# How do you eat a mango?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 19, 2004, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-eat-a-mango/245953 "2004-05-19T13:16:58Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 21, 2004, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-eat-a-mango/245953/21 "2004-05-21T00:16:02Z")

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How can you tell the orientation of the seed, so that you can slice along the flat side?

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**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2004, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-eat-a-mango/245953/22 "2004-05-21T01:21:26Z")

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Put the fruit down on a flat surface. Whichever side it rolls on is the flat side.

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