Anyone got their tongue burned by eating pine apple?

I love the sweet and juicy taste of pine apple. But every time I eat it it feels like my tongue got burned. It's all numb and everything I eat afterwards loses its taste, somehow..

Does anyone know of a simple solution to this problem?

Tags: Pine, apple, burn

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Permalink Reply by Raw Zombie on May 22, 2012 at 5:18am

It was not RIPE,

unripe pineapples have killed many ;)

Kidding about the death rates

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Permalink Reply by Mystiquem on May 22, 2012 at 5:22am

So how do you tell when a pine apple is ripe (except for when it doesn't burn your tongue, that is)?

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Permalink Reply by Heidi Noelle on May 22, 2012 at 5:46am

You can tell a pineapple is ripe by the color (it should start to look yellow/orangish), the scent, and if you pull on a leaf from the center it should pull out easily.

I have this problem too i have to make sure pineapple is very ripe when i eat it. The burning feeling can also be due to how acidic it is.

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Permalink Reply by Mystiquem on May 22, 2012 at 5:59am

Oh ok. The pine apple I ate was mostly green :/

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Permalink Reply by Raw Zombie on May 22, 2012 at 5:47am

Honestly, I would youtube there are lots of good videos on how to tell, I go by sight smell, I like them pretty golden and they are ridiculously sweet

heres some visuals as pictures are often better

http://www.wikihow.com/Tell-if-a-Pineapple-Is-Ripe

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Permalink Reply by Raw Zombie on May 22, 2012 at 5:49am

unfortunately lots of pineapples are picked way before they can ripen properly so lots of serious fruit heads don't buy them unless they have a good source.

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Permalink Reply by Mystiquem on May 22, 2012 at 6:05am

Thank you :)

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Permalink Reply by Denis on May 22, 2012 at 5:53am

Here is the solution:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJu5w3_KQDM

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Permalink Reply by Mystiquem on May 22, 2012 at 6:17am

Oh, thank you. I will definetely try this before I eat a pineapple again! :)

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Permalink Reply by Mystiquem on May 22, 2012 at 6:23am

Thank you :) This was very informative :)

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Permalink Reply by ednshell on May 22, 2012 at 6:10am

If you don't live where they are being grown or have them flown directly to you from a known source, then it's very unlikely you will find a ripe one and they don't ripen once picked. If a fruit burns your tongue then it will burn your insides, do not eat! The only exception I know of is the fig, the skin will burn your lips unless you touch the inside to your lips before the skin touches it.