Pine Apples

Begin by gathering your materials. You will need a pair of gloves, a sharp, ten inch serrated knife, a smaller round tipped knife such as those found in dinnerware, a cutting board, and a serving bowl. Once you have these, put on the gloves to protect you from the the thorns of the fruit. Hold the body of your pineapple in one hand and the head, or the green spiky top, in the other. Then, over a kitchen sink, firmly twist the head away from you and the body towards you until the head is wrung off. Discard it. For maximum efficiency during this procedure, always work over the kitchen sink, allowing all your trash to fall into the basin below.

Pine Apples

Then, cut off a slice about half an inch thick from both the top and bottom of the fruit. Grip the pineapple around the middle with one hand, and use the serrated knife to remove its skin. You should peel from top to bottom using a downward, sawing motion. The peelings should be about one quarter to one half of an inch thick and expose the yellow flesh dotted with brown spots underneath. Peel one area, then revolve the pineapple in your hand and repeat on the next section. Do this for remaining areas. Your fruit should now appear mostly yellow and have sunken brown spots of previously unreachable skin patterning its surface.

The next step is to remove the brown spots, or eyes, of the pineapple which were mentioned above. To do this, wedge your round tipped knife into the edge of one of the spots and pluck it out with a slight twist and pull of your hand. Remove all the eyes on your pineapple in this way. Take your time with this step as a beginner, being careful not to mar the surface of the fruit, as it will affect the final appearance of the it. This can seem to be a very tedious process, but it is well worth the effort in the end. When this step is complete, the fruit should be totally yellow and have sunken spaces where the eyes once were.

Now that your pineapple is headless, skinless, and eye-free, it needs to be sliced. Place the pineapple on the cutting board and cut it in half length ways with your sharp knife. Then quarter it. Slice a quarter into one inch thick slices. Then dice those slices into bite sized pieces and transfer to the serving bowl. Repeat with the other three quarters. You can serve your pineapple as is, or add it to a fruit salad to lend a tropical flavor.

Now you know how to prepare this delicious and nutrient packed fruit. It is a process that practice improves greatly, so you will find yourself becoming much more adept at in a short time. You may eventually find that you prefer certain variations to the above methods, which is fine. Always be sure however, to remove the pineapple eyes, because some people are allergic to them. Experiment with different ways to use this delectable fruit. Try it in salads, ice-cream, smoothies and on pizza. Most importantly, enjoy!

So that's that. Webiny Lumshway

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