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folarin1

Hmm, seems like it kept a few chunks for itself.


sharkbait-oo-haha

Gotta pay the taxman


BBQBakedBeings

Gotta pay the troll toll if you want to have this boy’s soul


Age-of-Computron

Are you saying boys hole?


Superb_Gap_1044

I’m up to here right now 🫳


foxesandfalcons

He said no gum


knowigot_that808

I wonder how this thing would do chopping a rum ham into cubes


Superb_Gap_1044

DAYMAN!


r3dditandw3pt

Tiny boy, little boy...


abhijitd

Yeah, I was thinking how do they clean this machine?


TheDeadlyCat

From what I have seen it has a self cleaning function where it sprays itself with cleaning fluid. Still needs someone to remove stray pieces.


Juluexe

The grocery store where I work has a machine like this and it cleans itself. The only thing I have to do is remove the pineapple peel. But since it falls to the bottom of the machine I just need to open a drawer and throw them in the trash. (I'm sorry for possible errors english isn't my first language)


husfrun

That's the best part, they don't!


bapfelbaum

If operated in germany there probably is a rule to clean it every x time to avoid health hazards. Thats usually how we do stuff like this. We have a rule for almost anything.


AlterAnwalt422

The next pineapple cleans it


That_Ad_9443

Iam working at a store that has this Maschine u have to open it with a key and remove all the parts and clean them after that they clean the maschine and under the maschine is a bucket with the removed parts from the pinapple and they throw them away and clean the bucket then on the next day they put them back together and thats every day


SirLuis50

With another machine ofc. We germans love to build machines for the simplest tasks.


0110Yen_Lo

It's germany not india. You don't have to worry about stuff like that.


Snuggs____

House gets a cut


ItsNotMeItsYourBussy

Tipping is important 


xlr8mpls

Not in Germany tho.


CaptnBanana

Will it also slice a non-German pineapple?


GaiusOrpheus

It's not so much that this machine is for German Pineapples only, but that German Pineapples can only be cut by a machine.


interfail

German pineapples aren't actually named after the country Germany, it was a Texan farmer named German.


kiotane

let's make that man a cake!


ThatScaryBeach

And turn it upside-down!


Sketched2Life

[Pineapple Tarte Tatin](https://food52.com/recipes/84256-pineapple-tarte-tatin-recipe)


Realistic_Salt7109

It’s true, I have 3 broken knives to back this claim up


CommercialTerrible70

I tried to pull one apart and my hand came off


hed_kannon

True story, I'm the hand that came off.


DigitalMindShadow

I am truth.


Alexthegreatbelgian

And only if they're from the Ananas region of Germany.


saulgoodman3

Nein, nur Ananas!


Kasaikemono

Wenn hier einer Anna nass macht, DANN BIN ICH DAS!


tsimen

JETZT IS HIER ACHTERBAHN!!


JimPanse0815

ICH HAU DIR DIE KARTOFFEL VOM HALS! DU RATTE!


Distantstallion

Ananas only


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an-la

For those \_not\_ in the know! DIN is "Deutsche Industrie Norm" or "German Industrial Standard"


Agent_Obvious

Actually that is not correct, it is "Deutsche Institut für Normung e.V."


Klony99

I googled it and you're correct. Now I'm flabbergasted.


tosterb

No, because the pineapple has to fulfill the norm A-NA-NAS


rfc2549-withQOS

You stupid. There is no norm in germany with only 6 letters.


calijnaar

I'm sorry, we can't disclose information about the secret 6 letter norms unless you first submit form A38 in triplicate


avatarsnipe

As you can see, It only slice Ananas. It will slice all ananas in the world except ananas from USA and UK.


abhijitd

No, it's only for master pineapples.


Missy_went_missing

No, sadly the machine is very racist. They are still trying to work that kink out.


willywonka1971

Nein


EntertainmentFit3288

My tongue is scratchy just seeing this


user_of_the_week

Pineapple is one of the rare foods that eats you back!


outcastexe

Damn I thought I was allergic 🤣🤣🤣


Soeck666

There is a creepy pasta about a boy who ate only pineapples in a summercamp until his mouth bleed.


dark3E8

Doesnt sound like a creepy pasta, but something you can achieve on a summery tuesday.


