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Title: Pineberries
Post by: Pastis on March 31, 2010, 01:18:24 PM
Is this an early April Fools?  Apparently in Waitrose  rubschin:


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Title: Re: Pineberries
Post by: tel on March 31, 2010, 02:24:55 PM
Tis true
Title: Re: Pineberries
Post by: Snoopy on March 31, 2010, 02:26:43 PM
They are indeed real enough.
Title: Re: Pineberries
Post by: Miss Demeanour on March 31, 2010, 02:54:13 PM
Can't they just invent a pineapple that isn't so messy to prepare.

I hate cutting fresh pineapple  noooo:
Title: Re: Pineberries
Post by: Barman on March 31, 2010, 02:55:06 PM
Can't they just invent a pineapple that isn't so messy to prepare.

I hate cutting fresh pineapple  noooo:

And it gets stuck in your teeth and makes your lips bleed like...  noooo:
Title: Re: Pineberries
Post by: Miss Demeanour on March 31, 2010, 02:56:51 PM
...and it cuts your hands to shreds when you pick up the spiky end  noooo:
Title: Re: Pineberries
Post by: Barman on March 31, 2010, 03:01:22 PM
...and it cuts your hands to shreds when you pick up the spiky end  noooo:

Best just get the rings out of a tin like...  surrender:

Or on a big slab of gammon....  Drool:
Title: Re: Pineberries
Post by: Snoopy on March 31, 2010, 03:27:08 PM
You two inhabit another world altogether  noooo:
Title: Re: Pineberries
Post by: Miss Demeanour on March 31, 2010, 03:29:28 PM
Are pineapples the most defensive fruit or veg  ? rubschin:

Ok coconuts have an impossible shell but one swipe with an axe and they are disarmed  ...any that you can think of that are worse ???

Title: Re: Pineberries
Post by: Pastis on March 31, 2010, 03:32:47 PM
Did you mention pineapple because pineberries taste like them?
Title: Re: Pineberries
Post by: Miss Demeanour on March 31, 2010, 03:35:04 PM
Aren't pineberries supposed to be a berry shape but tasting more like a pineapple ?  rubschin:

Not that I know of course  redface:
Title: Re: Pineberries
Post by: Snoopy on March 31, 2010, 03:37:09 PM
Are pineapples the most defensive fruit or veg  ? rubschin:

Ok coconuts have an impossible shell but one swipe with an axe and they are disarmed  ...any that you can think of that are worse ???



Durian can be a b@st@rd to open.

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Title: Re: Pineberries
Post by: Snoopy on March 31, 2010, 03:37:38 PM
Ooooooooo That turned out to be a big picture eeek:
Title: Re: Pineberries
Post by: Pastis on March 31, 2010, 03:38:48 PM
I've only just discovered a really neat way to get at a Kiwi fruit  redface:
Title: Re: Pineberries
Post by: Snoopy on March 31, 2010, 03:39:48 PM
I've only just discovered a really neat way to get at a Kiwi fruit  redface:

Treat them like a boiled egg. Lop the top off and dig in with a spoon.  whistle:






One company used to sell a plastic combined spoon and knife as a Kiwi spoon.
Prolly Lakeland Plastics now I think about it.
Title: Re: Pineberries
Post by: Pastis on March 31, 2010, 03:40:40 PM
I've only just discovered a really neat way to get at a Kiwi fruit  redface:

Treat them like a boiled egg. Lop the top off and dig in with a spoon.  whistle:

Yep  redface:
Title: Re: Pineberries
Post by: Miss Demeanour on March 31, 2010, 03:40:52 PM
They have to be really ripe for that though which they invariably never are  noooo:
Title: Re: Pineberries
Post by: Pastis on March 31, 2010, 03:42:13 PM
They have to be really ripe for that though which they invariably never are  noooo:

I have some ripening even as I type  whistle:

We had a thread about ripening avocados some while back  rubschin:
Title: Re: Pineberries
Post by: Snoopy on March 31, 2010, 03:45:36 PM
My kids adore Kiwi Fruit either as described or peeled, sliced and added to sliced strawberries in a sandwich.



The Dutch have a very good Kiwi jam ~ never found it anywhere else.
Title: Re: Pineberries
Post by: Snoopy on March 31, 2010, 03:50:25 PM
http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=kiwi+spoon&tag=googhydr-21&index=aps&hvadid=4129080403&ref=pd_sl_6i0wp7qpq1_b

http://www.zesprikiwi.com/spife.htm (These are like the ones that my kids have)
Title: Re: Pineberries
Post by: Nick on March 31, 2010, 03:55:39 PM


And it gets stuck in your teeth and makes your lips bleed like...  noooo:
[/quote]Another fine thread hits the gutter  noooo:
Title: Re: Pineberries
Post by: Pastis on March 31, 2010, 03:56:48 PM
http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=kiwi+spoon&tag=googhydr-21&index=aps&hvadid=4129080403&ref=pd_sl_6i0wp7qpq1_b

http://www.zesprikiwi.com/spife.htm (These are like the ones that my kids have)

A Spife!  Good grief!  Why not a Knoon, eh?

I'll stick with a teaspoon I think  ;)
Title: Re: Pineberries
Post by: Barman on March 31, 2010, 04:00:58 PM
Lemon trees have mahooooosive spikes on them!  eeek:
Title: Re: Pineberries
Post by: Snoopy on March 31, 2010, 04:11:59 PM
http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=kiwi+spoon&tag=googhydr-21&index=aps&hvadid=4129080403&ref=pd_sl_6i0wp7qpq1_b

http://www.zesprikiwi.com/spife.htm (These are like the ones that my kids have)

A Spife!  Good grief!  Why not a Knoon, eh?

I'll stick with a teaspoon I think  ;)

You belong in my new, related thread. whistle:

http://www.virtual-pub.com/SMF/index.php?topic=7694.msg206166#msg206166
Title: Re: Pineberries
Post by: Snoopy on March 31, 2010, 04:12:29 PM
Lemon trees have mahooooosive spikes on them!  eeek:


Blackberry picking can be pretty lethal.