[Applause] touching feel around the entire mango ripe mangoes will be slightly soft to the touch just like avocados and peaches but not soft or mushy nafta where your fingers sink into all through the skin on the other hand if you do not plan on eating the mango for a few days you may want to choose a mango with firmer skin and allow the mango to ripen some at home texture the texture is pretty straightforward for most mangoes the first stage of ripening involves getting nice and soft think the same feel as a ripe avocado color the mango will go from green to some shade of yellow orange the mango doesn't have to be fully orange but it should have mostly orange or yellow spots smell mangoes near their stems ripe mangoes will always have a sweet and fruity aroma around the standing stay away from mangoes that smell sour like alcohol because these mangoes may be over I the look round and pulp especially Mia stem and stem curve should not be out stem always should be inside I mean stem area shape will go inside aware of artificially ripened mangoes some mango dealers use calcium carbide to make mangoes ripen faster this substance can cause health problems mostly artificially ripened mangoes will have black and white patches on their skin which would be shrunk