Besides eating, what else have you found pineapples are also good
for ?

On Jul 16, 9:17 pm, Keith > wrote:
> Besides eating, what else have you found pineapples are also good
> for ?

Dunno, but I was told when I was in hospital after Christmas that I
must eat as much fresh piuneapple as I could as it would aid
healing?????

Judith

"Keith" > wrote in message
...
| Besides eating, what else have you found pineapples are also good
| for ?

You can make an excellent bowling game with the pineapples
as ten-pins and a coconut as the bowling ball.

pavane

In article >,
Keith > writes:
|> Besides eating, what else have you found pineapples are also good
|> for ?

Throwing into saps.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

Keith wrote:
> Besides eating, what else have you found pineapples are also good
> for ?

When growing they are damned prickly. If planted closer-than-normal they
would make a great fence for short livestock.

--
John McGaw
[Knoxville, TN, USA]
http://johnmcgaw.com

"Keith" > wrote in message
...
> Besides eating, what else have you found pineapples are also good
> for ?

A table centerpiece.
A boat for a fruit salad
A large holder for appetizers on toothpicks.
A Hat for Carmen Miranda
A container for Thai Pineapple rice
An exotic drink container

I am sue there are many more uses.
--
Old Scoundrel

(AKA Dimitri)

"Keith" > wrote in message
...
> Besides eating, what else have you found pineapples are also good
> for ?



They're a great ornamental if you live in the right climate or have a
greenhouse.
Didn't France's King Charles II give them as gifts to visiting dignitaries?
So add doorprize to the list.



--
Toni
Hills of Kentucky
USDA Zone 6b
http://www.cearbhaill.com

On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:17:38 -0700 (PDT), Keith >
wrote:

>Besides eating, what else have you found pineapples are also good
>for ?

Is this a trick question? I've tried to root the top in the past, but
it hasn't worked for me.


--
I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number of carats in a diamond.

Mae West

Dimitri wrote:
>
> "Keith" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Besides eating, what else have you found pineapples are also good
>> for ?
>
> A table centerpiece.
> A boat for a fruit salad
> A large holder for appetizers on toothpicks.
> A Hat for Carmen Miranda
> A container for Thai Pineapple rice
> An exotic drink container
>
> I am sue there are many more uses.


Thai Pineapple rice?? Sounds good. I am off to search for recipe.

Tracy

Tracy wrote on Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:24:05 -0400:

> Dimitri wrote:
>>
>> "Keith" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> Besides eating, what else have you found pineapples are also
>>> good for ?
>>
>> A table centerpiece.
>> A boat for a fruit salad
>> A large holder for appetizers on toothpicks.
>> A Hat for Carmen Miranda
>> A container for Thai Pineapple rice
>> An exotic drink container
>>
>> I am sue there are many more uses.

> Thai Pineapple rice?? Sounds good. I am off to search for
> recipe.

Meat tenderizer if you can't find your bottle of papain.

--

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

Email, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

<sf> wrote in message ...
> On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:17:38 -0700 (PDT), Keith >
> wrote:
>
>>Besides eating, what else have you found pineapples are also good
>>for ?
>
> Is this a trick question? I've tried to root the top in the past, but
> it hasn't worked for me.
>
Meat tenderizer. There's an enzyme in them, this is the main ingredient in
"accent:" meat tenderizer. It's why the corners of your mouth can get a
little sore if you eat a lot of fresh pineapple.

In article >,
"cybercat" > wrote:

> <sf> wrote in message ...
> > On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:17:38 -0700 (PDT), Keith >
> > wrote:
> >
> >>Besides eating, what else have you found pineapples are also good
> >>for ?
> >
> > Is this a trick question? I've tried to root the top in the past, but
> > it hasn't worked for me.
> >
> Meat tenderizer. There's an enzyme in them, this is the main ingredient in
> "accent:" meat tenderizer. It's why the corners of your mouth can get a
> little sore if you eat a lot of fresh pineapple.

Yeah, it's eating you back!

