{"id":11230,"date":"2010-05-25T08:34:59","date_gmt":"2010-05-25T12:34:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/?p=11230"},"modified":"2010-05-25T08:34:59","modified_gmt":"2010-05-25T12:34:59","slug":"tuesday-tip-pineapple-core-uses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/2010\/05\/tuesday-tip-pineapple-core-uses\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuesday Tip: Pineapple Core Uses"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The first time I ever had fresh pineapple was at the salad bar at Eat ‘N Park.\u00a0 Up until that point I only ever had canned pineapple.\u00a0 I’m not a big canned fruit fan.\u00a0 It’s always seems way too sweet.\u00a0 Canned pineapple for whatever reason really doesn’t appeal to me.\u00a0 When I had fresh pineapple I could not believe the taste! It was sweet and slightly tart.\u00a0 It was soft with a little chew to it.<\/p>\n

It wasn’t harsh or overly acidic like the canned version.<\/p>\n

I could not get enough! From that point on I vowed that when living on my own I would get fresh pineapple when possible for a lovely treat.\u00a0 It seems that I prefer pineapple more in the summer months.\u00a0 I’m not sure what the growing season is for pineapple but the summer is when it calls my name.\u00a0 Along with watermelon.\u00a0 They have to compete with one another.<\/p>\n

Cutting up a fresh pineapple is easy and tricky all at the same time.\u00a0 Slice off the top and bottom, then slice down along the sides removing the skin.\u00a0 Then you have to go through and try to remove as much of the “eyes” as possible.\u00a0 When you chop up the pineapple, you need to maneuver around the core.<\/p>\n

And there’s the rub.<\/p>\n

After what seems like a lot of work you’re left with some cubed pineapple but a whole heck ton of core!<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>What to do with all that pineapple core?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Well you could eat it.\u00a0 The pineapple core is edible although most people tend to not eat it since it has a harder and more gritty texture. What next?<\/p>\n

Whatever you do, don’t throw it away!\u00a0 Save the core!\u00a0 It can be useful, I promise!<\/p>\n

Freeze it!\u00a0 That’s right, your freezer is your friend and you can freeze that core for later uses.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Perhaps you are making a punch?\u00a0 Or some sangria?\u00a0 Or you just want to give that OJ some pizazz at your next breakfast. \u00a0 Plop the core down into the mix and let it hang out.\u00a0 It’ll give your drink some extra pineapple flavor!\u00a0 Plus if the core is still frozen it will help keep the drink cold and delicious.<\/p>\n

The core is easy to cut up into more manageable pieces.\u00a0 You can cube it and then freeze it.\u00a0 Use instead of ice cubes.\u00a0 We’ve talked before about how frozen fruit<\/a> makes great additions to drinks and pineapple core can be used just the same!<\/p>\n

It can also be tossed in with a marinade to bring some zip and tang to the dish.<\/p>\n

Pineapple core can be handy! And once we start using it in different applications we won’t feel like we’re tossing half the pineapple away once it’s cut up!<\/p>\n

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The first time I ever had fresh pineapple was at the salad bar at Eat ‘N Park.\u00a0 Up until that point I only ever had canned pineapple.\u00a0 I’m not a big canned fruit fan.\u00a0 It’s always seems way too sweet.\u00a0 Canned pineapple for whatever reason really doesn’t appeal to me.\u00a0 When I had fresh pineapple […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4KYWa-2V8","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11230"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11230"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11230\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}