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We recently revealed that we’d been eating pineapples wrong after a new internet hack appeared making it look so, so easy.

But guess what? It wasn’t.

We put it to the test to see whether it really was possible to peel off parts of a pineapple as we would a banana and found that it was incredibly difficult.

In the viral video, a person could be seen effortlessly grabbing the spine on the outside of the pineapple and pulling it downwards, leaving a perfect juicy chunk for them to eat and the core in the middle.


Once applied to a real-life pineapple bought from the fresh aisles of Whole Foods, we found that the flesh of the fruit was far too hard to pull apart, even after choosing the ripest one we could find.



So we spoke to some chefs and food carving experts to see where we were going wrong and how we could also achieve mastery of fruit.

Chef Matin Miah from Caribean restaurant Rudie’s, who mastered the art, says it’s all about the ripeness.

‘As it happens I peeled and ate most of a whole pineapple yesterday, such a fresh experience,’ he says.

‘By the looks of it, not everyone who tried has been successful. I guess it would have to be a very ripe pineapple (possibly ripe when plucked rather than artificially ripened) for it to be possible to do this.

‘Perhaps even the variety of pineapple could play a part in this.’

Wait, what? The whole time? The whole time!? THE WHOLE TIME! pic.twitter.com/TO9u6M6pOO — Dennis Naghizadeh (@DenzBenzi) March 8, 2019

Fruit carving expert Rujira Herd from the Krua Thai Cookery School is not a fan of the peeling method and says pineapples should be enjoyed in a way that’s most practical to you.

‘There is no right or wrong way to eat pineapple,’ she says.

‘How do you eat like that [the peeling method] especially those who have nail vanish? Each ovary of the pineapple is very hard, almost impossible to take out easily with a normal finger, it will be even worse for those who have long nails.’

She also explained that it depends on the type of fruit. The one seen in the viral video was most likely from Asia where pineapples tend to be softer, she says.

‘When I buy a pineapple, I choose a more yellow colour as it will be sweeter than a green one,’ explains Rujira. ‘Pineapple in the UK is not sweet like in Thailand or Asia. Asia has a much better taste than the UK.

‘For this reason, when I buy pineapple in the UK, I leave it in room temperature for at least three to four days till it ripens before I can eat it. Even then, it is still sour compared to Thai pineapple which is soft and juicy.’

So there you have it, next time you’re in Asia, see if the peeling method works for you.

In the meantime, we have a pineapple that needs cutting and eating. It’s the only way we know how.



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