Pineapple

Introduction

Pineapple (scientific name: Ananascomosus (Linn.) Merr.), short stem. Many leaves, arranged in a rosette, sword-shaped, with a gradually pointed tip, entire or with sharp teeth, green on the ventral side, pink-green on the dorsal side, with brown-red edges and tips. The leaves at the top of the inflorescence become smaller and often red. The inflorescence emerges from the leaves, shaped like a pine cone; the bracts are green at the base, light red in the upper half, triangular-ovate; the sepals are broadly ovate, fleshy, with red tips; the petals are oblong, pointed, purple-red on the upper part, and white on the lower part. The aggregate fruit is fleshy. The flowering period is from summer to winter.

Nutritional value of pineapple

Pineapple is also called royal pear, pineapple, and yellow pear. Pineapple has high nutritional value and contains a large amount of fructose, glucose, vitamins and other nutrients. Pineapple dishes include pineapple potatoes, sweet and sour pineapple balls, pineapple chicken gizzards, pineapple tea, pineapple porridge, pineapple rice, pineapple fish, jackfruit juice, pineapple flat fish, pineapple milkshake, ginger apple pineapple juice, pineapple tomato juice, and pineapple sweet and sour pork.

Pineapple contains a lot of fructose, glucose, vitamin B, C, phosphorus, citric acid and protease. The sugar, salt and enzyme contained in pineapple have a diuretic effect. Proper consumption is beneficial to patients with nephritis and hypertension. Pineapple contains a substance called "bromelain", which can break down protein, dissolve fibrin and blood clots blocked in tissues, improve local blood circulation, and eliminate inflammation and edema. Pineapple is sweet and flat in nature, and has the functions of invigorating the stomach and digestion, tonifying the spleen and stopping diarrhea, clearing the stomach and quenching thirst, but it is not advisable to eat too much at one time. Since pineapple contains stimulating glycosides and bromelain, the peel and thorns should be trimmed, the pulp should be cut into blocks, soaked in dilute salt water or sugar water to extract the glycosides, and then eaten. After eating meat or greasy food, eating some pineapple is very good for the body, but pineapple and eggs cannot be eaten together. The protein in the eggs combines with the fruit acid in the pineapple, which easily causes the protein to coagulate and affects digestion.

The efficacy and function of pineapple

economy

When to harvest depends on whether to eat fresh or process, and whether to sell nearby or far away. Generally, for nearby sales, it is best to harvest when 1/2 of the fruit turns yellow, while for distant sales or as raw materials for processing, it is best to harvest when the fruit is grass green or 1/4 of the fruit turns yellow.

Pineapples can be eaten fresh or processed into canned pineapples in syrup, pineapple juice, etc. Fresh pineapples can also be quick-frozen: after washing, peeling, core-ing, cutting, freezing at -35℃, and storing at -20℃, the nutrition can be the same as fresh pineapples. In addition, the by-products of pineapple processing can be used to make sugar, alcohol, monosodium glutamate, citric acid, etc.

Nutrition

Pineapple is rich in nutrients, and its ingredients include carbohydrates, protein, fat, vitamins A, B1.B2.C, protease, calcium, phosphorus, iron, organic acids, niacin, etc., especially vitamin C, which is the highest in content.

Pineapple is sweet, slightly sour, and slightly cold in nature. It has the effects of clearing away heat and relieving summer heat, promoting body fluid and quenching thirst, and promoting urination. It can be used for summer heat injury, fever and thirst, abdominal distension, indigestion, urination difficulties, dizziness, etc. In addition, the juice also contains an enzyme similar to gastric juice, which can break down protein and help digestion. Delicious pineapple, this fruit can not only help you lose weight, but also has different effects on your health.

Medicinal Value of Pineapple

lose weight

Pineapple contains almost all the vitamins needed by the human body, 16 kinds of natural minerals, and can effectively help digestion and absorption. The secret of pineapple weight loss lies in its rich juice, which can effectively acidify fat.

Cleanse the stomach

Bromelain can effectively break down protein in food and increase gastrointestinal motility.

cosmetic

Rich in vitamin B, it can effectively nourish the skin, prevent skin from drying out, moisturize the hair and make it shiny. It can also eliminate body tension and enhance the body's immunity.

Preparation: The pulp can be used as a facial mask and is the sweetest care product; regular drinking of its fresh juice can eliminate age spots and reduce the incidence of age spots.

health care

It promotes blood circulation enzymes, has always been able to lower blood pressure, dilute blood lipids, and eating pineapples can prevent fat deposition.

Eliminate colds

Fever, cough, and sore throat are the most obvious symptoms of a cold. Pineapple has a cooling effect and can effectively protect the bronchi. According to medical research, since ancient times, humans have often relied on the bromelain contained in pineapples to relieve symptoms of sore throats and coughs.

Side effects and taboos of pineapple

1. Since pineapples contain stimulating glycosides and bromelain, the peel and thorns should be trimmed, the flesh should be cut into pieces, and soaked in dilute salt water or sugar water to extract the glycosides before eating.

