Fresh Pineapple

I will never ever again eat Pineapple from a Tin Can…EVER.

I have just eaten a whole fresh Pineapple and it was the most satisfying thing I have done food-wise in the last couple of years at least. My God it was so tasty and juicy.

I now want to try a whole host of fresh fruits, having already had the chance to sample such things as Apples, Oranges (and some of the other Orange fruits like Mandarins), Plums, Peaches, Strawberries, Raspberries, Blackberries, Bananas, Kiwis, Tomatos, Grapes and whatnot.

Please recommend me something to rival the New Best Fresh Fruit In The World TM “The Pineapple”

Was it a Del Monte Gold[sup]TM[/sup] Extra Sweet Pineapple?

Fresh mango’s. (also sp Mangga) You have to get 'm at the exact 5 minutes between being unripe and being rotten, but it is well worth the wait.

My father, king of useless gadgets, just bought a Pineapple Slicer. I foresee a lot of pineapple in our future.

A recommendation? Have you ever tried Sharon Fruit?

Gosh my mouth is watering…

LOVE fresh pineapple…

Fran, is it the Vacu-vin white plastic slicer? Two pieces, spiral slicer at the bottom, removable T handle at the top? No alarms? If so, it does a wonderful job, leaving a cup perfect for Pina Fria, pineapple flesh, ice, rum, and pineapple juice in a blender, pour into cup left by shell of pineapple, garnish with a pineapple wedge surrounded by two marischino cherries, enjoy.

It is indeed the slicer you describe. With no alarms.

I was quite taken with the husk of pineapple that was left behind. I did think of the alcoholic beverage container potential. I might be left feeling a bit seventies kitsch though.

glass onion, did you recently return from a long-term space voyage or some sort of Turkish prison where they don’t have fresh fruit?

I think you should come up with a checklist. In fact, I think we should all come up with a checklist of foods we should all experience once in our lives…

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[SNL]YOU CANNOT HAVE-A DE MANGO![/SNL]

Ahh, with the little umbrella, and a bendable straw, kitsch or no kitsch, it’s a crowd pleaser.

For my wedding reception, the one food I absolutely insisted the caterers provide was fresh pineapple. That was it. They got to decide everything else.

My bf and I had been going out a little more than a month when Xmas rolled around. Very, very tricky time for exchanging presents. I gave him a squirrel-proof birdfeeder and some homemade cookies; he gave me a wireless mouse, a houseplant, and… a fresh pineapple that he picked up impulsively in the grocery store (mostly because of the flamingo lights I had up for Xmas and the hula gal and hula guy in the back window of my car). I went absolutely apeshit over this.

Valentines rolls around – we didn’t even discuss whether to exchange gifts, it’s kind of a bogus holiday to me, so I didn’t care. I, again, made him some cookies – and he, again, got me a pineapple.

They’re playing our fruit.

Ladies and gentlemen in the internet world, there is fresh pineapple, and there is Del Monte Gold[sup]TM[/sup]. Do not confuse the two. The normal pineapple (Champaka) is acidic and makes you pucker. Pale yellow to whitish color. The Del Monte Gold[sup]TM[/sup] is ten times better than the Champaka. From the Del Monte website

~UncleBill
The Man From Del Monte

Have either of you ever seen the stage version of Caberet?

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Have either of you ever seen the stage version of Caberet?**

No… what am I missing? (she asked a trifle apprehensively)

Kiwi - sliced in half and eaten with a spoon out of the “skin”. Awesome.

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At the beginning of their courtship, Herr Schultz brings Fraulein Shneider a pineapple (they have much larger roles in the original). They sing a touching/funny song about how perfect the gift of a pineapple is: The lyrics are here.

Ah, that’s sweet. I was afraid this was some kinky something or other they had added to the Alan Cumming version.

I had a similar epiphany with this new strain of Del Monte pineapple. I made myself terribly sick, but I want another one. They’re much sweeter than a regular pineapple, but definitely more acidic, too. Fantastic, but the juice does awful things to carbon steel.

Once you’ve had Del Monte Gold[sup]TM[/sup], all other pineapple sucks.

Geobabe
Not Just a Shill for Her Husband