# What to do: 1/2 cup of pineapple smush? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 27, 2007, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-1-2-cup-of-pineapple-smush/431340 "2007-12-27T01:26:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![FaerieBeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e95f7d/32.png) [@FaerieBeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FaerieBeth)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2007, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-1-2-cup-of-pineapple-smush/431340/1 "2007-12-27T01:26:22Z")
I made a cheese ball for a gathering we’re having with friends, but I didn’t make a very big one. I didn’t need all the pecans to coat, so the remainder went into the freezer. I only needed half of the red and green bell pepper, respectively, so I chopped up the rest and put it in the freezer, too. The pecans have a future as part of a Karo nut pie, and the peppers will make their way into a pot of chili, someday. Now I am looking at this leftover wad of drained, crushed pineapple- approximately half a cup - and wondering what to do with it. I guess I could give it a burial at sea in the disposal, but that seems like a waste. Can you freeze pineapple, or as I suspect, will it turn to unappetizing goo? What shall I do with this pineapple? ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2007, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-1-2-cup-of-pineapple-smush/431340/2 "2007-12-27T01:30:08Z")
Have it with some ice cream. Yum. ---
**Author:** ![dangermom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dangermom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangermom)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2007, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-1-2-cup-of-pineapple-smush/431340/3 "2007-12-27T01:35:22Z")
You could just eat it. I’d probably do that. If you have English muffins and deli ham, you could make little pizzas! Mix it with cottage cheese for a light lunch. Put in it some green jello. ---
**Author:** ![Geek\_Mecha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2007, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-1-2-cup-of-pineapple-smush/431340/4 "2007-12-27T01:39:29Z")
Tossing it in a blender with some ice sounds good. Usually I don’t like pineapple drinks, but I’d have one of those now if I could. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2007, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-1-2-cup-of-pineapple-smush/431340/5 "2007-12-27T01:45:47Z")
Add to some plain yogurt. Make a pina colada. If you like pina coladas. ---
**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2007, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-1-2-cup-of-pineapple-smush/431340/6 "2007-12-27T02:01:00Z")
Cottage cheese or ice cream! ---
**Author:** ![Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bambi_Hassenpfeffer)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2007, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-1-2-cup-of-pineapple-smush/431340/7 "2007-12-27T02:05:35Z")
[QUOTE=FaerieBeth] IWhat shall I do with this pineapple? [/QUOTE] Salsa! No, [seriously](http://www.elise.com/recipes/archives/005159pineapple_tomato_salsa.php). It’s good. And you could use up the bell peppers too. ---
**Author:** ![Tikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5daacb/32.png) [@Tikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tikki)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2007, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-1-2-cup-of-pineapple-smush/431340/8 "2007-12-27T02:30:20Z")
[QUOTE=dangermom] Put in it some green jello. [/QUOTE] Can’t put it in Jello 'cause it will never jell. Pineapple is funny that way. I think kiwi fruit has the same effect too. The English muffin pizzas sound extra good though as does putting it on ice cream. Ice cream. Mmmmmm! ---
**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2007, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-1-2-cup-of-pineapple-smush/431340/9 "2007-12-27T02:45:55Z")
Fresh pineapple has enzymes that won’t let it gel, but canned is supposed to be OK because the heat from canning deactivates the enzymes. Is what I’ve been told. ---
**Author:** ![Campion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@Campion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Campion)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2007, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-1-2-cup-of-pineapple-smush/431340/10 "2007-12-27T03:04:21Z")
[QUOTE=Wile E] Make a pina colada. If you like pina coladas. [/QUOTE] Heh. I’d mix it with some voka and some Midori, make a Pearl Harbor. ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2007, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-1-2-cup-of-pineapple-smush/431340/11 "2007-12-27T03:10:28Z")
[QUOTE=Wile E] If you like pina coladas. [/QUOTE] And getting caught in the rain. ---
**Author:** ![FaerieBeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e95f7d/32.png) [@FaerieBeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FaerieBeth)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2007, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-1-2-cup-of-pineapple-smush/431340/12 "2007-12-27T03:25:31Z")
I’m still staring at this small prep bowl of pineapple. I have no yogurt, ice cream, lime jello, coconut milk, Midori, tomatoes, or cottage cheese. Obviously I suck. I wonder what cranberry juice, crushed pineapple, and vodka would taste like? ---
