# How to eat a mango **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [November 30, 2000, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-eat-a-mango/43435 "2000-11-30T20:43:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![KenP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c0e974/32.png) [@KenP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KenP)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2000, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-eat-a-mango/43435/1 "2000-11-30T20:43:52Z")
It may seem obvious, but I wonder if I’m doing it wrong. I can cut a few slices, but even if I gnaw on what’s left, I always seem to end up with a fair amount of meat wrapped around that huge pit. ---
**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2000, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-eat-a-mango/43435/2 "2000-11-30T20:52:58Z")
The closer you get to the pit, the stringier the flesh is. It might look like there’s a lot left, but it’s not really worth eating. The best way to eat a mango is standing over the sink. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2000, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-eat-a-mango/43435/3 "2000-11-30T21:10:24Z")
[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=31433](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=31433) ---
**Author:** ![Melpomene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/0ea827/32.png) [@Melpomene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melpomene)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2000, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-eat-a-mango/43435/4 "2000-11-30T21:13:09Z")
Find one of those spoons with the fork tines on it. Methinks it is called a “spork.” Cut the sucker in half, tie on a bib, lean over the sink and DIG IN! 😃