Pineapple, being a juicy and sweet fruit, speeds up the digestion process, normalizes blood pressure, and helps to cure infectious diseases, diseases of the central nervous system and respiratory tract. In addition , pineapple contains not only vitamins, but also many other useful elements. However, not everyone knows how to choose the right one and how to cut a pineapple.
When choosing a pineapple, you need to check it for juiciness. To do this, the fruit is slammed on one of the sides, while the sound must be muffled. It is also necessary to determine the ripeness of the fetus, its peel should be yellowish and soft, and the tops should be densely green.
Considering the question of how to cut pineapple, it can be noted that there is no unequivocal answer to it. Currently, there are a large number of ways to do this, and which one to choose depends on the preferences of the cook. But before that, it is necessary to peel the fruit and cut it.
At the beginning, the lower part of the fruit is cut so that it stands well on the cutting board and it is easy to cut off the skin from it. The skin of this overseas fruit is hard and thick, so it is laid on the board, and holding the stem, cut off the top layer of skin (about 3 mm.) From top to bottom. It should be noted that after that the pineapple will be covered with black dots placed diagonally. Before you cut the pineapple, these diagonal rows must be cut, making the grooves about 5 mm deep. Next, the upper layer of the fetus is cut off.
After all that has been done, it is necessary to cut out the middle. To do this, the pineapple is cut from top to bottom into four parts, inside of which the hard middle will be visible, it must be removed.
Let's look at a few ways to cut a pineapple after cutting it:
1. Cutting by triangles. It is the most common way, because small pieces are quite convenient to eat.
2. Cutting in circles. With this cut, the fruit will have a beautiful appearance, but eating it is somewhat uncomfortable, since a large amount of juice flows from it.
3. Cutting into quarters. Ripe and peeled pineapple is cut into four parts, each of which is subsequently cut into small pieces.
4. Cut into slices. The fruit is cut to its full length, which can bring slight inconvenience when using it, most often small pieces are broken off from such slices, which they use.
5. Cutting into squares. Cutting the peeled pineapple into quarters, each of them is cut into small squares. This method is quite convenient and is used, for example, to cut fruit into a salad or other dish.
Regardless of how to cut the pineapple, it can be used as raw material for the preparation of necks, juices or various dishes. But it should be remembered that the peel of this fruit contains bromelin, which, on contact with the mucous membrane, causes inflammation. Therefore, it is recommended to use two knives for cutting pineapple.
Pineapple, being a fruit quite popular today, contains a large amount of water, as well as monosaccharides, organic acids, vitamins, bioactive and mineral substances, therefore this fruit has healing properties. So, it helps to cleanse the intestines and kidneys, breaks down proteins well, so the human body digests them better. After eating, it is recommended to eat a slice of pineapple to reduce the formation of gas in the intestines, and it also helps to eliminate nausea. It is known that pineapple strengthens the musculoskeletal system, eliminates the risk of loss of vision in people of advanced age, the risk of developing arthritis and colds.
Thus, knowing how to peel and how to cut a pineapple, you can periodically eat it, improving and strengthening the state of your health. However, it should be remembered that excessive use of it can harm the oral cavity and stomach.