r/oddlysatisfying • u/ShallowAstronaut • 2d ago

Cutting a pineapple

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u/Darctide 2d ago

I want the job where I hold the bag open

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u/sth128 2d ago

Your pay is the peel and discarded seed strips.

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u/amazing_adventures 2d ago

It looks like the core is available too. That still tastes great and contains the most bromelain.

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u/ClamClone 2d ago

I used to spiral cut out the flower cups but just eat them now. And the core.

Another thing that puzzles me is almost everyone throws away deep fried shrimp tails. They are tasty and crunchy and perfectly edible.

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u/Qunlap 2d ago

as a non-tropical person that was eye-opening when I read online that apparently with fresh pineapples, the core is edible? the ones we get here, the core is like chewing very fibrous, very dry wood. have always wondered what the core tastes like since.

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u/HammerandSickTatBro 1d ago

Isn't bromelain the chemical that digests you back when you eat a pineapple?

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u/amazing_adventures 1d ago

No it's a powerful natural anti-inflammatory and digestive aid.

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u/waiver 2d ago

Good for making some tepache.

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u/boi1da1296 2d ago

That is a name of a drink I haven’t heard in a long, long time.

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u/sickwiggins 2d ago

my daughter was born in Hawaii. I’d routinely get the discarded cores for her teething