Miche

--
Electricians do it in three phases

On Jul 16, 6:00�pm, Miche > wrote:
> In article >,
>
> �"cybercat" > wrote:
> > <sf> wrote in messagenews:1gps74p4onpn4p0tgpug7tqo21ful6bhjn@4ax .com...
> > > On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:17:38 -0700 (PDT), Keith >
> > > wrote:
>
> > >>Besides eating, what else have you found pineapples are also good
> > >>for ?
>
> > > Is this a trick question? �I've tried to root the top in the past, but
> > > it hasn't worked for me.
>
> > Meat tenderizer. There's an enzyme in them, this is the main ingredient in
> > "accent:" meat tenderizer. It's why the corners of your mouth can get a
> > little sore if you eat a lot of fresh pineapple.
>
> Yeah, it's eating you back!
>
> Miche

It's also why you can't put fresh pineapple in Jell-o. The enzymes in
the pineapple break down the protein bonds in the gelatin and won't
gel.

"Miche" > wrote

> Yeah, it's eating you back!
>
ha! Cool way of looking at it.

In article
>,
" > wrote:

> On Jul 16, 6:00?pm, Miche > wrote:
> > In article >,
> >
> > ?"cybercat" > wrote:
> > > <sf> wrote in messagenews:1gps74p4onpn4p0tgpug7tqo21ful6bhjn@4ax .com...
> > > > On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:17:38 -0700 (PDT), Keith >
> > > > wrote:
> >
> > > >>Besides eating, what else have you found pineapples are also good
> > > >>for ?
> >
> > > > Is this a trick question? ?I've tried to root the top in the past, but
> > > > it hasn't worked for me.
> >
> > > Meat tenderizer. There's an enzyme in them, this is the main ingredient in
> > > "accent:" meat tenderizer. It's why the corners of your mouth can get a
> > > little sore if you eat a lot of fresh pineapple.
> >
> > Yeah, it's eating you back!
>
> It's also why you can't put fresh pineapple in Jell-o. The enzymes in
> the pineapple break down the protein bonds in the gelatin and won't
> gel.

Same thing with fresh kiwifruit and papaya. They all contain enzymes
which denature protein.

Miche

--
Electricians do it in three phases

On Jul 16, 2:20*pm, sf wrote:
>
> Is this a trick question? *I've tried to root the top in the past, but
> it hasn't worked for me.
>
Good thing the cross posts (removed) were not to
Australia ... ;-) -aem

In article >, "cybercat"
> wrote:

> <sf> wrote in message ...
> > On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:17:38 -0700 (PDT), Keith >
> > wrote:
> >
> >>Besides eating, what else have you found pineapples are also good
> >>for ?
> >
> > Is this a trick question? I've tried to root the top in the past, but
> > it hasn't worked for me.
> >
> Meat tenderizer. There's an enzyme in them, this is the main ingredient in
> "accent:" meat tenderizer.

Or you can just pound your meat with one.

-paghat the ratgirl
--
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http://www.paghat.com
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http://www.weirdwildrealm.com

In article
>,
Keith > wrote:

> Besides eating, what else have you found pineapples are also good
> for ?

I've heard that it is the fastest fermenting juice around and was the
favorite of ship bound sailors:-)
--

Billy
Bush and Pelosi Behind Bars
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KVTf...ef=patrick.net
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0aEo...eature=related

aem wrote:
>
> Good thing the cross posts (removed) were not to
> Australia ... ;-)


I've heard that about Australia.
What do Australian trees and other plants use to bring water up from the
ground and into the stems and leaves?


When Australians want to grow pineapples, what do they do if they don't
root the top?


