Sheldon wrote:

> Jennyanniedots wrote:
>
>>I just cut up a mango that's about a day short of perfectly ripe. Do
>>you think it will continue to ripen once it's cut?
>
>
> Once cut up the exposed surfaces will rot at a rate much accelerated
> from that in which any portion can continue to ripen... this is true of
> all fruit. I would suggest once cut you eat as rapidly as possible...
> things will never be better than from that moment. Of course you can
> choose to preserve but preservation merely slows decomposition.
>
Do you think cooking the mango would make it sweeter? Then things like
chutneys would become an option.