PINEAPPLE BIG DICES

Dehydrated - Sweetened Tropical Fruit
	PINEAPPLE BIG DICES Name in Spanish: Ananá Gránulos Denominación en latín: Ananas comosus zoom

ASPECT AND DESCRIPTION It is a plant that possesses a majestic portage, with approximately 50 cm. High. With flowers grouped and pinked colored. The pineapple is not only a fruit from the botanical viewpoint, but a great group of fruits about a short holy stalk. The hull possesses externally the calls " eyes " that as much as major they are, will be better for the fruit in aromatizes, sweetness and juiciness. The pineapple that is reserved for the export is gathered without ripening and for it rarely develops the sweetness and the aroma of a ripened fruit in the plant. The ripeness point can not be deduced with certainty observing the color of the hull, the more sure sign is the intense aroma to pineapple that is perceived in the woody petiole (place in which the fruit is cut for its crop), moreover the pulp must yield to a light pressure of the finger.
HISTORY It is known as the queen of the tropical fruits. The natives of the Guadalupe island called to this delight " nana meant ", that means the exquisite fruit and when Colón disembarked with his crew in the Antilles in 1493, it was offered to him as welcome signal. In 1535 reached to Spain the first blows and in 1550 to India. In this time interval a French Huguenot parish priest baptized the fruit as " ananaz " that remembers to the Indian denomination of " nanny ". The Portuguese adopted this name but the Spanish's selected those of " pina" because its fruit was like those of the pines. The passion that flowered for the pineapple was so great that between the English's sprang up specialists dedicated exclusively to the cultivation in greenhouses. It was inspiration source for all kind of artist and the plants in handles are used as floral adornments in the banquets. The competent ace women of the Philippine extracted of the leaves white and silky fibers and with those they manufactured films of such fineness that they reached the fineness and transparency of the muslin. At present, Japan manufactures pineapple films industrially.
CULINARY USE It can be consumed directly like a sugary fruit being very tasty when it is mixed with half hard cheeses. Also are able to be emaciated swamplands with chocolate or integrating the cubes of fruits in puddings and sweet bread. If it is boiled mixed with other fruits of the same type can be obtained very delicious compotes. Small pieces can be added to ice creams, cake fillings and exotic foods, accompanying various meats while it is cooked in casseroles that have juice during the cooking.