Pineapples are one of my favourite fruits, but alot of people avoid fresh pineapple as they feel they cannot prepare this exotic fruit easily. Many opt for the tinned version which is a shame with so many available at the moment and fresh pineapple makes a great difference to your recipe.

The Pineapple is a sweet, juicy tropical fruit which Christopher Columbus tasted back in 1493 on Guadeloupe. There are many varieties of Pineapple. You should always pick a Pineapple that is slightly soft to the touch and has green leaves. Fresh Pineapple is lovely you can serve it with yogurt, cream or ice cream; add it to pork or chicken dishes like Sweet & Sour Pork. Pineapple is also suppose to soften pork so hence cooked with Gammon etc and placed in various pork recipes.

 Other Pineapple facts are that each of the round scales is actually a individual fruit which fused with other fruits as it grew to form the Pineapple. Also Pineapples do not ripen after harvesting!

Now this gadget called a Vacu Vin Pineapple Slicer and Corer is great, its quick, easy and well priced for a gadget which makes the job of preparing this fantastic exotic fruit easily and it will be one you will use over and over again as fresh pineapple tastes alot better in every recipe.  This handy gadget (shown above right) slices and cores a pineapple in one easy push-and-twist action, retaining the juice and keeping the outer husk intact.

What your favourite peeling gadget or gismo send me a message about it!