2. Eating pineapple after eating meat or greasy food is very good for the body. "Pineapple Sweet and Sour Pork" and "Pineapple Beef" are dishes that can be eaten with confidence.

3. There is also a taboo about eating pineapples among the people, that is, pineapples and honey cannot be eaten at the same time, as it is said that doing so will cause poisoning.

How to eat pineapple

Pineapple Potatoes

Ingredients: 150g jackfruit, 150g potato, 100g cucumber

Seasoning: 3 grams of salt, 10 grams of white sugar

practice:

1. Peel the pineapple, wash it, cut it into small dices, soak it in salt water for a while, and then remove it from the water;

2. Wash, boil, peel and cut potatoes into small cubes;

3. Wash the cucumber and cut into small cubes;

4. Add salt and sugar to the diced pineapple, potato and cucumber and mix well.

Sweet and Sour Pineapple Balls

Ingredients: half a medium pineapple, 20 grams of corn starch, 40 grams of flour, 3 grams of aluminum-free baking powder, 10 grams of white sugar, 50 grams of water, some cooking oil, 300 grams of orange juice, and 30 grams of white sugar.

practice:

1. Wash and peel the pineapple. You can ask the seller to do this for you. They can peel it quickly and cleanly.

2. Cut the pineapple into small cubes.

3. Then soak it in light salt water for 5 minutes.

4. Put the flour, corn starch, aluminum-free baking powder and white sugar into a slightly larger bowl.

5. Add water in portions, stirring as you add, until the batter is very thick and does not drip when you pick up chopsticks.

6. Add pineapple chunks and stir gently to evenly coat the pineapple chunks with batter.

7. When the oil temperature reaches 70% hot, turn the heat to minimum, put the pineapples coated with batter in one by one, and then do not turn them over, fry them slowly over low heat.

8. When the edges of the batter turn slightly yellow and have a shape, turn the pineapple over and fry it until it turns slightly yellow, then remove from the pan and drain the oil.

9. In another pot, pour in orange juice and white sugar.

10. Simmer over low heat until large bubbles appear in the pot, which means the sauce is very thick.

11. Add the fried pineapple balls.

12. Shake the pot to let the pineapple balls be covered with orange juice, then turn off the heat and serve.

Pineapple Chicken Gizzards

Ingredients: 300 grams of chicken gizzards, 150 grams of fresh pineapple (or 2 slices of canned pineapple), 1 green pepper, half a red pepper.

Seasoning: vegetable oil, sugar, salt, water starch, vinegar, tomato juice, cooking wine, and garlic slices in appropriate amounts.

practice:

1. Wash the green and red peppers separately, remove the seeds, and cut into pieces; peel the pineapple, wash it, and cut into pieces.

2. Scrub the chicken gizzards with salt, cut them into cross-shaped slices, put them into boiling water and cook for 3 minutes, then remove and drain.

3. Heat oil in a pan, sauté garlic slices, chicken gizzards, green pepper, red pepper and pineapple, add cooking wine and simmer for 5 minutes.

4. Add the sauce prepared with water starch, sugar, vinegar, tomato juice and salt to thicken, and stir-fry for a few times.

Efficacy: Pineapple chicken gizzards taste sweet and sour. The sour taste can increase the secretion of gastric juice, help digestion, and increase appetite. It is an indispensable delicacy in early pregnancy.

Pineapple Tea

Ingredients: 100 grams of pineapple, 3 tablespoons of pineapple juice, 1 teaspoon of lemon juice, 1 tablespoon of honey, and a bag of black tea.

Method: Boil pineapple in water for 10 minutes, then add other ingredients, filter the juice and pour it into a teapot.

Effect: It can quench thirst, clear away heat and quench thirst. It can treat heatstroke.

Source: Folk remedy.

Pineapple porridge

Ingredients: tapioca pearls (100g), pineapple (150g), white sugar (10g)

practice:

1. Cut the pineapple into small dices;

2. Wash the tapioca pearls, blanch them in boiling water, take them out, and rinse them repeatedly with cold water;

3. Add about 1000 ml of cold water to the pot, put the tapioca pearls in, and bring to a boil over high heat;

4. After simmering for half an hour over low heat, add the diced pineapple and continue to simmer for 10 minutes until the porridge is ready;

5. Add sugar to the porridge to adjust the taste, simmer for a while, then serve.

Pineapple Rice

Ingredients: 250 grams of fragrant rice (steamed), 1 fresh pineapple, 1 egg, a few cooked cashew kernels, 1/2 green and red peppers, half an onion, 100 grams of fresh shrimp, a few raisins, oyster sauce, oil, salt, and chicken essence.

practice:

1. Cut the fresh pineapple in half, scoop out the flesh with a knife, cut into 1CM dices and soak in salt water, leaving 1/2 of the pineapple shell as a container

2. Cut green and red peppers into 1CM dices

3. Heat oil in a pan until it is 60% hot, crack eggs into it, fry until the eggs are minced, set aside; fry the shrimps in boiling water until cooked.

