My summer job when I was a teenager going to high school was trimming pineapples at Dole Cannery. It was hot, grueling work and instilled in me a desire to count my pennies after working 12 hour shifts for $1.25 an hour.
Whatever the case, because of that notable life history, I've always been assigned the job of peeling pineapples whenever it was given to us. I never liked to eat it because just smelling it would make sweat bead at my hairline (even in winter).
I wrote blog posts a few times showing how I peel and cut pineapples.
My daughter, Tiffany sent me this handy dandy pineapple peeler that she insisted was fabulous.
I stored it in my kitchen cupboard, but didn't use it because it seemed to me that too much of the pineapple would be wasted.
Well, after the family left this summer, Art's friend, Morris brought over another pineapple he said would be super sweet.
I was tired that day and decided we'd just go ahead and try using this contraption. It was quick and easy, just as Tiffany said.
Much as I'm not a fan of eating pineapple, Morris was right. The pineapple was SUPER sweet. I'm sure there was pineapple wasted using this corer/slicer/peeler, but gosh! I loved not having to work hard to prepare it.
Would I use it again? Well, if Morris insists that another one of his pineapples is sweet, I might go back to my old way of cutting it so nothing is wasted. (Besides, since I can't smell it, I don't have to sweat anymore.)
Then again...
Whatever the case, because of that notable life history, I've always been assigned the job of peeling pineapples whenever it was given to us. I never liked to eat it because just smelling it would make sweat bead at my hairline (even in winter).
I wrote blog posts a few times showing how I peel and cut pineapples.
I stored it in my kitchen cupboard, but didn't use it because it seemed to me that too much of the pineapple would be wasted.
Well, after the family left this summer, Art's friend, Morris brought over another pineapple he said would be super sweet.
I was tired that day and decided we'd just go ahead and try using this contraption. It was quick and easy, just as Tiffany said.
Much as I'm not a fan of eating pineapple, Morris was right. The pineapple was SUPER sweet. I'm sure there was pineapple wasted using this corer/slicer/peeler, but gosh! I loved not having to work hard to prepare it.
Would I use it again? Well, if Morris insists that another one of his pineapples is sweet, I might go back to my old way of cutting it so nothing is wasted. (Besides, since I can't smell it, I don't have to sweat anymore.)
Then again...
how fun, i have one of those pineapple peelers too but never used it-gave it to my son lol. Fun to have you back commenting-you were missed but we knew where you were.
ReplyDeleteLife is short, Kay. Give yourself a break!
ReplyDeleteNice when a gadget does what is says! How much of the pineapple gets wasted, do you think?
ReplyDeleteFun post! I am that way with strawberries, having spent many youthful days crawling on the mud and the heat picking them, and then later in my youth, working in the strawberry processing plant. I still like the taste of fresh strawberries, but I do not want to pick them, and strawberry jam is my least favorite.
ReplyDeleteMy mom suggested my first job be at a pizza place because I loved pizza. I told her it wasn't a good idea because I'd get sick of it. And I would have been right.
ReplyDeleteI have seen those peelers advertised and have often wondered about them. We love pineapple and would love getting one as sweet as this.
ReplyDeleteThat's helpful tho.
ReplyDeleteSo nice to see you, Morris, and Tiffany again! You had a classic Oahu youth, working in the cannery.
ReplyDeleteHaven't seen that before. I slice off top and bottom and then down the sides. Then cut out the core. Where are the blades on that slicer?
ReplyDeleteMy first job was as a telephone solicitor for a beach community. Despite doing that I'm not very kind to solicitors now.
The blade is at the bottom. As you turn it from the top of the pineapple, it spiral cuts down to the bottom of the fruit.
DeleteDon't know how much was wasted but it really looked slick. I worked in a dairy queen one summer and the smell of soft ice cream makes me sweat also.
ReplyDeleteFinally a plus to your lost sense of smell.
good to know it worked so well!
ReplyDeleteI had one of these, but don't buy pineapple often enough so I gave it to my daughter Alice. Glad to know it worked well for you.
ReplyDeleteWell, it too time, but there you go!
ReplyDeleteI can't eat fresh pineapple, since it makes my tongue sore. Canned doesn't do that, but I usually avoid pineapple anyway. That's a neat tool, though. :-)
ReplyDeletePretty amazing how that gadget works. Hard to imagine a girl working 12 straight hours trimming pineapples.
ReplyDeleteI was just reading this from Australia: https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2019-09-03/elephants-pineapple-plants-pinata-farms-drought-taronga-zoo/11470736?sf218605033=1&fbclid=IwAR1qpG564ADJM-Vy9DZdWeWr_i80jDmcKpnEVtPVNwqAdbwMrwqSoZA8PcQ
Amazed that the spiky whole pineapple does not hurt the elephant's mouth and throat.
No kidding! It's got to hurt to eat it.
DeleteI just slice and quarter the slices and leave the rind on, so you just eat it like a slice of watermelon. My son and daughter-in-law just came back from a 10-day trip to Hawaii. No, they didn't take me, since I had to babysit their two cats. But they brought back a very sweet pineapple from Maui Gold farms that started up in the late 1980s to show visitors about the pineapple process. Not sure I'd want to waste any part either. Canned is so boring compared to really fresh. Linda in Kansas
ReplyDeleteI hope they had a great time. Hmmm.... I've never eaten pineapples that way. That does make it easier.
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