**Author:** ![BlueKangaroo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3d9bf3/32.png) [@BlueKangaroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlueKangaroo)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2007, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-1-2-cup-of-pineapple-smush/431340/13 "2007-12-27T03:28:11Z")
[QUOTE=FaerieBeth] I wonder what cranberry juice, crushed pineapple, and vodka would taste like? [/QUOTE] Sounds like a cure for something. Don’t know what though. Tell ya what. You try it and report back! ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2007, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-1-2-cup-of-pineapple-smush/431340/14 "2007-12-27T03:29:32Z")
[QUOTE=FaerieBeth] I’m still staring at this small prep bowl of pineapple. I have no yogurt, ice cream, lime jello, coconut milk, Midori, tomatoes, or cottage cheese. Obviously I suck. I wonder what cranberry juice, crushed pineapple, and vodka would taste like? [/QUOTE] At first, \*maybe \*not so good. Keep adding vodka, however … ---
**Author:** ![DeadlyAccurate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac91a4/32.png) [@DeadlyAccurate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeadlyAccurate)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2007, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-1-2-cup-of-pineapple-smush/431340/15 "2007-12-27T03:32:12Z")
[QUOTE=FaerieBeth] I wonder what cranberry juice, crushed pineapple, and vodka would taste like? [/QUOTE] Put in enough vodka and it won’t even matter. ---
**Author:** ![Campion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@Campion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Campion)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2007, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-1-2-cup-of-pineapple-smush/431340/16 "2007-12-27T03:37:46Z")
[QUOTE=FaerieBeth] I wonder what cranberry juice, crushed pineapple, and vodka would taste like? [/QUOTE] I believe, miss, that you have an _obligation_ to find out and report back. We’ll wait. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2007, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-1-2-cup-of-pineapple-smush/431340/17 "2007-12-27T03:42:09Z")
[QUOTE=FaerieBeth] I wonder what cranberry juice, crushed pineapple, and vodka would taste like? [/QUOTE] Sort of like a Grey Breeze. > [@](#): > > GREY BREEZE 7.50 > Grey Goose Vodka, Cranberry juice, pineapple juice and a lime wedge. Served on the rocks. [Cite.](http://www.speakeasyaustin.com/drink_menu.html) ---
**Author:** ![FaerieBeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e95f7d/32.png) [@FaerieBeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FaerieBeth)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2007, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-1-2-cup-of-pineapple-smush/431340/18 "2007-12-27T04:18:37Z")
[QUOTE=Campion] I believe, miss, that you have an _obligation_ to find out and report back. We’ll wait. 🙂 [/QUOTE] Okay, the following is going to sound flat out crazy. It was weird, but I totally brought that upon myself. The pineapple was still in its little prep bowl, and kind of dry, as I had squeezed all the liquid out with cheese cloth when I was making the cheese ball. Bearing in mind **Contrapuntal** ’s offered recipe for the Grey Breeze, I took the cranberry juice cocktail out of the fridge. Luck! It’s cranberry-lime juice cocktail. Now, I’m even closer to the recipe. I poured some in the bowl, and the pineapple smush immediately soaked it all up, and turned magenta, so I poured a little more. That got absorbed, too, so I gave up and added a couple of ounces of vodka. That rendered it vaguely the consistency of oatmeal, still magenta, and smelling like vodka. I got some ice out of the freezer, looked at the blender, and then fixed myself a diet soda, and proceeded to eat the goo with a spoon directly from the prep bowl. Mainly because I don’t feel like washing the blender. It’s surprisingly tasty, **Campion**. ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2007, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-1-2-cup-of-pineapple-smush/431340/19 "2007-12-27T05:27:13Z")
Add the pineapple, butter, and some of your favorite preserves and/or maple syrup to a saucepan. Heat and simmer. Make banana pancakes by adding sliced bananas to your batter. Serve your warm pineapple crush over the pancakes with a sprinkling of shredded coconut. ---
**Author:** ![dangermom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dangermom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangermom)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2007, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-1-2-cup-of-pineapple-smush/431340/20 "2007-12-27T05:59:04Z")
[QUOTE=chaoticbear] Fresh pineapple has enzymes that won’t let it gel, but canned is supposed to be OK because the heat from canning deactivates the enzymes. Is what I’ve been told. [/QUOTE] Something like that. Canned pineapple works fine, anyway. I did it two days ago. Yum. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-1-2-cup-of-pineapple-smush/431340.md?page=2)