The late Prince Philip had a secret skill – being able to perfectly cut and peel a mango.
The Duke of Edinburgh showed off his “incredibly dextrous” abilities to actor Sir David Suchet at a Buckingham Palace lunch with Queen Elizabeth II.
His knife skills were so impressive, Suchet paid tribute to them in an episode of Poirot in which the Belgian detective credited “a certain Duke” with showing him how to separate the skin from the flesh of the tropical fruit.
Sending a copy to Buckingham Palace, the acclaimed actor said he was henceforth known as “Mango Man” by the Prince.
Speaking to Candis magazine, the 77-year-old said: “The Queen would sometimes host small, intimate lunches at Buckingham Palace and I was lucky enough to be invited to one.
“I was talking to the Duke of Edinburgh at the moment the fruit bowl reached me.
“I didn’t want to break eye contact with him, so I reached over my shoulder and found I’d picked a mango.
“Now, the only thing I knew about a mango was that it’s best eaten in a bath when you can make as much mess as you’d like – but I was at Buckingham Palace.
“So, I made the snap decision.
“I turned to Prince Philip and said ‘excuse me, sir, I think I might embarrass myself if I try to eat this mango’.
“He picked up the cue immediately. ‘Don’t worry,’ he said, ‘give it to me and I’ll show you how.’
“So saying, and in front of everybody, he demonstrated how to cut and peel a mango.
“He was incredibly dextrous in the process, at the end of which he looked at me and said ‘voilà’ – just like Poirot – everyone laughed.”
Afterwards, Suchet rang his producer to tell him the method had to be included in a Poirot film.
As requested, in The Theft of the Royal Ruby, Poirot visits a grand country house, spots a mango in the fruit bowl and demonstrates how to eat one.
“We sent a copy to the palace,” said Suchet.
“Forever after, whenever I was at a function attended by Prince Philip, he’d say ‘ah, Mango Man’.”
In a 2020 video for food website Delish, Darren McGrady, former chef to the Royal family, said: “The Queen eats to live, whereas Prince Philip lives to eat.”
The Prince also once reportedly told the royal chef off for cutting mangoes incorrectly.
“From then on, we had to do them that way just in case he walked into the kitchen,” Mr McGrady said in the video.
A perfectly prepared mango fit for a Prince
By Diana Henry, The Telegraph’s cookery writer
First, you need a firm mango – one that’s just ripe – to avoid a right royal mess. And a sharp peeler or, even better, a sharp paring knife.
For perfect slices to serve (in a beautiful dessert, say, or in a salad – mango is delicious with chicken and avocado), peel the mango and then slice off the “cheeks” from each side.
Cut the cheeks into neat slices as thick as you require. You may then be able to remove the rest of the flesh that hugs the stone if the fruit is firm enough and you are neat enough but, once bruised, there’s no avoiding a sticky mess with these bits. In which case, either nibble from around the stone (the cook’s perk) or remove for smoothies.
If eating the mango immediately, cut off the cheeks but don’t peel them first, then cut a trellis design in the flesh without cutting right through. Push the cheeks out to expose the separated cubes and devour.
Or take Prince Phillip’s approach and, after carefully slicing around the stone from top to bottom, insert a dessert spoon either side of it to separate the flesh, before attempting the trellis.
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