Pineapple has always been a favorite fruit of mine. Even after that one time I ate a whole bowl of it for lunch and the acid from it made my tongue raw for a week, I still find it quite tasty. Recently in Maui I took a tour of the Maui Gold Pinepple farm and I finally learned how to eat a pineapple properly. Up until this point I didn’t realize that I was actually eating it the wrong way but now I know.
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Continue reading for some of my other best tips for eating delicious pineapple and making sure it tastes the very best.
Follow along with these steps so you to can enjoy your pineapple to the fullest.
1. Buy your pineapple whole from the grocery store without getting it cored by them. To pick the best one don’t pull on the stem or spikes but rather flick/knock it for your finger and listen to its solid/hollowness. The more hollow it sounds, the better. Note that a pineapple doesn’t continue to ripen after it has been picked so judging by the colour being yellow or green won’t help either.
2. Once you get the pineapple home DO NOT cut off the top rather grab a hold of it and twist it off with your hand.
3. Next stand the pineapple upside down on a plate or in a bowl and let it sit in your fridge for a couple hours or over night. Pineapples grow their whole lives upright so all of the sugar and goodness stays at the bottom. Turning it upside-down like this gets the sugars to flow through the whole fruit and the fridge solidifies them as it becomes cold and cold pineapple is just awesome.
A delicious sweet Maui Gold pineapple
4. When it is time to eat, with a sharp knife be careful and cut off the top, bottom and the sides. If its a really good pineapple you shouldn’t have to core it and the middle won’t be too hard. If you don’t plan on eating it all keep the bottom on and place it back in the fridge upside down again.
Enjoy!!
For more interesting pineapple facts watch my youtube video from my Maui Gold Pineapple tour.
Did you know how to eat Pineapple properly?
13 Comments
Corrin
July 25, 2013 at 5:34 pmLoved that tour on Maui! Nothing like eating a fresh pineapple straight off the plant!!
Cailin O'Neil
August 5, 2013 at 8:53 pm@Corrin: OMG I could of stayed there and just ate pineapple for the rest of my life!! haha
@TravelEater
July 25, 2013 at 5:17 pmI had no idea – upside down pineapples are not just for cake :-)
I just came back from Panama and sampled my way through yellow, green and in between pineapples. Do you know if there is a difference? My Spanish wasn’t good enough to ask.
Thanks!
Johanna
A fellow Canadian, also obsessed with travelling and eating around the world!
Cailin O'Neil
August 5, 2013 at 8:53 pm@@TravelEater: I will have a more detailed post about my pineapple tour but the colours that I saw were just various stages of ripeness, going from sweet to sweeter with varying levels of acidity, the longer the fruit stays on the plant the less acid and more sugars. :)
jmayel & sacha
July 25, 2013 at 12:09 amWe are expert pineapple eaters living here in Thailand. Yet we didn’t know this masterful technique! I will be trying this today.
simon fenton
July 29, 2013 at 9:49 am@jmayel & sacha: I hope it went well! You need to get the balance right, as you may have discovered…
Cailin O'Neil
August 5, 2013 at 8:50 pm@jmayel & sacha: Let me know how it turns out :)
simon fenton
July 24, 2013 at 10:48 amNobody ever believes me, but a tiny pinch of salt really accentuates the sweetness. A little trick I learnt in south east Asia!
Cailin O'Neil
August 5, 2013 at 8:50 pm@simon fenton: Oh wow! I’ve never heard that before! I’ll have to try it next time :)
Adelina
July 23, 2013 at 5:50 pmYum! I love fresh pineapple, but I hate cutting them.
Cailin O'Neil
August 5, 2013 at 8:50 pm@Adelina: Well the ones in Maui are sooooo fresh its so simple to cut them!
Raymond @ Man On The Lam
July 22, 2013 at 5:10 pmYou’ve turned my world upside down with this upside down pineapple business. Who knew?!?
Cailin O'Neil
August 5, 2013 at 8:49 pm@Raymond @ Man On The Lam: haha right?!?! I was surprised as well. The pineapple there was soooooooo good. I must go back now if only for that! haha