Guest guest Posted April 11, 2009 Report Share Posted April 11, 2009 HI All: Pineapples are on sale at the store, how do I pick a ripe one? Gayle **************Feeling the pinch at the grocery store? Make dinner for $10 or less. (http://food.aol.com/frugal-feasts?ncid=emlcntusfood00000001) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 11, 2009 Report Share Posted April 11, 2009 1. Be alert for two key elements of a ripe pineapple: freshness and deterioration. You are looking for a fresh pineapple, not a rotting one. The stem is the area of the pineapple that feeds sugar to the fruit. It is from here that the pineapple changes color. 2. Look at the pineapple. It should reflect a golden yellow color. The minimum area for this should be on the eyes at the base of the fruit. Never purchase a pineapple that is fully green as it will not ripen well. The higher the color rises up the pineapple, the sweeter it will be. The pineapples in the photo above indicate good coloring. 3. Smell the pineapple. If it smells sweet, then it's ready. If it has no scent, it's not ripe. If it smells fermented, it's over ripe! 4. Touch the pineapple gently. It should be firm to a gentle press and only yield slightly. 5. Beware the myth! It is an urban myth that a pineapple is ripe when a leaf can be removed from the crown easily. It is proof of nothing in terms of ripeness. 6. Beware the deteriorating pineapple. A deteriorating pineapple will be a reddish, bronze color or it may even be green. It will smell as if it is fermenting, like vinegar. It will also be mushy when pushed gently and it will likely have wrinkled skin. Other clear indications include mold, oozing sticky juices, cracks in the skin and leaves turning brown and dropping off. Be careful what you ask for! LOL ________________________________ " glpveg4life " <glpveg4life ; Saturday, April 11, 2009 4:01:32 PM PINEAPPLE HI All: Pineapples are on sale at the store, how do I pick a ripe one? Gayle ************ **Feeling the pinch at the grocery store? Make dinner for $10 or less. (http://food. aol.com/frugal- feasts?ncid= emlcntusfood0000 0001) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 12, 2009 Report Share Posted April 12, 2009 , glpveg4life wrote: > > HI All: > > Pineapples are on sale at the store, how do I pick a ripe one? > > > Gayle > ******** I go by my nose. I have read if the top leaves are loose it it ready. They can quickly go by. Just buy one, watch it and you will know. I buy them all the time. Sometimes, I cut it in half, saran wrap the top of the bottom half and cube the other half and it eat it. They can also go in smoothies with orange juice and a frozen peeled banana. They get ragged looking fairly fast so if you are alone you might want to go this route. In case of ragged looking, immediately make a smoothie. Yvette Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 12, 2009 Report Share Posted April 12, 2009 Yvette: Thank you, I normally buy them already sliced but it seems like a whole one was less expensive. Gayle In a message dated 4/12/2009 12:58:59 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, yvettetillema writes: _@theferalvegethe_ ( ) , glpveg4life@, glpv > > HI All: > > Pineapples are on sale at the store, how do I pick a ripe one? > > > Gayle > ******** I go by my nose. I have read if the top leaves are loose it it ready. They can quickly go by. Just buy one, watch it and you will know. I buy them all the time. Sometimes, I cut it in half, saran wrap the top of the bottom half and cube the other half and it eat it. They can also go in smoothies with orange juice and a frozen peeled banana. They get ragged looking fairly fast so if you are alone you might want to go this route. In case of ragged looking, immediately make a smoothie. Yvette **************Feeling the pinch at the grocery store? Make dinner for $10 or less. (http://food.aol.com/frugal-feasts?ncid=emlcntusfood00000001) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 12, 2009 Report Share Posted April 12, 2009 Oddly I used to work for Dole Pineapple tours in Hawaii during the 80s. *lol* The advice echo posted is exactly right. Make sure you choose a pineapple that has the eyes pretty much the same size from top to bottom. The sugar gets released from the plant into the fruit and those eyes expand from bottom to top, so you want to be sure they are pretty equal in size. Color means little since any pineapple turns more orange as it sits on the counter, but it will never get sweeter like other fruit. Unlike bananas, tomatoes, peaches and nectarines, pineapple will not shelf-ripen, so picking a good one at the store is important and eating it right away ensures the freshest fruit. ~ PT ~ The violets in the mountains have broken the rocks. ~Tennessee Williams, dramatist (1911-1983) ````````````````````````````````````` , glpveg4life wrote: > > HI All: > > Pineapples are on sale at the store, how do I pick a ripe one? > > > Gayle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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