--Lia

On 17/7/08 00:02, in article
, "Billy"
> wrote:

> In article
> >,
> Keith > wrote:
>
>> Besides eating, what else have you found pineapples are also good
>> for ?
>
> I've heard that it is the fastest fermenting juice around and was the
> favorite of ship bound sailors:-)

It's the symbol of hospitality, which is why you so often see them atop old
houses' gate posts etc. in rural UK. For example, they were grown in
pineapple pits at Heligan, in horse manure the decomposition of which gave
off the heat to grow the pineapples.
http://tinyurl.com/58k6zp
Even then, this was labour intensive and the outcome was fraught with danger
so they were both exotic and expensive. In those days there was immensely
strong competition among society hostesses to produce the first peas, beans,
strawberries etc. so producing pineapples was a social coup of some meaning.
I suppose that the entire plant could be quite useful for cleaning chimneys
if you run out of small boys. ;-)
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon

On Jul 16, 4:09*pm, Julia Altshuler > wrote:
> aem wrote:
>
> > Good thing the cross posts (removed) were not to
> > Australia ... * *;-) * * * *
>
> I've heard that about Australia.
> What do Australian trees and other plants use to bring water up from the
> ground and into the stems and leaves?
>
> When Australians want to grow pineapples, what do they do if they don't
> root the top?
>
It was a small joke. Here's an Aussie slang dictionary. Look under
'R'. -aem
http://www.koalanet.com.au/australian-slang.html#R

aem wrote:
>
> It was a small joke. Here's an Aussie slang dictionary. Look under
> 'R'. -aem
> http://www.koalanet.com.au/australian-slang.html#R


I got your joke and raised you one.
The question was, if root means ****, what do you say when you mean root?


--Lia

On Jul 16, 4:53*pm, Julia Altshuler > wrote:
> aem wrote:
>
> > It was a small joke. *Here's an Aussie slang dictionary. *Look under
> > 'R'. * * -aem
> >http://www.koalanet.com.au/australian-slang.html#R
>
> I got your joke and raised you one.
> The question was, if root means ****, what do you say when you mean root?
>
Ah, whoosh!, you're too quick for me. So were many Australians,
especially when they got into rhyming slang. -aem

cybercat wrote:

> <sf> wrote in message ...
> > On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:17:38 -0700 (PDT), Keith >
> > wrote:
> >
> >>Besides eating, what else have you found pineapples are also good
> >>for ?
> >
> > Is this a trick question? I've tried to root the top in the past, but
> > it hasn't worked for me.
> >
> Meat tenderizer. There's an enzyme in them, this is the main ingredient in
> "accent:" meat tenderizer. It's why the corners of your mouth can get a
> little sore if you eat a lot of fresh pineapple.


Eating pineapple also makes a guy's semen taste nice 'n sweet...so you gals'
mouths can also get "a little sore" that way, too...!!!

:-)


--
Best
Greg

Keith wrote:
> Besides eating, what else have you found pineapples are also good
> for ?

Juicing into a pina colada?

--
Janet Wilder
Bad spelling. Bad punctuation
Good Friends. Good Life

Miche wrote:
> In article
> >,
> " > wrote:
>
>> On Jul 16, 6:00?pm, Miche > wrote:
>>> In article >,
>>>
>>> ?"cybercat" > wrote:
>>>> <sf> wrote in messagenews:1gps74p4onpn4p0tgpug7tqo21ful6bhjn@4ax .com...
>>>>> On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:17:38 -0700 (PDT), Keith >
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> Besides eating, what else have you found pineapples are also good
>>>>>> for ?
>>>>> Is this a trick question? ?I've tried to root the top in the past, but
>>>>> it hasn't worked for me.
>>>> Meat tenderizer. There's an enzyme in them, this is the main ingredient in
>>>> "accent:" meat tenderizer. It's why the corners of your mouth can get a
>>>> little sore if you eat a lot of fresh pineapple.
>>> Yeah, it's eating you back!
>> It's also why you can't put fresh pineapple in Jell-o. The enzymes in
>> the pineapple break down the protein bonds in the gelatin and won't
>> gel.
>
> Same thing with fresh kiwifruit and papaya. They all contain enzymes
> which denature protein.
>
> Miche
>
The papaya enzyme is the one in Adolph's. It's called papain (sp)

--
Janet Wilder
Bad spelling. Bad punctuation
Good Friends. Good Life

On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 10:00:28 +1200, Miche >
wrote:

>In article >,
> "cybercat" > wrote:
>
>> <sf> wrote in message ...
>> > On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:17:38 -0700 (PDT), Keith >
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> >>Besides eating, what else have you found pineapples are also good
>> >>for ?
>> >
>> > Is this a trick question? I've tried to root the top in the past, but
>> > it hasn't worked for me.
>> >
>> Meat tenderizer. There's an enzyme in them, this is the main ingredient in
>> "accent:" meat tenderizer. It's why the corners of your mouth can get a
>> little sore if you eat a lot of fresh pineapple.
>
>Yeah, it's eating you back!
>
Are some people immune? I've never had that problem (not even a
tingle) and I've eaten more than my fair share at times.



