Pineapples

I'm pretty much out of ideas to write about, so why not write about pineapples? Pineapples. P-I-N-E-A-P-P-L-E-S. Why is the word apple in pineapple? They don't look like each other, and definitely don't taste like each other by any means. Oh ok, I see on the dictionary that it was named because of its resemblance to a pine cone. Okay that makes more sense. A pineapple looks more like a pine cone than an apple, at least in terms of texture and maybe color. Pineapple contains bromelain, an enzyme which breaks down proteins. The enzyme bromelain (and papain, found in papaya) are used in meat tenderizer because they are able to break down the extracellular matrix found in animal tissue. This is the same reason that jello with raw pineapples does not set; the gelatin degrades the collagen that makes up the gelatin, preventing the jello from setting (I'm not sure of how exactly jello sets.) But if you denature the enzymes in pineapple by cooking it, it no longer holds the same property of degrading proteins. I just found that bromelain is often used as a medicine to treat inflammations and such which is cool! Anyway, pineapple once made my tongue bleed. I like the type of pineapple that's not too hard, and tastes somewhat sweet. And then there's the whole controversy of pineapple on pizza. Does pineapple belong on pizza? Well, it doesn't really fit in with any of the other toppings (bell pepper, mushrooms, olives), which are usually vegetables. However, I've seen pizza with tomatoes on it, and a tomato is a fruit, which I feel is more out of place than pineapple. Okay, so I just found out pineapple tomatoes are a thing. Wait a second, there are a whole host of tomatoes named after fruits: tangerine tomato, persimmon tomato, raspberry tomato, blueberry tomato, strawberry tomato. What is this? Okay anyway... That was my perspective and knowledge about pineapples. Later!

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