Pineapple let’s put it this way: “While many people think it is really tasty and amazing, I had a different notion about it in childhood. Well being really honest, the taste of my taste buds is more of an acquired taste. Which means, the love for pineapple didn’t come naturally. I had to acquire it over time. You may disagree totally or you and I may just be alike. Either way, since this fruit is quite popular, it is always worth talking about some interesting pineapple facts.
Let’s face it pineapples are weird. They look weird, they’re weird to cut into, we can’t figure out where they come from or how they grow, and while we love them already cut up in prepared fruit salads or tropical drinks, the thought of actually having to pick one of these spiky buggers up at the grocery store scares me up.
- Pineapple plants have really pretty flowers:
The pineapple plant’s flowers – which can vary from lavender to bright red color — produce berries that actually coalesce together around the fruit’s core. So the pineapple fruit itself is actually a bunch of “fruitlets” fused together.
- If you’d never seen one, it’d look like a pinecone to you:
When European explorers first encountered the fruit in the America, they called them “pineapples” because of the resemblance to pine cones.
- You can grow them by your own self too:
You can plant your own pineapple plant by cutting off the top of a pineapple and planting it in soil. Unfortunately, a giant pineapple won’t grow underneath it. But you ll definitely get a little one.
- Once harvested, pineapples don’t continue to ripen:
That means that every single pineapple in the grocery store is as ripe as it will ever be. So, if you’re buying one and saving it for a week, thinking it will ripen. The difference in colors is mostly based on where the pineapples were grown so a green pineapple can be just as sweet and delicious as a golden brown one.
- Pineapple cores contain high levels of bromelain, a enzyme, which has a whole slew of health benefits:
Bromelain has proved to be an effective anti-inflammatory, muscle relaxant, and digestive aid, and it also includes chemicals that interfere with the growth of tumor cells, making pineapple a good food to prevent cancer. Pineapples were once believed to cause miscarriages, but a pregnant woman would need to eat about 10 whole pineapples for it to be a concern.
Here are some amazing facts about this crazy fruit. If you love Pineapple you ll definitely learn new stuff about it.
