Contain a lot of dextrosis. Ripe within 2 two to three days at room temperature. Eat ripe fruits immediately. Pineapples Large juicy tropical fruit with sweet yellow flesh and a prickly skin. Are ripe when they smell sweet and their leaves let go easily.
Fresh pineapples contain a proteine-splitting enzyme, like kiwis.
This enzyme is no longer active in canned pineapple because this has been cooked. Cannot be stored in the fridge like most tropical fruit. Indians used pineapple plants as a fence because the leaves of the plant are very sharp.