So I mentioned all of the snow and crazy weather this weekend? Yeah. How lovely. To protest the snowfall (IN MARCH!!), I decided to protest by slicing up my fresh, extra sweet pineapples flown in from Maui. What better way to laugh at the weather than to eat sweet summery fruit? The only problem was – I didn’t know how to cut up fresh pineapple. No matter – I googled it and will now show you how.
First, you need a cutting board and a big, sharp knife.
Next, slice off the pineapples hair and then its bottom.
Then you want to skin the pineapple. Most of the sites I saw showed the person cutting off the skin on four sides, or maybe five. But that pineapple smelled so tasty that I didn’t want to waste any of its sweet, sweet fruit. So I skinned it as close as I could. Then I went back and took off any of the dimples I missed.
I should note that with my first pineapple (I was gifted with three of them – yay!), once I smelled the pineapple, I went a little crazy. Then I made the mistake of nibbling just a little. And then I was hurrying so quickly to get that pineapple skinned and sliced that I forgot about taking pictures altogether. So from here on out, we’re looking at pineapple #2. It’s amazing what you can remember when you’ve satiated your pineapple craving by eating almost an entire pineapple by yourself. Ahem.
Once you’ve skinned your pineapple, you might want to rinse both the fruit and the cutting board off. It’s kind of a messy project, this slicing of pineapples.
When you’ve done that, slice your pineapples however thick you want them.
Then take each slice and core it. I did that by cutting each side of the slice right next to the core (it looks like a murky little circle or nucleus), so I was left with a square core. Then I chunked the fruit that was left. Voila!
I tell ya – that first pineapple was the tastiest pineapple I have ever had in my entire life. (The second one wasn’t too bad, either!) And the snow melted by noon on Sunday, so I guess the Pineapple Rebellion worked…and kinda makes me wonder what will happen if I stage a snowcone rebellion in the middle of June. Hmmm…
Tags: food, pineapples
March 24, 2010 at 8:46 am |
OK, when are you going to do coconuts?
March 24, 2010 at 10:15 am |
If you really end up getting the pineapple bug I suggest this amazing tool that removes the skin and core all at the same time! Best invention for pineapple lovers ever!
http://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/product.asp?order_num=-1&SKU=16077950
March 24, 2010 at 10:18 am |
Looks yummy!
March 24, 2010 at 11:31 am |
No snowcone rebellions allowed until August! Seriously – we need sunshine, lady!!
March 24, 2010 at 3:28 pm |
fresh pineapple and coolwhip is one of the most dangerous things ive ever tasted. be careful if you decide to go there. and is that kene kene commenting up there?!
March 24, 2010 at 5:41 pm |
Wow! My youngest son and I could have used this tutorial about a week ago. He and I really did a messy job with a pineapple. He liked it anyway!
March 27, 2010 at 9:57 pm |
Fresh pineapple was the one think I craved after my stroke. My tastebuds were so whacked out that it was crazy. The Mr. was worn out trying to find something I’d eat. Once we discovered pineapple, friends came toting them to the house. I wonder if I could send out a call for another round of them. Yum! Yum! Yum!
March 29, 2010 at 9:31 am |
Just got back from Hawaii and of course went out and bought a pineapple yesterday cause I’m missing it already. I have some of this stuff Ling mi (dried plum) powder that they put on the pineapple – it’s awe.some.
April 30, 2010 at 8:29 pm |
A great source of potassium too