Well Monday is here again, how did it come around so quickly I'd like to know. I blame the Government. So there.
Well the most exciting event of my weekend was trying to get into a Mango, I bet you wish your life was so frenetic and fun filled don't ya?
I usually buy my Mango's nicely sliced and packaged from the local supermarket, but it is a very extravagant thing to do, so when I saw the real thing on sale in Lidl for 22p I thought BARGAIN! and bought one.
It wasn't until Saturday afternoon when I fancied a bit of mango (as you do ) that I realised I hadn't the foggiest idea of how to prepare it from scratch.
So i peeled it first, (big mistake) and then tried to attack it with a knife to cut it in half. It shot out of my hand at great speed and narrowly missed Junior cat who was minding his own business and washing his nether regions by the dishwasher. I can see the headline now "Cat killed by flying Mango, woman found with Juice still on her hands"
Needless to say that was the end of my Mango experience. I retreived the cat from off the top of the larder unit, and the Mango from behind the bin, and disposed of it (of course the Mango, oh try and keep up!) It was sadly inedible by now. I thought about washing it, but they are such slippery little suckers that I didn't want to risk the lives of any of the other pets. So I went without.
So. Can some kind person please tell me the correct way to slice and peel a Mango without incident. I need to know, I will not be beaten by exotic fruit. Besides, I've bought another one..................