4. Leave some oil in the pan, add onions, green and red peppers in turn and stir-fry for a while, then add the fragrant rice and stir well.

5. Add chopped eggs, diced pineapple, raisins, shrimps, salt, oyster sauce and chicken essence to the pot.

6. Pour the fried pineapple rice into a pineapple bowl and sprinkle with cooked cashew nuts.

Pineapple Fish

Efficacy: This dish has the effects of nourishing qi and blood, strengthening the spleen and stomach. It is suitable for symptoms such as weak qi and blood, weak stomach and poor appetite, spleen deficiency and diarrhea.

Ingredients: 1 pineapple, 500g mandarin fish meat with skin, 50g fresh peas.

practice

1. Wash the pineapple, peel it, and cut it into pieces for later use;

2. Wash the fish, make a cross cut on one side, and then cut into cubes for later use;

3. Wash the peas and cook them in a pot;

4. Put the fish meat in a bowl, add refined salt and cooking wine, mix well, then add wet starch, mix well, and then apply dry starch to separate the cuts;

5. Put the pot on the fire, add peanut oil to heat, add the fish pieces and fry them thoroughly, then remove them with a colander;

6. Put another pot on the fire, add appropriate amount of peanut oil and heat it, add onion, ginger, garlic, pineapple chunks and green peas and stir-fry briefly, then add tomato sauce, sugar, cooking wine, salt, MSG and water, boil, and thicken with wet starch;

7. Heat the oil in a pan until it boils, add the boiling oil into the saucepan, then add the fish pieces and stir-fry for a few times.

Jackfruit juice

Ingredients: 1/3 pineapple, 15 ml lemon juice, 2 tablespoons honey.

practice:

1. Peel the pineapple and cut into small pieces for later use.

2. Put the pineapple into a juicer and blend it into juice. Then pour it into a cup and add honey and lemon juice and mix well.

Pineapple Flatfish

Ingredients: 1 can of pineapple, 1 flatfish, half a lemon, 1/2 tsp, 2 tbsp, 3 tsp salt.

practice:

1. Cut the pineapple into small pieces and clean the flat fish

2. Make two cuts on both sides of the fish and apply salt evenly.

3. Wash the lemon and cut it in half. Take half of the lemon and squeeze the juice for later use.

4. Heat 5 tablespoons of oil, add the flatfish and fry until golden brown. Serve on a plate. Leave 1 tablespoon of oil in the pan and continue to heat.

5. Add pineapple chunks, water starch and sugar and cook until thick.

6. Serve, pour over the fish and squeeze lemon juice on it.

Pineapple Milkshake

Ingredients: 120 ml fresh milk, 1 ice cream ball, 30 ml honey, 2 pieces of pineapple.

practice:

1. Peel the pineapple and cut the flesh into cubes.

2. Put the pineapple pieces and other ingredients into a blender, mix well, pour into a cup, and decorate with pineapple slices.

Ginger Apple Pineapple Juice

Ingredients: 5 grams of ginger, 200 grams of apple, 200 grams of pineapple.

practice:

1. Peel the ginger and pineapple;

2. Wash the apples and cut them into pieces;

3. Cut the pineapple into thin slices that can be squeezed into juice;

4. First squeeze the ginger juice, then squeeze the apple and pineapple juice;

5. Combine the juices and stir until they are bubbly. Drink immediately.

Pineapple Tomato Juice

Ingredients: 300g pineapple, 100g tomato, 20g honey, 20g lemon juice

practice:

1. Peel the pineapple, remove the hard core and cut into small pieces. Wash and peel the tomatoes and cut into small pieces.

2. Put tomatoes and radishes into a juicer and squeeze the juice into a cup;

3. Add lemon juice and honey to taste and drink.

Sweet and Sour Pork with Pineapple

Ingredients: 300 grams of lean pork, 300 grams of pineapple, 20 grams of green and red fresh peppers, 0.5 grams of red dried peppers, 2 grams of green dried peppers, 10 milliliters of white vinegar, 20 grams of tomato sauce, 14 grams of cornstarch, 35 grams of sugar, 4 grams of refined salt, 2 grams of MSG, 6 milliliters of cooking wine, 0.2 grams of pepper, 25 grams of whole eggs, 4 grams of hawthorn slices, 100 grams of cooking oil, 4 grams of scallion segments, and 4 grams of minced garlic.

practice:

1. Cut the lean pork into slices about 0.7 cm thick, add salt, MSG, eggs, cornstarch, and cooking wine, mix well and marinate, cut the green pepper and pineapple into triangular pieces.

2. Coat the pork slices with eggs and pat dry with starch.

3. Mix white vinegar, tomato sauce, sugar, salt, hawthorn slices and pepper to make a sauce.

4. Fry the pork slices in hot oil until cooked.

5. Add oil to the pan, sauté onion, minced garlic, and green and red peppers until fragrant, then add fresh green and red peppers and pineapple and fry until cooked, then add the prepared sauce to thicken.