>I'm one of those people who is usually too lazy to buy a whole pineapple and
>cut it up. So when I bought a pineapple with plans to do so, I was very proud
>of myself. However, pride was quickly replaced with frustration and
>disappointment when I cut myself trying to follow the directions. A big,
>sharp
>knife and a slippery pineapple, I discovered, do not cooperate.
>
>I followed the directions on the label, which briefly went as follows: Cut
>the
>head off. Quarter the pineapple, and remove the quartered core lengthwise
>from
>each portion. Then, use the knife to slide just under the skin, freeing it
>from
>the meat. The rest is easy.
>
>I got as far as quartering the pineapple before I cut myself. Removing the
>core
>was not as straightforward as it looked....the way I was holding the piece
>down
>while de-coring put my hand right in the way of the knife. After taking a
>time
>out to recover, I had to continue with the process, although I wasn't able to
>properly hold anything down with my left hand due to the cut. (Pineapple
>juice
>stings, by the way.) Also, perhaps because my knife was too big, I couldn't
>really follow the curve of the skin to free it without losing a lot of
>rounded
>meaty bits.
>
>I'm a bit traumatized. Surely there must be a better way? What's the right
>knife? (I used my new santoku knife, which cut the pineapple like butter, but
>is perhaps too big.)
>-Jen
>Half the people you know are below average. -Steven Wright
>

I use an electric knife .. works perfectly every time
~Kat


What did my hands do before they held you?
Sylvia Plath (1932 - 1963)