Robert Miles > wrote:
: Fresh pineapple contains bromelain, a mixture of protein-digesting
: enzymes. Cooking deactivates them. So I'd consider them one possibility.

That's why you can't add fresh pineapple to Jello, only cooked or canned.

Wendy

: On 10/13/2011 3:57 AM, Storrmmee wrote:
: > i have no idea what changes but just so you feel less alone, i can eat
: > strawberries until i explode if they are fresh, once frozen they make me
: > deathly ill to the point of needing the er, and i can eat "fresh" pineapple
: > if frozen or i can eat it canned or cooked but never fresh... last time i
: > did it was in a fluffy salad at a salad bar, i thought it was canned... by
: > the time we finished our meal and left the resto, i hurled like a vengful
: > cat from the top of your frig... right there in the parking lot, my stomach
: > had enough and simply expelled the contents, it took a while to figure out
: > what it was... no more fluffy salads for me, Lee
: > "Tiger > wrote in message
: > ...
: >> whimper
: >>
: >> ok, i'm getting some more feta cheese stuffed jalapeno peppers or the red
: >> chili peppers
: [snip]