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There is only one correct way to eat a banganapalle mango:

Wash the fruit and scrub the skin. Do not skip this step, as the skin will be in your mouth just as much as the fruit.

Wash your hands and clean fingernails thoroughly.

Use a peeler to peel the mango all the way around. Suck the flesh off of each peel before discarding (see step 1 again).

Once the fruit is fully peeled, bring it to your face and devour it. It may get up your nose and up till your cheeks but that’s okay. Your line of sight should be partially obscured by the mango flesh. You may hear nothing but your own slurping.

Relish till you reach the seed. Then turn the mango around and repeat the step.

I love mangoes and look forward to them every year – just as I look forward to summer and monsoon – but my experience with mangoes is actually quite uncomfortable, overwhelming, even suffocating. 

Like the seasons are painful and oppressive – even though I love them – mangoes too are heavy on the stomach. And the way I devour them makes it worse not only for me but for those around me. I make an absolute mess, while the mangoes make me all hot, sweaty and sticky.

Sometimes I even find dried up mango juice on my nose or elbow hours after I have cleaned up. It is the same way sand........

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