"Sheldon" > wrote in message
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>
> sf wrote:
>> On Sat, 30 Jul 2005 19:03:17 GMT, Von Fourche wrote:
>>
>> > I'm going to pick up a pineapple at the market today but it will be
>> > tomorrow when I make the Pina Coladas. Should I store the pineapple
>> > in the
>> > fridge overnight or just let it sit out?
>>
>> Let it sit out.
>
> Why... so it can continue to rot?
>
> Sheldon
>

LOL.. yes, rotting is not the same as ripening. Though nearly any fruit
will change color and soften when left at room temp, it is not ripening.. it
is only aging/rotting. I always judge fruit ripeness the way any other
animal does... aroma.