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Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

When we lived in Hawaii in the 1960s we took visitors on a tour of the Dole Pineapple factory in Honolulu. At the end they had a huge bowl of fresh cut vine ripened pineapple. Most folks thought it was sweetened with sugar, but it was just the freshness. More than a few people stood there and snarfed several large sticks of pineapple. You could buy a whole pineapple for a dime.

What sort of crazy space alien pineapple are they growing in Hawaii?!?

I've never heard of a pineapple vine!



I assume like lots of other fruits, pineapple is picked before it's rip and then it ripens in a warehouse or en route. I've been at the grocery store and seen some VERY sad looking and smelling pineapple that wasn't remotely rip.

I'm guessing when you are close enough to the source, you can get the good stuff that's ripe like it's supposed to be.

My uncle was in the fruit business his entire life, and his dad was in fruit before him. Citrus fruit is only as ripe as it is when it's picked. Once you pick it, if it's not ripe, you're screwed, it'll never be ripe. Other fruit will continue to ripen (think bananas). Also, apparently fruit can be kept in a warehouse for months and be ok (presumably under the right conditions).