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Fizzing Pineapples !

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Thomas Mace

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Aug 9, 1998, 3:00:00 AM8/9/98
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A long time ago I had a fresh fruit salad with pineapples that
'fizzed' on the tongue.
How do you make these ?


TJ

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Aug 9, 1998, 3:00:00 AM8/9/98
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Let them get so ripe, they're almost ready for the compost?
tj

Stephen Johnson

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Aug 9, 1998, 3:00:00 AM8/9/98
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When pineapple starts to break down, it ferments thus producing a high
acid content and eventually starts to "bubble", but before this happens
you get the "fizzed" affect you are talking about.
This is not a good thing.

Thomas Mace (t.m...@zetnet.co.uk) writes:
> A long time ago I had a fresh fruit salad with pineapples that
> 'fizzed' on the tongue.
> How do you make these ?
>


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TJ

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Aug 9, 1998, 3:00:00 AM8/9/98
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Stephen Johnson wrote:
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> When pineapple starts to break down, it ferments thus producing a high
> acid content and eventually starts to "bubble", but before this happens
> you get the "fizzed" affect you are talking about.
> This is not a good thing.

In what sense? I've eaten plenty of them...sweet, soft, and a hint of
alcohol. I don't think this is bacterial action, but anaerobic breakdown
in plant product which gives you BOOZE. You get it in prune juice, too.
tj

Stephen Johnson

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Aug 9, 1998, 3:00:00 AM8/9/98
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TJ wrote:

I guess what I meant is if your ordering fresh fruit salad and the
pineapple if breaking down, this is not a good thing for you as a customer
or the restaurant.
I remember making fruit salad and adding grand marnier to it, I forgot
about it in the cooler for a week and as my then room-mate and I did was
eat the whole thing, it was terrific!

lendee

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Aug 9, 1998, 3:00:00 AM8/9/98
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Thomas,

It sounds to me as though the pineapple had fermented.

Delores

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AChrist787

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Aug 10, 1998, 3:00:00 AM8/10/98
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><HTML>A long time ago I had a fresh fruit salad with pineapples that <BR>
>'fizzed' on the tongue.<BR>

>How do you make these ?

That the pineapple was well on it's way to being spoiled.


Anne Christopherson

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Thomas Mace

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Aug 10, 1998, 3:00:00 AM8/10/98
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Good job I've got a cast iron stomach !.... Yhanks peeps


Ardi & Phil Butler

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Aug 18, 1998, 3:00:00 AM8/18/98
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My Mexican aunt makes a heavenly drink, called Tepache (sp?), from the rinds
of a pineapple. Let it soak in water for three days, add equal parts of water
and sugar to taste. Really hits the spot on a hot day.

Ardi Butler
from a log house in
Maple Valley, WA.


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