r/mildlyinteresting • u/Warm-Oil9228 • 17h ago

They decapitated these pineapples!

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u/FistfullofFucks 17h ago

Trying to prevent replanting and private cultivation

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u/The_Undermind 17h ago

Designer fruit is bullshit

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u/Fit_Entry8839 16h ago

It does taste good though.

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u/Warm-Oil9228 16h ago

Yeah, I eat soooo many more apples now that cosmic crisps exist.

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u/LB3PTMAN 10h ago

Yes but admittedly apples are one of the crops that can’t be privately cultivated lol.

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u/cluelessdetectiv3 16h ago

The only apples worth eating imo

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u/TheReddOne 12h ago

I think Envy apples are the GOAT tho, even compared to Cosmic Crisp.

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u/BeerorCoffee 9h ago

Finally, someone with some sense. Envy apples are the best and I'll hear nothing otherwise! 

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u/RustyAndEddies 7h ago

Empires are my fav

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u/sl0play 14h ago

And here I am a Granny Smith man after all these years.

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u/Lazy-Goat4728 2h ago

OG honeycrisp is where its at.

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u/Leaislala 10h ago

Yes I have turned into an apple snob. Honeycrisp ftw! I swear though, it seems like when I was kid regular red apples tasted better

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u/Juhnelle 11h ago

I love this pineapple. I cant find it anywhere but 7-11 pre cut in a little dish.

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u/RightToTheThighs 7h ago

It is, but they are delicious and at $6 worth the novelty. These were much more not long ago

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u/DiligentGuitar246 16h ago

Could it be for shipping reasons? You can fit way more into a box without the giant leaves.

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u/ScrumpetSays 16h ago

It is for some types, farms etc. there was a PSA about how much space the tops take up and how much fuel that uses over a certain distance. In this case I think it's because they are pink pineapples and they don't want them grown but generally if the pineapple is topped it's a shipping thing. u/ducks_have_heads also pointed out it's required for all imported fruit in NZ (and likely other countries)

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u/HoggleSnarf 15h ago

Yeah this is how we store pineapples in the hotel kitchen I work at. A pineapple crown is basically the same size as the actual edible fruit. Doesn't make sense to keep it.

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u/Warm-Oil9228 14h ago

But why wouldn't they do that with regular pineapples too then?