r/oddlysatisfying • u/ShallowAstronaut • 1d ago

Cutting a pineapple

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u/Scheisse_Machen 1d ago

Gotta love that diagonal pineapple ditch digger thingamajig

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u/derpycheetah 1d ago

I did not know that's how you were supposed to do it. And I'm calling it a pineapple plow.

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u/Cautious_Ice_884 1d ago

You can do this with just a regular knife. Just make cuts into it that looks like a "v".

I cut my pineapple like this all the time, just without the extra tools. It takes time, but it tastes so much better making sure you properly get those circle bits out.

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u/trainedchimpanzee111 1d ago

Isn't the flesh on the outer layers where those bits are kind of bitter anyway though?

Seems like it would be easier to just cut it down thinner and accept a little bit of food waste.

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u/Cautious_Ice_884 1d ago

Its the proper way to do it to get them out along with any seeds. There are really tiny seeds hiding in these little holes. I was trained in a culinary class to do it this way.

Cut the sides off, then "v" cut the bits off, it makes it into an incredibly satisfying twirly shape like in the vid, cut into 4s, cut the core out, chop them up into pieces, then you have the perfectly cut pineapple!

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u/trainedchimpanzee111 1d ago

Awesome. I'll try that next time, thanks.

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u/derpycheetah 1d ago

You waste a lot doing that. The threading goes right to the skin so it would be about a 50% loss of sweet to bitter. Probably works out to 5-7 mouthfuls. Not nothing if you ask me.

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u/trainedchimpanzee111 1d ago

Today I learned, thanks.