Q&A for How to Peel a Pineapple

You always want to cut from top to bottom in one continuous slice. The idea is to clear the eyes of the pineapple without going in too deep, or you'll waste the fruit.

Cut off the top and the bottom to create a stable base. The first cut is always the hardest one, especially since the idea is to cut it like a slice. Then, just cut it from top to bottom. If you're new with a knife, know that you probably won't have a nice clean cut at first and that's okay.

This is not as easy as the viral videos might make it seem, but it can be done! You may need to use an easy peeling variety, such as the Tainung no. 4. Make sure your pineapple is nice and ripe as well. Firmly roll the pineapple over a flat, hard surface to loosen the connections between the sections. Grab the base of the leaves and twist hard to remove them. Apply a little pressure at the base of each section, or fruitlet, to loosen it and pull it away from the core. If you’re having trouble, you may need to “cheat” and cut off the crown with a paring knife to get the process started.

It depends on the variety of pineapple. Some types have a sweet, soft core that’s easy to eat. Even the harder, more fibrous cores are edible, but they may be a bit tough and not as tasty as the outer sections.

The outside of the pineapple should be mostly yellow when the fruit is ripe. A perfectly ripe pineapple may still have some green borders around the scales, but the centers should be nice and yellow.

Thanks for letting us know this useful information. In this case, the reader would happily be able to enjoy eating the core as well as the flesh!

No. Eating the skin of a pineapple won't kill you, but you may experience severe mouth pain, skin or throat irritation, vomiting, or diarrhea.

Yes, they are tough and inedible.

A regular knife like a butter knife, steak knife, or paring knife is too small to cut pineapples with. A chef's knife is big and sharp, which makes cutting fruit like pineapples easy.

Yes.