SC - Re: Wierd but Cool Kitchen Gadgets

[micaylah]

> I can't eat the fresh pineapple here. Well I can eat them, but I get a
weird
> reaction on my tongue. I guess I'm allergic... I get that with kiwis
also.
> But only the ones shipped here. I had no problem with fresh pineapple
in
> Costa Rica, at all. I guess it may be something in the fruit that goes
away
> when it's ripe, or it's something they use to make it ripen faster, I
don't
> know.

I can eat fresh pineapple anywhere, but I experience the same thing you
do. I fondly remember that last drink on the beach just before I moved
back from Mexico. Made my whole mouth feel like velvet for a while. I
suspect its the natural occurring enzymes at work. :)

Micaylah