Watch: This viral video has people questioning if they have been eating pineapple wrong all along
Spoiler alert: You don’t need a knife after all.
Wait, what? The whole time? The whole time!? THE WHOLE TIME! pic.twitter.com/TO9u6M6pOO
— Dennis Naghizadeh (@DenzBenzi) March 8, 2019
Pineapples are delicious. But let’s face it – the process of cutting them into ready-to-eat slices sometimes seems like more effort than it’s worth.
Now, however, a new video on the internet will probably make us question whether we have been eating it wrong all this while. TikTok user @dillonroberts22 posted a video in which, baffling viewers, someone succeeded simply in pulling out chunks of the fruit with not a knife in sight.
The reactions were emotional, to say the least.
MY WHOLE LIFE WAS A LIE 😭
— Zainab (@zeeeenion) March 8, 2019
I feel like I’m like that pineapple 🍍- just waiting for someone to discover the right way ukungidla
— Nat (@malaikadiva) March 10, 2019
— ʂıɱơŋ ʂıŋɠıŋɠ ąƖơŋɠ (@PugzuThesaurus) March 8, 2019
WHAAAAAAATTTT pic.twitter.com/yjEiZ41r8W
— Michelle Lee (@heymichellelee) March 8, 2019
Some viewers tried out the new method for themselves – with varying degrees of success.
Just tried it. Fake news. Sore fingers. Kitchen is a mess. It kind of works but it's useless.
— Perrete (@ChuchoIT) March 8, 2019
Who knew pineapple could do this😍🤯 pic.twitter.com/huFrlOigS6
— Alana Lominick (@LominickAlana) March 10, 2019
Saw it yesterday, tried it today... works really well for eating. Thanks for sharing.
— Uhtred of Bebbanburg (@ThinkersPad) March 10, 2019
Anything for making a juice? pic.twitter.com/1cL989Aror
A few people pointed out that the pineapple had to be very ripe for this technique to be applied. An article on WebMD points out that the anatomy of a pineapple is actually several “fruitlets” joined around the core, which would explain why pieces can be pulled out.