Its been awhile since I checked in Sorry. But here's mine after I did the "Paper bag and Apple" to get the fruit to ripen. It worked. The kitchen smelled like a pleasant Pineapple...and even when I tried eating it slow so others could taste..the leftover filled the refrigerator with the same pleasant aroma.
What did happen was that we had a heatwave as it was ripening so it dried out a bit....After peeling off the loose carpels,I let it soak in shallow water.. a banana split boat. Plumped right up and everything fell off the middle stem...I ate it with a spoon.
Man,Scott you are wasting good eating. I'm sure the mild Pineapple flavor I got would be more intense in a virtual tropical climate like Florida. Try 'em.
btw,You will hear countless story's of how they taste like glass shards unripe. Well,don't eat them unripe!-ha. I have read that unripe Pineapples have the same crystals in them. Who would eat a green Pineapple?
Try something new. Man,people want every fruit in the world to be just like Oranges and Mangos and Apples. What they are used to.