Pineapple

This morning I was cutting up fresh pineapple for a fruit salad here at my sister's house, and I was thinking about what an unusual fruit that is. First of all, as anyone who has driven around Hawaii knows, pineapple does not grow on trees, so I suppose technically they are not even a fruit. Secondly, they have this thick inedible core, which would not be so unusual, except that is not the seed or the stone of the fruit. It is rather the woody mass around which the sweet, juicy part accumulates. Where then are the seeds of a pineapple? This morning I confirmed that pineapple seeds are in the skin of the pineapple. No joke.  The indents below the spikes on the rind of a pineapple are where the seeds form, making pineapples some sort of opposite-fruit. And yet still oh so yummy.

Although canned pineapple and pineapple flavored this and that are all around, I do not think I have ever seen fresh pineapple in Iceland. It is probably just a matter of time.

Comments

Jon Frimann said…
Það er nú fleira óvenjulegt við ananas en þetta. Blómin eru einnig öðrvísi en fólk á að venjast. Sjá hérna, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pineapple

http://www.kriyayoga.com/photography/photo_gallery/d/77-4/1_pinapple_flower-dsc02203.jpg
http://www.island-images.dominica-weekly.com/fruit-photos/pineapple-flower/
Thordis said…
Þú getur keypt ferskan ananas til dæmis í Hagkaup.
Anonymous said…
haaaa? maður fær ferskan ananas allt árið í Bónus og Krónunni, hvað þá Hagkaup og Nóatúni og Fjarðarkaupum og Melabúðinni og you name it - everywhere.

Fræin á jarðarberjum eru líka utan á. Og ávextir þurfa ekki að vaxa á trjám til að teljast ávextir.
Lissy said…
Pineapples ought not be ubiquitous, was sort of my point.

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