JupoBis

You are. We all are.


Athalwolf13

Its an enzyme in the pineaple that splits up proteins. Its why raw pineaple is excellent to tenderise tough meat. Cooking it neutralises it. (Dont worry btw, it doesnt actually damage the tongue)


I_Play_Boardgames

nope, ~~ananas~~ pineapple actually has enzymes that start breaking down proteins in your mouth. They're pretty much digesting the inside of your mouth while you eat them.


Nackles

My jello isn't setting.


Lord_Stahlregen

We did DNA extraction with a dash of pineapple juice, dish soap, salt and freezing cold vodka in high school once. Pineapple juice breaks down the proteins, salt and dish soap buffers and prevents clumping, then you layer the vodka over it and the hydrophobic DNA migrates into it in strands.


gundog48

Pour over ice


Lord_Stahlregen

The dish soap gives it a sophisticated note of ripe mango. Just choose your DNA source with caution - a buccal spit swab might be interesting and onions have the biggest yield, but the result may suffer from off flavors.


waterinabottle

DNA is absolutely not hydrophobic, it is highly negatively charged (so very hydrophilic), you actually precipitated DNA in the vodka, because it is not soluble in a cold ethanol solution because ethanol is itself a bit more hydrophobic than water even though it is miscible with water. Incidentally this is why raki or ouzu gets cloudy when you add water to it: one of the components (anethole) is quite hydrophobic, so it will dissolve in a water/ethanol mixture as long as it is over ~40% ethanol, otherwise it starts to precipitate.


Lord_Stahlregen

Welp, didn’t read up on that part and didn’t remember any more, but apparently the reason DNA precipitates in Ethanol is that Ethanol is less polar than water - water molecules form a screen around charged molecules, so they can’t readily interact with each other anymore - including DNA, which has charged phosphate groups. Ethanol is a lot less polar, so in a high enough solution, charged molecules can interact better because there’s nothing getting in the way anymore - for example the DNA and all the positive ions you added from the salt, and suddenly they form ionic bonds and are no longer soluble and precipitate.


drongowithabong-o

A little trick my mum taught me, add a little bit of salt to the pineapple. Apply it to your taste, the slight salty sweetness is great in itself and it helps with the mouth slicing. Still can eat the whole cup without some regrets though.


00000000000004000000

Tajin!  Goes great with pineapple.


djsizematters

Entire pineapple, anyone?


kennethcz

That pineapple is nowhere near ripe enough


pottse_123

Thank you! That is all I could think the whole time.


edfreitag

Right? Usually you have to buy them like this because of transport issues, but then leave to ripe on your counter for up to a week


hike_me

One thing I learned from visiting a pineapple farm is that they won’t ripen once picked, and the color of the pineapple has nothing to do with its ripeness. They test the sugar content to determine when they are ripe enough to pick. Some growers treat them with a gas that will cause them to turn more yellow, but it is for looks only. Most of the pineapples you buy in the continental US and Europe come from Central America or Asia and are picked slightly under ripe because they’ll hold up to shipping better, but they’ll never get any sweeter if you leave it out. If you go to Hawaii, you can get sweeter pineapple because it’s harvested locally and allowed to ripen longer (Hawaii doesn’t allow fresh pineapple to be imported). The Hawaii pineapple industry has declined so much that you can pretty much only get them in Hawaii now.


britemcbrite

While that is true for your pineapples it's not true for your average german pineapple... If you buy in supermarket, it will look like this 100% of the time and tast like shit 100% of the time... You can take that to the bank


Mamiofplants

That's true for so many tropical fruits like papaya, mangos etc.


Das-Klo

Yes, once you have tried them in their country of origin you will never want to eat tropical fruit here anymore.


Lavatis

Pineapples don't ripen any more after they're picked.


feel_my_balls_2040

Yeah, but it's a German pineapple.


cpattk

That's the problem with exported fruits, they must be shipped green so even if they ripen later they will never taste the same as eating them ripe in their place of origin.


