In our little home, my brother S and I used to fight over the "hearts" of pineapples, basically the vertical cores which were usually sliced off and discarded. I don't know why S liked it so much but I did because it was not as juicy as the "meaty" part of the fruit, and yet had a nice sweetness to it. And the crunch in the mouth... So what's there not to like for a kid. Pineapple sticks one. Carrot sticks zero.
I loved pineapples ever since I had memories. In Malaysia where pineapples were local produce, we could even argue which state the best of these come from. There's even a town named after it - Pekan Nenas, literally "pineapple town". In our little home, my brother S and I used to fight over the "hearts" of pineapples, basically the vertical cores which were usually sliced off and discarded. I don't know why S liked it so much but I did because it was not as juicy as the "meaty" part of the fruit, and yet had a nice sweetness to it. And the crunch in the mouth... So what's there not to like for a kid. Pineapple sticks one. Carrot sticks zero. A recent trip to the groceries shop across the street ended up with a whole batch of cookies. Why finally, the dried pineapple slices are back in stock! I revisited the dried apricots and chocolate chip cookies recipe and replaced the apricots with chopped dried pineapples. The verdict: the cookies did not scream pineapples but the pale yellows bits certainly made its presence felt.
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brieflyJL and S grew up in France and Malaysia respectively. They met while living in Singapore, stayed a year in the USA (Cambridge, MA) then the south of France, Malaysia, and are back again in the USA (New York, NY). archives
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