--
I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number of carats in a diamond.

Mae West

On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 10:38:07 +1200, Miche >
wrote:

>Same thing with fresh kiwifruit and papaya. They all contain enzymes
>which denature protein.

TMI about kiwi (haven't experienced that with kiwi either)... I don't
like papaya, so no biggie - say anything you want.


--
I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number of carats in a diamond.

Mae West

On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:49:12 -0700 (PDT), aem >
wrote:

>On Jul 16, 2:20*pm, sf wrote:
>>
>> Is this a trick question? *I've tried to root the top in the past, but
>> it hasn't worked for me.
>>
>Good thing the cross posts (removed) were not to
>Australia ... ;-) -aem

OK, I'm clueless. Australia? I thought keeping UK gardening groups
was appropriate, because the UK has the Gulf Stream to warm it up.




--
I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number of carats in a diamond.

Mae West

"cybercat" > wrote in message
...
>
> <sf> wrote in message ...
>> On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:17:38 -0700 (PDT), Keith >
>> wrote:
>>
>>>Besides eating, what else have you found pineapples are also good
>>>for ?
>>
>> Is this a trick question? I've tried to root the top in the past, but
>> it hasn't worked for me.
>>
> Meat tenderizer. There's an enzyme in them, this is the main ingredient in
> "accent:" meat tenderizer. It's why the corners of your mouth can get a
> little sore if you eat a lot of fresh pineapple.

I'll vouch for that. I've never used it as a tenderisers although I know
about it but when I prepar a pineapple I can't resist nibbling at the flesh
left on the core even though I know i'll have a sore mouth for hours.

Short term hedonist, that's me!

Mary
>
>

Janet Wilder wrote:
> Keith wrote:
>> Besides eating, what else have you found pineapples are also good
>> for ?
>
> Juicing into a pina colada?

That's the best suggestion yet. Cheers, Janet!

kili

On Jul 16, 10:17*am, Keith > wrote:
> Besides eating, what else have you found pineapples are also good
> for ?

Oddly enough, a piece of fresh pineapple will remove the fire from
peppers in your mouth in seconds. Well, that's my observation anyway -
this should be independently confirmed. :-)

"Keith" wrote

> Besides eating, what else have you found pineapples are also good
> for ?

I hate the things so for me they are expensive compost only

Phil

"TheScullster" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Keith" wrote
>
>> Besides eating, what else have you found pineapples are also good
>> for ?
>
> I hate the things so for me they are expensive compost only
>

If I were you ... and this is just me, mind you ... I might stop buying
them.

On Jul 16, 5:20 pm, sf wrote:
I've tried to root the top in the past, but
> it hasn't worked for me.

It's worked for me, but my cat likes to chew on the new 'leaves'.
Makes a free plant, tho.

In article >, sf wrote:

> On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 10:00:28 +1200, Miche >
> wrote:
>
> >In article >,
> > "cybercat" > wrote:
> >
> >> <sf> wrote in message ...
> >> > On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:17:38 -0700 (PDT), Keith >
> >> > wrote:
> >> >
> >> >>Besides eating, what else have you found pineapples are also good
> >> >>for ?
> >> >
> >> > Is this a trick question? I've tried to root the top in the past, but
> >> > it hasn't worked for me.
> >> >
> >> Meat tenderizer. There's an enzyme in them, this is the main ingredient in
> >> "accent:" meat tenderizer. It's why the corners of your mouth can get a
> >> little sore if you eat a lot of fresh pineapple.
> >
> >Yeah, it's eating you back!
> >
> Are some people immune? I've never had that problem (not even a
> tingle) and I've eaten more than my fair share at times.

