Infinitus
04-05-2008, 02:49 PM
I am sick and tired of finding that the pineapples I have bought are not as they should be.
The last three or so times in a row that I have purchased whole organic pineapples, they have turned out to be bad. Some are very dark around the inside rim and contain cavities (the pineapple flesh has split to form a sort of flower pattern, as it is revealed when the pineapple is cut latitudinally), and some just contain these cavities, or splits, in the flesh.
I am pretty sure that pineapple flesh should be uniform, solid and without these splits that form a pattern radiating out from the center. Am I right?
This has happened so many times that I started to wonder if the problem was with my perception, and not the pineapples. But when I took the pineapples back to the shop, a guy at the shop cut one open and straight away agreed that they were bad. The problem with these latest bad pineapples is that a local organic supplier (located around 20 miles away) sent them to me (they opperate on a home delivery basis using a courier) and I cannot return them; I just hope they will refund me through trust (I could send them a photo of the bad fruit, but I would have to first borrow a camera).
Where the flesh has split, in a pattern encircling the stem (center of the pineapple), the flesh is much whiter than the non-split parts. I have had good pineapples before; there is a profound difference. With these current bad ones, the outside of them appears very sorry-looking and is covered with a fine greyish dust (possibly some sort of mold?). They generally do not look all that healthy (but even some good pineapples do not look particularly healthy?).
What are your thoughts on this issue? Do you agree that the flesh of a pineapple should be together and without gaps and splits?
The last three or so times in a row that I have purchased whole organic pineapples, they have turned out to be bad. Some are very dark around the inside rim and contain cavities (the pineapple flesh has split to form a sort of flower pattern, as it is revealed when the pineapple is cut latitudinally), and some just contain these cavities, or splits, in the flesh.
I am pretty sure that pineapple flesh should be uniform, solid and without these splits that form a pattern radiating out from the center. Am I right?
This has happened so many times that I started to wonder if the problem was with my perception, and not the pineapples. But when I took the pineapples back to the shop, a guy at the shop cut one open and straight away agreed that they were bad. The problem with these latest bad pineapples is that a local organic supplier (located around 20 miles away) sent them to me (they opperate on a home delivery basis using a courier) and I cannot return them; I just hope they will refund me through trust (I could send them a photo of the bad fruit, but I would have to first borrow a camera).
Where the flesh has split, in a pattern encircling the stem (center of the pineapple), the flesh is much whiter than the non-split parts. I have had good pineapples before; there is a profound difference. With these current bad ones, the outside of them appears very sorry-looking and is covered with a fine greyish dust (possibly some sort of mold?). They generally do not look all that healthy (but even some good pineapples do not look particularly healthy?).
What are your thoughts on this issue? Do you agree that the flesh of a pineapple should be together and without gaps and splits?