Things You'll Need:
- Two good peepers
- A sense of smell
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Step 1
You're in the right placeHead on over to your favorite supermarket, preferably one with lots of selection and a reputation for decent produce.
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Step 2
right sizeFirst, locate the pineapples. What you should be looking for is a nice sized specimen comparable to a Nerf football or a small loaf of bread. Stay away from the obviously over and undersized fruits. The small ones tend to be more fibrous and the large ones usually rot before they can reach ripeness throughout. If the store doesn't seem to have anything between minuscule and gargantuan then find another location.
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Step 3
getting thereNow for color. This is the most important factor, there's no need to squeeze or even touch the pineapple. Some think that you need to molest fruit before you buy it, not the case here. What you want to find is a pineapple that is almost entirely yellowish orange, the more orange the better. A pineapple will move through a spectrum of colors as it ripens: green to yellow to orange to reddish to brown. It will never stay in one complete color phase so it will always show a combination of at least two of the colors. Try not to pick one that has any brown creeping in to the mix.
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Step 4
yummy!Once you have chosen the pineapple(s) take it home and set it on your counter out of the direct sunlight. Allow it to ripen further for a day or two (longer if you picked one more towards the yellow side). Over this period of time you will see it darken to a deep orange-red and notice a sweet pineapple smell within the immediate area. Just as a couple of brown blotches begin to move in it is time to cut and enjoy.