They'd only be immune if not made from meat, I guess.

Miche

--
Electricians do it in three phases

In article >,
Janet Wilder > wrote:

> Miche wrote:
> > In article
> > >,
> > " > wrote:
> >
> >> On Jul 16, 6:00?pm, Miche > wrote:
> >>> In article >,
> >>>
> >>> ?"cybercat" > wrote:
> >>>> <sf> wrote in messagenews:1gps74p4onpn4p0tgpug7tqo21ful6bhjn@4ax .com...
> >>>>> On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:17:38 -0700 (PDT), Keith >
> >>>>> wrote:
> >>>>>> Besides eating, what else have you found pineapples are also good
> >>>>>> for ?
> >>>>> Is this a trick question? ?I've tried to root the top in the past, but
> >>>>> it hasn't worked for me.
> >>>> Meat tenderizer. There's an enzyme in them, this is the main ingredient
> >>>> in
> >>>> "accent:" meat tenderizer. It's why the corners of your mouth can get a
> >>>> little sore if you eat a lot of fresh pineapple.
> >>> Yeah, it's eating you back!
> >> It's also why you can't put fresh pineapple in Jell-o. The enzymes in
> >> the pineapple break down the protein bonds in the gelatin and won't
> >> gel.
> >
> > Same thing with fresh kiwifruit and papaya. They all contain enzymes
> > which denature protein.
> >
> The papaya enzyme is the one in Adolph's. It's called papain (sp)

What's an Adolph's?

Miche

--
Electricians do it in three phases

sf wrote:
> On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:17:38 -0700 (PDT), Keith >
> wrote:
>
>> Besides eating, what else have you found pineapples are also good
>> for ?
>
> Is this a trick question? I've tried to root the top in the past, but
> it hasn't worked for me.
>
>
sf, screw off the pineapple head, remove some lower leaves, place in a
wine-glass filled with water on a windowsill and they will root. My
latest challenge is to keep them alive over winter and then plant in the
garden to see what happens. I know they like coastal climates in SA as
they grow extensively in the East London district, but here on the
highveld is a different story where we get -3C almost every night.

HTH/

Mugabe, Mbeki & Tsvangirai were lost in the forest and were captured
by cannibals. The cannibal king told the prisoners that they could live
if they passed a trial. The first step of the trial was to go to the
forest and get ten pieces of the same kind of fruit. So all three men
went separate ways to gather fruits.

Mbeki came back and said to the king, "I brought ten apples". The king
then explained the trial to him. "You have to shove the fruits up your
butt without any expression on your face or you will be eaten".
The first apple went in.... but on the second one he winced out in pain,
so he was killed. Tsvangirai arrived and showed the king ten berries.
When the king explained the trial to him, he thought to himself that
this should be easy. 1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8., and on the ninth
berry he burst out in laughter and was killed.

Mbeki & Tsvangirai met in heaven and Mbeki asked Tsvangirai, "Why did
you laugh, you almost got away with it?" Tsvangirai replied, "I couldn't
help it, I saw Mugabe coming with pineapples".

Mugabe, Mbeki & Tsvangirai were lost in the forest and were captured
by cannibals. The cannibal king told the prisoners that they could live
if they passed a trial. The first step of the trial was to go to the
forest and get ten pieces of the same kind of fruit. So all three men
went separate ways to gather fruits.

Mbeki came back and said to the king, "I brought ten apples". The king
then explained the trial to him. "You have to shove the fruits up your
butt without any expression on your face or you will be eaten".
The first apple went in.... but on the second one he winced out in pain,
so he was killed. Tsvangirai arrived and showed the king ten berries.
When the king explained the trial to him, he thought to himself that
this should be easy. 1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8., and on the ninth
berry he burst out in laughter and was killed.

Mbeki & Tsvangirai met in heaven and Mbeki asked Tsvangirai, "Why did
you laugh, you almost got away with it?" Tsvangirai replied, "I couldn't
help it, I saw Mugabe coming with pineapples".