They say we gain wisdom as we get older. I am giddy with my new found wisdom of late.
Not so long ago I was contemplating the purchase of that dainty six pack of Champagne mangoes. My reluctance to do so was that I found it frustrating that I wasted so much of the fruit when I peeled and cut it. My mango serving was never pretty like the fruit plates I ordered while dining out.
This is where the wisdom begins to flow, like melting ice cream down the sides of a sugar cone. If they can make mango look so pretty at restaurants, there must be an efficient and productive way to slice a mango at home!
Years ago, I would have consulted the L-M volume of the Encyclopedia Britannica on the bookshelf. Again, dipping my hand into my rapidly developing piggy bank of wisdom , I went directly to youtube. I typed in "cutting a mango." Sure enough there it was: a video instruction of how to cut and peel a mango.
The video I came across was of a laid back Asian guy sitting in his living room. On the coffee table in front of him he had a cutting board, knife, spoon, and of course, a mango. He inspired me.
All these years I have been making a full on mess with my mangoes--juice everywhere, a variety of useless utensils on the counter, mango on my chin as I tried to chew it out of the skins. Now, simple, done in less than a minute, like a pro.
The goodles get the skins, the hens get the pit and momma has a pretty row of mango slices on her plate.
So smart.
