Firstly, the title is misleading, you should never eat only one mango in off season, in fact you should never eat a solitary mango. You will always get a sour one. So you start with two mangoes.
Secondly, you should not eat the mangoes one after another. The one that is less sweet, would always be the one you eat later. You want to avoid that. We will come back to this later.
Thirdly, always eat your mangoes alone. Especially if you are married. Spouses are judgmental people, and they would criticize you for eating like a child, and insist that you cut and use a dessert spoon. That is wrong, that is b
lasphemy.
Now slice the top, squeeze some juice out. This tradition is copied from Punjabi men, who, when they pour their first peg, put their fingers in and flick some alcohol as tribute to nature. We do the same with mango nectar, it is tribute to nature, it also ensures that by morning your floor is swarming with ants enjoying the succulent sweetness.
The sublime trick is to taste both the mangoes and eat the sweeter one later, hence displaying a masterful practical display of delayed gratification.
Editorial Clarification – This article is about juicy stone fruit belonging to the genus Mangifera. This must not be confused with a pair of female organs, which is an all-weather fruit and in most cases does not require slicing the top.
