canned, but offer few clues to determine when they're at their best. To avoid getting a

罐頭，但提供的線索很少，無法確定它們何時處於最佳狀態。為了避免得到一個

pineapple that is old, you need to know what to look for. You will need Method of transport

菠蘿是舊的，你需要知道要注意什麼。你將需要 運輸方法

tags and keen senses. Step 1. Look for pineapples with labels or tags that identify them as

標籤和敏銳的感覺。第一步。尋找帶有標籤的菠蘿，以確定它們是

"jets" or "jet fresh" if you don't live in the Hawaiian tropics. Pineapples don't get

"噴氣式 "或 "噴氣式新鮮"，如果你不住在夏威夷的熱帶地區。菠蘿不會得到

any riper than when they're harvested, and are subject to bruises and rot during transit.

比收割時更成熟，在運輸過程中會出現瘀傷和腐爛。

The freshest pineapples are flown by jet to their destinations. Step 2. Look for bright

最新鮮的菠蘿由飛機飛往目的地。第二步：尋找明亮的

gold color on the skin's eyes around the base of the pineapple. It is possible for a ripe

菠蘿基部周圍皮眼上的金色。它有可能為一個成熟的

pineapple to be green, but it is also possible for a green pineapple to not be ripe. If the

菠蘿是綠色的，但綠菠蘿也有可能不成熟。如果

pineapple is reddish-bronze in color, it is overripe. The stem end of the pineapple is

菠蘿呈紅銅色，即為過熟。菠蘿的莖端是

the ripest, and the higher up the pineapple the yellow color goes, the more even the flavor

菠蘿越成熟，黃色越高，味道越均勻。

will be. Step 3. Consider the pineapple's appearance. Wrinkled skin indicates overripe

將會是。第三步。考慮菠蘿的外觀。皺紋的皮膚表示過熟

fruit. Step 4. Smell the pineapple at its base. A ripe pineapple will emit a slight,

水果。第四步聞一下菠蘿的底部。成熟的菠蘿會發出輕微的。

pleasant pineapple aroma. If the pineapple smells of vinegar or acetone, it is beginning

愉快的菠蘿香氣。如果菠蘿聞起來有醋或丙酮的味道，那麼它就開始了

to rot. Step 5. Feel the pineapple's skin. A ripe pineapple's skin should be firm and

腐爛。第五步，摸摸菠蘿的皮。摸摸菠蘿的皮。一個成熟的菠蘿的表皮應該是堅硬的和

slightly yielding. Mushy skin indicates deterioration. Step 6. Avoid buying pineapples showing other

稍有屈服。表皮發粘表示變質。第六步避免購買顯示其他的菠蘿

signs of deterioration, such as leakage, mold, cracks, gumminess, and brown, withered leaves.

漏水、發黴、裂縫、無膠、葉子變褐枯萎等退化跡象。

Did you know Pineapples are about 80 percent water.

你知道嗎 菠蘿的水分含量約為80%。