Tasty Treat

Here is Lucy Enjoying a sweet treat from Hawaii.  Freshly grown Pineapple from Hawaii is otherworldly good.  It is very sweet and even the core tastes good.  We even learned a new way to cut up the pineapple when we were in the Islands.  It is much easier and seems to waste less fruit.  After we had cut up this one Lucy grabbed the crown off the counter and was carrying it around saying ‘Treat!’ with a huge smile on her face.  We also brought home Chocolate covered Pineapple and pineapple candy.  None of them lasted very long!

The other thing I learned is how they plant pineapples.  They cut off the top of the plant and stick it in the ground.  From there another pineapple plant grows.  It takes 2 years for the first fruit to come off the plant and then it will fruit 2 more times.  They also plant 1000 plants per acre.  The plants grow to about 3x3 feet. and have the same consistency as the top of the plant you see above.  Picking them looks about as pleasant as hugging a saguaro.