How to cut a pineapple

         Pineapple is a tropical fruit named after its resemblance of a pine cone. When i was young  my dad will cut the pineapple and he'll do it perfectly. We kids will eat the fruit and take the discarded crown to the garden and plant it but i don't remember seeing even one pineapple plant coming from those crowns. Raw pineapple is an excellent source of manganese and vitamin C. 
     To find out the ripeness of a pineapple: pull a leaf from the crown, if it comes off easily then it's ripe. If the pineapple feel soft if we press on it's side then it's over ripe.

Cut between the fruit and the skin

Slice off the top crown

Cut 1/2 inch from the bottom

Cut it into half

Cut through the middle portion of one half of the pineapple.

Trim off the fibrous thick core in the middle

Slice off the peel by cutting between the fruit and the rind  

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