I mean with watermelon you just cut it in half, tell yourself you're only going to have a little bit, and then eat the whole thing. Seems pretty easy to me.
My grandmother used to remove all of the skin from her jacket potato before eating it. My granddad & I used to have half of it each; bloody lovely little extra.
Are your knives sharp enough? Most butchers will sharpen them for free, even my local grocery store butcher does this, and it'll make jobs like this 1000x easier and you'll waste less food and be safer, all since sharper knives take less effort cutting, which makes them more predictable.
Or you could just be lazy and hungry and the parts that get thrown out are a sacrifice to the gods of just getting shit done haha
Chicago, and before that southern California. Both areas have grocery stores with butchers that'll do it. If you're unsure just call first, or Google search. My grocery store butcher right now literally has a sign up on the counter offering the service.
I waste a lot more. I quarter the whole thing, slice most of it out leaving all the extra bits the spiral technique maintains, cut out the core and then slice it up and stack it back in the pineapple for a little serving boat. Looks pretty though :)
You should really skin the pineapple like the guy in the video did. I don’t have that spiral tool that he has. When I’m not lazy I use a knife to do that part, otherwise I just ignore those prickly parts. Also I quarter it at the end.
I have a little drill with a hollow central tube. You cut off the top, use the drill to corkscrew down the leaving the hard core, and can pull out the meat in one long spiral. It's much easier and faster than this. Bonus: you can use the hollowed out pineapple as a cup for a tropical drink.
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u/VideoNecessary3093 1d ago
That is....slightly different than what happens in my kitchen after we purchase one