What is the Hawaiian word for pineapple itchy mouth?

[lingyi]

@Mangosteen

The fact is that pineapples, like most fruit, is picked green so that it has some shelf life before it gets rotten.

I grow my own pineapple on my property in Hawaii. If it is allowed to truly ripen on the plant, there is no sour or bitter core. There is a core, but it is sweet and chewy. You can suck on it in your mouth and pull the sweet, tasty juice out of it and then spit it out.

Ahhh…brings back memories of when I was young and there were pineapple fields everywhere! When we’d visit Kauai, where my Dad was born, we’d go to one of my Dad’s friends fields and they’d pick a ripe pineapple, slice off the bottom half (which is the sweetest) and serve it to us right there. They’d toss the top half because why bother eating anything but the best part!

Edit: BTW, I agree that the core of a properly ripe pineapple is soft and nearly as sweet as the rest of the fruit.