David Joachim’s Brilliant Food Tips book is full of fascinating tips and tricks. Under the Pineapple entry, David talks about how to buy, store and cut pineapple. He also includes a yummy sounding pineapple and macadamia nut upside-down cake. I found these two things also under the pineapple heading:
- Use pineapple as a meat tenderizer. The bromelain in pineapple helps tenderize meats because it breaks down protein. When making a marinade for tough cuts of meat such as flank steak, add pineapple juice.
- Optimize your vitamin C intake. Look for the “gold” variety of pineapple. Loaded with 4 times the vitamin C of regular pineapple, this variety is exceptionally sweet, with golden-colored flesh.
I’ve always bought the gold variety because it’s juicier and not quite as acidic.
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