Tuesday, July 25, 2006
Pineapple
Good morning,
Want to get the best out of a pineapple ?
The pineapple is one fruit which is not easy to eat. It is not thorny but its cover is thick and uneven, with short tough leaves each lined with tiny troublesome spikes. Under the covering in the flesh itself are sharp black thorns, known as eyes. These can injure the tongue when being eaten if they are not removed.
Most people do not have the skill to skin a pineapple, which work is usually left to the fruiterer. The fruiterer takes the easy way out; he does it skilfully and effortlessly also. He uses a long thin knife, and holding the pineapple in the other hand, slices more than a centimetre off the outer layer of the fruit. He can do this in one continuous action, turning the pineapple as he slices, leaving the pineapple clean of everything including all the eyes. But then what is left is the inner core of the pineapple which contains a thick stem in the center. This in effect is the inferior part of the pineapple; the best part of the pineapple is the layer which contains the eyes and which has been cut off.
So, if one wants to get the best out of a pineapple one has to do the skinning oneself. This can be done with a little extra effort. Do it this way. Cut off both the ends first. Then put it on the cutting block vertically and slice off only the covering, leaving the eyes intact. After that use a small paring knife and dig out by slicing out small conical parts of it which contain the eyes. This will leave the best part of the fruit intact.
After this is done one can cut it into six or eight longitudinal slices, or across into any number of circular rings, or into cubes and serve it in any way one prefers. The very best part of the pineapple is that nearest the stem; thus longitudinal slices are fair while round slices are bias.
Have a nice day
Ronald
Want to get the best out of a pineapple ?
The pineapple is one fruit which is not easy to eat. It is not thorny but its cover is thick and uneven, with short tough leaves each lined with tiny troublesome spikes. Under the covering in the flesh itself are sharp black thorns, known as eyes. These can injure the tongue when being eaten if they are not removed.
Most people do not have the skill to skin a pineapple, which work is usually left to the fruiterer. The fruiterer takes the easy way out; he does it skilfully and effortlessly also. He uses a long thin knife, and holding the pineapple in the other hand, slices more than a centimetre off the outer layer of the fruit. He can do this in one continuous action, turning the pineapple as he slices, leaving the pineapple clean of everything including all the eyes. But then what is left is the inner core of the pineapple which contains a thick stem in the center. This in effect is the inferior part of the pineapple; the best part of the pineapple is the layer which contains the eyes and which has been cut off.
So, if one wants to get the best out of a pineapple one has to do the skinning oneself. This can be done with a little extra effort. Do it this way. Cut off both the ends first. Then put it on the cutting block vertically and slice off only the covering, leaving the eyes intact. After that use a small paring knife and dig out by slicing out small conical parts of it which contain the eyes. This will leave the best part of the fruit intact.
After this is done one can cut it into six or eight longitudinal slices, or across into any number of circular rings, or into cubes and serve it in any way one prefers. The very best part of the pineapple is that nearest the stem; thus longitudinal slices are fair while round slices are bias.
Have a nice day
Ronald
# posted by chunmu @ 9:01 PM 
