Welcome to the EGGhead Forum - a great place to visit and packed with tips and EGGspert advice! You can also join the conversation and get more information and amazing kamado recipes by following Big Green Egg to Experience our World of Flavor™ at:
Facebook  |  Twitter  |  Instagram  |  Pinterest  |  Youtube  |  Vimeo
Share your photos by tagging us and using the hashtag #BigGreenEgg.

Want to see how the EGG is made? Click to Watch

How do you pick a good Pineapple?

loco_engr
loco_engr Posts: 5,834
edited November -0001 in EggHead Forum
Been thinking about getting a pineapple and would appreciate some tips on picking a good one.

Thank You
aka marysvilleksegghead
Lrg 2008
mini 2009

Henny Youngman:
I said to my wife, 'Where do you want to go for our anniversary?' She said, 'I want to go somewhere I've never been before.' I said, 'Try the kitchen.'
Bob Hope: When I wake up in the morning, I don’t feel anything until noon, and then it’s time for my nap
· Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

Comments

  • Scotty's Inferno
    Scotty's Inferno Posts: 624
    If you try to lift it by one of it's top fronds, and the frond breaks, i.e. can't hold the weight of the pineapple-she's ready! Scott
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • AZRP
    AZRP Posts: 10,116
    Pick it up and smell the bottom, a good ripe one will have plenty of pineapple smell. -RP
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • EmandM'sDad
    EmandM'sDad Posts: 648
    And just a touch soft on the bottom, also
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • Richard Fl
    Richard Fl Posts: 8,297
    When in Hawaii many years ago, the produce folks showed me that if you pull a couple of the top leaves and they come out easily, they were ready.
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • stike
    stike Posts: 15,597
    not so much as breaks, but comes out.

    should be heavy, smell pine-apply, and have a little give to the surface (softer rather than really hard).

    i actually like them a little over-ripe.
    ed egli avea del cul fatto trombetta -Dante
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • loco_engr
    loco_engr Posts: 5,834
    fronds are on the body?
    aka marysvilleksegghead
    Lrg 2008
    mini 2009

    Henny Youngman:
    I said to my wife, 'Where do you want to go for our anniversary?' She said, 'I want to go somewhere I've never been before.' I said, 'Try the kitchen.'
    Bob Hope: When I wake up in the morning, I don’t feel anything until noon, and then it’s time for my nap
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • vidalia1
    vidalia1 Posts: 7,092
    yes they are the green things that stick out on the top of the pineapple..pull a couple and if they come out easy it is ready to eat....
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • loco_engr
    loco_engr Posts: 5,834
    :cheer:
    aka marysvilleksegghead
    Lrg 2008
    mini 2009

    Henny Youngman:
    I said to my wife, 'Where do you want to go for our anniversary?' She said, 'I want to go somewhere I've never been before.' I said, 'Try the kitchen.'
    Bob Hope: When I wake up in the morning, I don’t feel anything until noon, and then it’s time for my nap
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • BobS
    BobS Posts: 2,485
    Richard Fl wrote:
    When in Hawaii many years ago, the produce folks showed me that if you pull a couple of the top leaves and they come out easily, they were ready.

    My upgrade is that you should try to pull out the leaves that are on the inside ring of leaves. Ideally the leaf comes out easily. Think in terms of not being able to move the pineapple as opposed to not being able to lift it. Pineapples come in different colors from green to yellow. When I am looking for a good one, I start with the ones that have more yelow color.

    As a small bit of trivia - a pineapple is a bromeliad (nice flower sort of thing that is similar to an orchid. They do not ripen after picking, so make a good selection and go ahead and use it.
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

Categories