Uh...
Okay, my mouth is hurting quite a lot now, due to the vast amounts of pineapple that I've consumed. It feels like I've rubbed the roof of my mouth and the side of my tongue and bits of my gum red raw.
So I did what any concerned pineapple eater does and checked Wikipedia.
Under 'Dietary Effects':
Pineapple contains a proteolytic enzyme bromelain, which digests food by breaking down protein. Pineapple juice can thus be used as a marinade and tenderizer for meat.
[...]
There is significant evidence pointing to the anti-inflammatory benefits of bromelain.[citation needed] Because of this naturally occurring enzyme, the natural juice of a pineapple can, in substantial quantities, eat away at simple flesh structures like fingerprints or ulcers
Um. I think the bromelain, the flesh eating, meat tenderizing juices have eaten away at the flesh of my mouth. Not substantially, obviously, because otherwise I'd be slurping and crying and having my mouth bleed, but enough to take away the top few layers of skin and expose the nerves. Possibly. Eek. Stupid life long ambition. I will finish it of course, but I think I'll wait until later when my mouth has stopped burning.
Also, for LOL factor:
Under 'Uses in Popular Culture'
Popular cartoon character SpongeBob SquarePants lives in a pineapple under the sea
Hehe.
So I did what any concerned pineapple eater does and checked Wikipedia.
Under 'Dietary Effects':
Pineapple contains a proteolytic enzyme bromelain, which digests food by breaking down protein. Pineapple juice can thus be used as a marinade and tenderizer for meat.
[...]
There is significant evidence pointing to the anti-inflammatory benefits of bromelain.[citation needed] Because of this naturally occurring enzyme, the natural juice of a pineapple can, in substantial quantities, eat away at simple flesh structures like fingerprints or ulcers
Um. I think the bromelain, the flesh eating, meat tenderizing juices have eaten away at the flesh of my mouth. Not substantially, obviously, because otherwise I'd be slurping and crying and having my mouth bleed, but enough to take away the top few layers of skin and expose the nerves. Possibly. Eek. Stupid life long ambition. I will finish it of course, but I think I'll wait until later when my mouth has stopped burning.
Also, for LOL factor:
Under 'Uses in Popular Culture'
Popular cartoon character SpongeBob SquarePants lives in a pineapple under the sea
Hehe.