on what fruits I might need some help with, etc...We developed a very nice friendship, including my taking her to her " family " (an older teen daughter, with her kids/Anna's grandkids), living in a rural township. I learned a little bit from Anna about some of the local foods, and even some Zulu and some other languages, since she spoke 7 different languages. Grand fun. have a great day! Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 29, 2005 Report Share Posted April 29, 2005 I saw some of these at the supermarket the other day - they wanted $4.99 (U.S) for one. I left it sitting on the produce rack. Donna ------- Cherimoyas are nothing like durian. Cherimoyas are like a cross between a banana, a pineapple, and a papaya. It's a creamy white custard that kind of tastes like a mai tai! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 29, 2005 Report Share Posted April 29, 2005 Interesting Bob.... Sometimes I feel like a sloppy pig because I am soooo messy with some of the fruits I do eat... oranges get rather drippy... and those mangos well... that was just a plain mess... but like my Dad used to say... " it tastes better if it's messy " .. Gee and I only know one language.. English.. and barely that one...lol Bob Farrell <rjf2 wrote: when I was working in South Africa from 12/97 thru 7/98, I had a very nice 3Bd/2Ba place with a courtyard and a pool. My company had suggested that I might want to find a " Char " woman to come in and help me keep the place up, do laundry, etc.. The owner had left me a note, saying that she had used a woman across the street for this, and so I contacted her. Her name was Anna, and she was delighted to come over on Saturdays, her official " day off " . I found out later that I'd offered her 2x the going rate (which, at that time I paid ~100 Rand, or ~$20/week US).soooo... to the point of the story -- I used to go to a local neighborhood market, and just randomly pick up fresh, raw fruits that I had no earthly idea what they were.....I'd bring them home, and then of course, have no idea how to prepare them. Mangoes were in this first grouping. AFter I'd eaten part of the fruit, I'd put the remainder in the refrigerator. Some of it, embarassedly I admit, was pretty " mangled up " - I really had no idea how to cut it up, and didn't know anyone else in the neighborhood. soo..I'd hack away at it, and then put it in the fridge. Well...one day, like a Wednesday, I come home from work, open up the refrigerator, and to my shock/delight/amazement ALL THE FRUIT IS CUT UP, and put in nice tupperware sealed bowls. I thought: WOW! I've got a fruit genie! actually, I waited for Anna on Saturday, and talked with her about it, and yes, she'd done it. I thanked her very much, and she said that since I was treating her so well, would it be ok with me, if she just dashed in and out a few times during the week, in addition to Saturday, and she do some of the work during the week, including checking on what fruits I might need some help with, etc...We developed a very nice friendship, including my taking her to her " family " (an older teen daughter, with her kids/Anna's grandkids), living in a rural township. I learned a little bit from Anna about some of the local foods, and even some Zulu and some other languages, since she spoke 7 different languages. Grand fun. have a great day! Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 29, 2005 Report Share Posted April 29, 2005 I hear ya Donna.. This is one reason I stick with the basics.... I would love to live where they are free for the picking or alot cheaper... Donna <donnachagnon wrote: I saw some of these at the supermarket the other day - they wanted $4.99 (U.S) for one. I left it sitting on the produce rack. Donna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 30, 2005 Report Share Posted April 30, 2005 this is cool, Bob. I think I'm making you an honorary Bermudian. By the way 7 languages? Which ones? My daughter speaks Kiswahili and a bit of Shona too. Her best friend is from South Africa and speaks some Zulu too. Small world. - Bob Farrell rawfood Friday, April 29, 2005 12:02 PM Re: [Raw Food] Mangos rawfood , " lane lynn " <lanie@p...> wrote: > Hmmm. As a life long mango eater I will just put my two cents worth in here... > cut mango down sides in four places forming a cross. Peel down each fourth of skin with mango meat on it. Pull off the skin and slurp up all the mango meat attached to it. Do this with all four peels. Now you have the mango with not skin and lots of meat left. hold it and start to bite into the most loose juicy places first. keep going until you have gotten all the meat. Old men in Bermuda, (my homeland),now suck on that mango seed all day long. I don't though. Happy raw day all. xoxo Lane --- Nice, Lane! and, see, not knowing any better, me and Bobo had two mangoes the other day, and we did it almost as you described....went to cut it down one of the sides, and since some of the pulp had stuck to it, I slurped it off.. did that all the way around...cut the rest off, and put it in the blender, to go with the smoothie...still had a fair amount left on the seed, so suck that off while I cut the next one up...the next one didn't get much of it to go in the blender....lol: I ate most of that one.!! I figured: with this much work, I might as well eat it! 'twas grand...and yes, then I sucked on that seed also...nowhere near all day....as I was cutting it up, I had a brief flashback to another time in my life ---- when I was working in South Africa from 12/97 thru 7/98, I had a very nice 3Bd/2Ba place with a courtyard and a pool. My company had suggested that I might want to find a " Char " woman to come in and help me keep the place up, do laundry, etc.. The owner had left me a note, saying that she had used a woman across the street for this, and so I contacted her. Her name was Anna, and she was delighted to come over on Saturdays, her official " day off " . I found out later that I'd offered her 2x the going rate (which, at that time I paid ~100 Rand, or ~$20/week US).soooo... to the point of the story -- I used to go to a local neighborhood market, and just randomly pick up fresh, raw fruits that I had no earthly idea what they were.....I'd bring them home, and then of course, have no idea how to prepare them. Mangoes were in this first grouping. AFter I'd eaten part of the fruit, I'd put the remainder in the refrigerator. Some of it, embarassedly I admit, was pretty " mangled up " - I really had no idea how to cut it up, and didn't know anyone else in the neighborhood. soo..I'd hack away at it, and then put it in the fridge. Well...one day, like a Wednesday, I come home from work, open up the refrigerator, and to my shock/delight/amazement ALL THE FRUIT IS CUT UP, and put in nice tupperware sealed bowls. I thought: WOW! I've got a fruit genie! actually, I waited for Anna on Saturday, and talked with her about it, and yes, she'd done it. I thanked her very much, and she said that since I was treating her so well, would it be ok with me, if she just dashed in and out a few times during the week, in addition to Saturday, and she do some of the work during the week, including checking on what fruits I might need some help with, etc...We developed a very nice friendship, including my taking her to her " family " (an older teen daughter, with her kids/Anna's grandkids), living in a rural township. I learned a little bit from Anna about some of the local foods, and even some Zulu and some other languages, since she spoke 7 different languages. Grand fun. have a great day! Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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