Pinneaple & my tounge

[Katie P]

How come sometimes when I eat pinneaple my tounge tingles? It kinda ruins my taste buds

[juliebove]

It contains bromelain which is a meat tenderizer. Gets me all the time every time so for that reason I won't eat raw pineapple. Some people (like my husband) can eat it with no problems. Others find they can eat it sometimesa and not others.

Someone here some time back posted a way to prepare it that quelled the biting quality of it. I can't remember exactly how to do it but I think it involved cutting the top off and letting it sit in the fridge upside down.

[Veganforlife]

HERE's the deal. Bring your pinapple home. Let sit and ripen- green side down. When it's pretty much yellow all over, cut off green part and store cut side down in fridge at LEAST overnight...the longer (up to a week) is better. Then core and cut. The reason to do this is so the sugars and acids will permeate thru the entire pineapple. Works every time! Honest. I stopped eating them until my dtr. said to do this trick. She had a friend who lived in Hawaii.

[VeGenesis]

How come sometimes when I eat pinneaple my tounge tingles? It kinda ruins my taste buds

It is still green! Also it may be the variety you have. A pineapple doesn't ripen after it is picked. So when you pick your pineapple you should find one with a yellow or gold colored skin. Check it for no soft spots too.

If you are given a choice between the smooth leaves and the sharp jagged leaves, take the sharp leaves! They are sweeter.

This is just my personal opinion from growing them in my yard, but that is my experience.

Hope it helps!

PS some people like that tingle! To them it adds zest to their smoothies. If you like it (I don't), pick the pineapples with green skins and smoother leaves!

[Veganforlife]

It is still green! Also it may be the variety you have. A pineapple doesn't ripen after it is picked. So when you pick your pineapple you should find one with a yellow or gold colored skin. Check it for no soft spots too.

If you are given a choice between the smooth leaves and the sharp jagged leaves, take the sharp leaves! They are sweeter.

This is just my personal opinion from growing them in my yard, but that is my experience.

Hope it helps!

PS some people like that tingle! To them it adds zest to their smoothies. If you like it (I don't), pick the pineapples with green skins and smoother leaves!

They DO ripen. I pick the closest to yellow I can and then do the upside down trick. It DOES work. I had stopped eating them because my tongue felt like it was burning. Since using that method my tongue has NEVER burned...try it...

[Irish_Vegan_Girl]

I sometimes get it with tomatoes and bananas also. It is the bromelin in them(a part of their make up which people take in tablet form to help them with digestion[as I recall]) but i don't know why it only happens sometimes.

[babeak]

Mine go moldy and ferment before they ripen. PLease detail how to ripen a pineapple. Where I live, they often already have mold or something on the bottom of them and are green with only a tiny bit of yellow. For 1-3 brief weeks this summer we got some nice ripe ones at multiple stores that I shop at, but after that it is back to the same unripe green ones and I refuse to buy them.

[rawrawks]

My body has an adverse reaction to pineapple...mouth sometimes but stomach...if I eat alot, I am in unbearable pain.

[laura-jane]

I absolutely love fresh pineapple. It's the best dessert.

My teeth get really sensitive when I eat too much pineapple. It's very strange. It's not a temperature thing, it's a pineapple thing. Must be related to the meat tenderizingness!

[Irish_Vegan_Girl]

Mine go moldy and ferment before they ripen. PLease detail how to ripen a pineapple. Where I live, they often already have mold or something on the bottom of them and are green with only a tiny bit of yellow. For 1-3 brief weeks this summer we got some nice ripe ones at multiple stores that I shop at, but after that it is back to the same unripe green ones and I refuse to buy them.

I think that mold is always there, it just gets worse if you don't eat the pineapple as it ripens. I think it may be from storage conditions.

[juliew]

I'll have to try that storage upside down thing. Pineapple makes my tongue bleed!

[Raw Joy]

I've found I can't have it by itself if it's more than 5-6 chunks. If I mix it in a smoothie with banana, or in a salad with some other fruit, it guess maybe it neutralizes that acid feeling. So I usually have it mixed with something else.

[mstrish]

I also do the upside down trick and it does help with the tingling.

[DopeRawAbundance]

Tingling would be fine, but it's not so much a tingle as a punishing STING. Me and my brother halved a whole pineapple today and my lips and tongue stung, with a little tongue bleeding to accompany it. What does not kill my mouth only makes it stronger.

[anniez]

Wow! I've never heard this upside down thing. Too much pineapple at one time definitely bothers my tongue also. I love it though, and eat just a little at a time. Thanks for these suggestions!

Annie

[T-Bird]

It's the acid.

As a kid - my brother and I were not allowed to have any raw pineapple at all. My father was in s.pacific during wwII and saw lots of people get their teeth rotted eating alot of pineapple.

I've read that in the subsequent years - dole or someone developed a much lower acid pineapple....guess dad never heard about it!

I was at one of my work meetings with a prominent dentist and the subject came up, someone asking if brushing your teeth afterwards helped. We'd been served a fruit plate with raw pineapple at snack time.

He said no - the damage was done - the acid wearing through the protective slim coat on your teeth and getting access to the enamel. Brushing afterwards might even be worse.

[Gab]

Same problem here... including stinging and actual tongue bleeding. But I sure love the stuff.

I gave up eating it for many years and then found out that if the reactions are that severe the pineapple is not fully ripe and even when ripe to avoid the core.

I generally just try to make sure I get my grubby little paws on a fully ripened fruit... mainly yellow and when you hold it up to your nose you can definitely smell that wonderful pineapple smell. I also find that when I cut up the fruit and put it in the fridge it keeps for quite a while anyway so I don't worry about it being already fully ripened when I buy it.

I've also heard using the old brown paper bag trick works quite well. Put the pineapple in a brown paper bag along with a ripe banana or avocado and leave on the counter. The fruits create ethelyne gas which is what helps ripen quicker.

Good luck with whatever method you decide to try. It's just sooo good that it's a shame to not be able to eat it! :D

[Veganforlife]

I too had given up eating pineapples, but tried the cutting, upside down storage method and I have NEVER had a pineapple "stink" my tongue again.

When I bring them home I store them upside down to start the process. If you look here, you'll see that.

http://www.rawfoodtalk.com/showthread.php?t=54597

It really works!