If your mouth hurts when you eat pineapple, you oughta try this clever hack ASAP.
At a time when most summer fruits are reaching their peak, pineapple springs eternal.
And with this one easy hack, you’re able to enjoy it more, too.
Often, he says, people who experience the sensation may not even realize they’re feeling anything abnormal.
There is an easy solution (literally) to your pineapple problems, though: salt water.
Dipping fresh pineapple briefly in a saltwater solution is the best way to maximize contact between salt and bromelain.
You don’t want to go much longer than that or you’ll risk affecting the taste and texture.
And yes, as you would expect, this makes your pineapple a tad salty.
But salt balances the sweetness and acidity nicely.
“It’s a long-standing culinary tradition to salt sweet things,” says Camire.
“A little bit of salt helps intensifies the sweet flavor.”
But if you like pina coladas, this could be the trick to enjoying them even more.
