Yesterday an oddly-shaped box was waiting at our door - it had the same colors of the packaging we receive every month when our fruit of the month from Harry & David - a lovely gift from Jackie when we moved into our new space - arrives. So far we've received packages of 4-6 pears, apples, oranges, grapefruit, peaches, always in a shoebox-shaped packaged. But this one was huge. We tore it open and there it was -- a glorious PINEAPPLE!
Its flamboyant green leaves poked out of the delicate yet sturdy packaging. The last time we actually had a whole pineapple in the kitchen was ten, maybe 15 years ago. Its not that the enormous fruit (technically multiple fruit merged together, and perceived as one) isn't delicious - but we've always shyed away at the store. The pineapple afterall is a huge commitment -- too much fruit for a few people & requiring a serious knife to to cut open.
Photos of the pineberry solution after the jump.
