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Cashelsu Guest
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Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2014 10:24 pm Post subject: Pineapples |
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How do you "tear off the top" of a pineapple. Does that mean just remove the spikey green bits without cutting the skin. Don't think I'm able to do that with my bare hands ..? |
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Jim Cooley
Joined: 09 Oct 2008 Posts: 377 Location: Seattle
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Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2014 3:34 pm Post subject: |
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Just twist it off. |
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conand19 Guest
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Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2015 3:29 pm Post subject: Peaches ripen after harvest |
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I live in a peach growing area. Peaches are picked green so that they don't bruise. They very definitely ripen and sweeten after picking or no one in this country would be eating peaches. |
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Larr5 Guest
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Posted: Thu Feb 05, 2015 3:06 am Post subject: pinapple |
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I don't understand why many people think that pineapples do not ripen after picking.
maybe I live in an alternate universe,
but most of the pineapples at my local supermarkets are not ripe (hard, no sweet smell or taste). When they are at room temp for a few days they soften, smell and taste sweet=ripe (the leaves pull out easily when ripe
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Other who live in the vicinity also experience the strange phenomena ripening picked pineapples but, there are no increase in UFO sightings hear. |
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Michael Chu
Joined: 10 May 2005 Posts: 1654 Location: Austin, TX (USA)
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Posted: Sat Feb 07, 2015 6:50 am Post subject: |
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Pineapples can be green or yellow when ripe. The do not increase in sweetness once picked. They do soften and change in smell, but their sweetness does not increase. |
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Ian in Chicago Guest
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Michael Chu
Joined: 10 May 2005 Posts: 1654 Location: Austin, TX (USA)
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Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2015 5:53 am Post subject: Re: Postharvest reference |
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Ian, that is an incredible resource! Thank you for sharing it - I'll be spending many hours reading through all these Q&A's! |
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K4JC Guest
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Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2015 2:50 pm Post subject: Strawberries and pineapples do ripen after picking |
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I routinely find that pineapples do continue to ripen after picking--even store-bought ones, which is all we get here in Canada. I look for the most colourful, best-smelling one I can find, and within a few days it's ready.
Strawberries, if home-grown, will also ripen. I'll bet you're right when talking about store-bought ones: I only buy them if they're already ripe and ready to eat, otherwise they go from unripe to rotten and moldy in a day or two at most. But yesterday I accidentally picked a strawberry that wasn't quite as ripe as I'd thought. I placed it in the window and this morning it was just about ready to eat. |
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susan Guest
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Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2016 9:09 pm Post subject: is wax on apples a problem? |
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Store-bought apples nowadays might be the right colour but they're so hard and not sweet. So I tried the leave in paper bag with banana method but no noticeable difference. Maybe I just don't leave them long enough. But MAYBE it's because the apples are waxed and therefore won't absorb the ethylene? Any thoughts? Maybe scrub the apples first? |
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Edgar Shen Guest
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Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2018 7:53 am Post subject: Pineapple ripens after purchase! |
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Who said pineapple wouldn’t ripen after harvest has probably never experimented it.
This is a terrible misleading. Also, the reasoning of pineapples not ripening has no scientific proof.
We have tried different ways. The upside-down method has proven always work. We had cut it at various readiness. If you can call it an experiment, put a pineapple upside-down at a place you often pass by. As soon as you smell the pineapple specific aroma, it is ready. Don’t wait, it will be over-ripened soon.
It is sweet and tasty. Never fails. |
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LittleBread Guest
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Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2018 10:23 pm Post subject: misleading |
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Terribly misleading information.
Pineapples DO ripen further and a lot.
I too apparently live in the magical land of Canada.
Upside down is a decent way because it prevent mold, but I usually leave it near a window and give it a quarter spin once a while.
You will know when it's ready... That quarter spin will just spread the smell all around! |
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Dilbert
Joined: 19 Oct 2007 Posts: 1304 Location: central PA
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Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2018 1:19 pm Post subject: |
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the most basic research shows all the commercial and educational resources state that pineapple does _not_ continue to ripen after picking.
one extensive resource is:
http://postharvest.ucdavis.edu/Commodity_Resources/Fact_Sheets/
briefly
(1) the sugar in a pineapple comes from the root of the plant; once cut no more sugar is 'converted' in the fruit proper.
(2) once cut, the pineapple begins to decay; the process of decay/rotting does make it softer.
(3) ease of pulling out leaves is not a sign of ripeness, it is indicative of the state of decay. |
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