The advantage of pineapple for a human body is very high, it contains the mass of the vitamins and useful substances necessary for immunity. But that consumption of fruit brought only benefit, it is necessary to know how to choose pineapple and how to define its ripeness.
As it is correct to choose pineapple ripe - we estimate appearance of fruit
For a start look at fruit leaves, they have to be green, dense to the touch and quite fleshy. The greens which whithered yellowish color say that fruit not too fresh and to you it is not necessary to buy it. Try to pull a little a leaf, it has to be removed easily, otherwise the fruit can be not ripe. Look at the basis of the pulled-out leaf, it should not be dark, it is indicator that the fruit began to decay. Knowing this simple secret, you will be able easily how to choose mature pineapple, not to buy the fruit which already began to spoil.
After that estimate a fruit crust condition, it will help, both to choose fresh pineapple, and to define its ripeness. As a rule, all brought fruit have a crust of chartreuse color, this shade demonstrates that the fruit did not deteriorate. And here existence of dark stains on a surface says that fruit began to spoil, buy such fruit not reasonably, the advantage of its use will not be.
Now we start palpation of a crust, at pineapple it quite elastic therefore having slightly squeezed it fingers it is possible to understand whether fruit ripened. Press on a fruit surface, it has to be not too firm and not too soft, for comparison feel several fruit and choose that which crust will be the most elastic.
The last that can be made when choosing this fruit, it to smell it. The mature fruit will have quite saturated sweet aroma, and here if the smell though gives something rewandering a little, you should not buy it. Overripe fruits often begin to smell too strongly, and in their aroma there are fermentation notes therefore such smell has to guard you. And here the immature fruit will practically not have a smell therefore surely smell fruit before its acquisition. Having estimated aroma, you will be able to find a ripe and tasty fruit which will contain the mass of vitamins and useful minerals.
How it is correct to choose pineapple?
Now we will a little talk about where you should not buy these fruit. First, never get fruits which are on sale on the street. If you want to choose both tasty, and not spoiled pineapple, it is worth buying it in the checked shops. On the street the fruits can be chilled, and it obviously not in the best way will affect their tastes. And the fact that absolutely nearby there go cars and particles of exhaust gas settle on a fruit crust too difficult to call a good point. Heavy metals are very dangerous to the person therefore the fruits "processed" by exhaust gas are does not follow.
Secondly, do not buy these fruit in small stalls, there fruits "correct" often a little, for example, slightly cut with it leaves in order that they easily could be pulled out and it became impossible to apply the way described above which can both choose good pineapple, and to estimate its ripeness.
It will be best of all to go to big supermarket, there both the prices will be often a little lower, and the goods are usually more better. Therefore there you will be able both to choose sweet pineapple, and to save money or at least not to spend them for purchase of the spoiled fruit. Besides, most retail chain stores try to import fruit only legally, that is they will have all certificates, so you will not give a fruit which use can be dangerous to a table.
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