Sorry, I don’t know what to suggest… Love pineapples, I eat them with some salt and chilli flakes.
Sometimes the enzymes burn my tongue and mouth but not always. Burn as in quite painful and lasts a whole day.
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Yes
We are eating one “as is”, and I’m wanting to make pinapple vinegar with the trimmings.
Anybody familiar with this? Some recipes call for brown sugar, I don’t know why, and I don’t have enough brown sugar. And no “mother” from apple cider vinegar. Can’t believe that! I kept some for way longer than seemed reasonable.
OMG make a SHRUB!
I don’t know why I didn’t think of this earlier…
I still have some from last summer in the fridge.
Same idea, but drinking vinegar - it sucks every last bit of flavor out, and lasts for ages. You’ll be spiking water and cocktails and remembering your Hawaiian pineapples well into the fall and winter 
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A shrub would be perfect! I went through a shrub phase a few years ago. Do you think I need a “mother”? I apparently used mine up.
Here’s Michael Dietsch’s cold method:
Some combination of white and rice vinegar I think for a clean pineapple flavor.
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Yayyy! I’ve got pluots and figs on the way!.
Shortcut is to thrown the fruit and sugar into the FP first, let that sit in the fridge for a day. Add vinegar right into that mixture, leave it all for another few days. Then strain.
I’m jealous. Might need to make a shrub soon.
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FP? Perhaps it’s getting late, but I’m not sure what that is.
Food processor
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Oh! Well I’m going to add some (local C&H) sugar tonight, and think about it tommorow.
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This face is my sixth choice. Has anybody gone through all these faces? The skin tone thing is not working.
Far from a serious suggestion but rather a historical note, there was, “mid-Century” a very popular destination roadside restaurant near Sacramento (actually Davis) called the Nut Tree. Very early “California cuisine”. One of their “must orders” was raw pineapple with marshmallow creme (out of a jar). We thought it was divine. Sounds absolutely disgusting now.
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Its actually in Vacaville, and when we first moved here we used to go regularly! I don’t remember having that, though.
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My gosh! How wonderful!! I love pineapple but can’t have much or i have an odd reaction and get something like a cold sore from them. Which sucks, pineapple is delicious!
The pineapple salsa idea sounds fantastic- or you could do something like a pineapple/black bean/bell pepper/red onion thing to eat as a bean based cold salad or even turn into a taco or lettuce wraps.
There’s the famous Dole Whip frozen dessert they sell at Disney, which uses pineapple juice. Makes a fairly healthy dessert option
http://www.dole.com/recipes/d/DIY-Dole-Whip
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So I’ve got no vinegar “mother” , but I do have some “organic apple cider” and some “wine yeast” from my vinegar making phase . Any body know if it makes sense tlvadd these to the pineapple vinegar?
Isn’t it still there? In Vacaville, I mean.
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AFAIK, the historic restaurant closed several years ago. The Nut Tree, as a commercial venture, is still there. More a mall at the moment, I believe.
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