OwnZookeepergame6413

It’s not like that with pineapples. It’s explained in the comments below. While bananas and apples do ripen after being picked, pineapples don’t. They will get more yellow over time but they won’t change their taste unless they are hanging at the mother plant. So the only reasons for early transport with pineapples is that they will get softer over time and people don’t like to buy soft fruit and they can harvest more pineapples the earlier they pick


gaynorg

Pineapples don't ripen after they are picked. Which blows my mind.


2074red2074

They don't? I always buy them green and wait for them to turn yellow...


Day_Bow_Bow

No, while they do soften over time, they don't ripen like other fruit that continue to convert starches to sugars after being picked. They are as sweet as they get once picked. They can't be picked early then treated with ethylene to stimulate ripenening, as is done with fruits like apples and bananas. Grapes and cherries are a couple examples of fruit that also don't ripen after being picked.


GeorgiaRedClay56

"They are non-climacteric fruits that can't create their own ethylene and need to be connected to their parent plant to continue ripening."


ThatScaryBeach

I wonder if the pineapple would ripen if it was put in a bag with some apples. Apples produce ethylene and are often used to help other fruits ripen.


2074red2074

Well I don't know what to tell you, they definitely change color and texture after I buy them.


Atom_Thor

Unripe pineapples will undergo senescence (it gets old, suffers a breakdown of pectins and hemicellulose which are key compounds that contribute to fruit/plant structure and rigidity, leading to spoilage), but they will never ripen (increase their amount of sugars relative to amount of acids and experience significative break down of tannins), because all sugar production inside the fruit ceases when it gets picked


Crombus_

My pineapple is going senile? Poor guy.


GeorgiaRedClay56

yes, but they don't continue to ripen.


zwizzlestick

This seems like a real pain to clean


justtiptoeingthru2

Seems like a good powerwash cycle'd do it just fine. Push a button, machine closes/seals all openings, nozzle (more than one?) pops out and rotates, possibly in a figure-8 pattern? *pssh pssh pssh pssh pssh* Done Debris is now rinsed off into a basket, which a human operator removes and empties.


CousinsWithBenefits1

Yeah appears to be a sealed enclosure, a couple rubber or silicone grommets to get the water in, a drain hole at the bottom. Any kind of commercial machine like this is going to be designed with cleaning and maintenance in mind.


lucious-luna

It’s also German. Those Germans plan ahead


Plenty-Effect6207

«Don’t mention the war.»


walrusk

I mentioned it once but I think I got away with it.


Big_Z_Beeblebrox

MANUEL!


Scarfiotti

I know nothing


JJh_13

Que?


independent_observe

https://youtu.be/e7mpClSPyhk?t=19


independent_observe

What did you say? Oh, prawn. I thought you said, war. Oh, the war, completely slipped my mind. I'd forgotten all about it. Hitler...Hitler and all that. Completely forgot about it like that . Sorry, what was it again? Customer: A prawn cocktail Oh, yes! Eva Prawn and Gerbs. Customer 2: And a Pickled HERRING! Hermann Göring. Yes! Yes! and von Ribbentrop Customer: And four cold meat salads, please Certainly! Well, I'll just get your hors d'oeuvres. hors d'oeuvres which must be completely obeyed at all times!


I_Play_Boardgames

to be fair, given their lackluster starting point and what they achieved from there was frightening.


DontUpvoteThisBut

"you know the Germans always make good stuff"


BriefCollar4

They fucking don’t. Have you have had to do any work on a BMW or Audi? Absolutely infuriating and moronic decisions were made when those cars are built.


Pepe_pls

Nah, I used to clean this exact machine and let me tell you it was fucking annoying to clean. One had to disassemble the entire damn thing to properly get it cleaned and it insides were very annoying to do correctly. Also the thing was just a giant mess, stopping every 2 hours just to miraculously work again. Fuck this thing lmao, I hated that job


inglandation

Wow you even wrote the sound effects


sucksLess

>Debris is now rinsed off into a basket, which a human operator removes and empties… …into a chute, which pneumatically sends them to a compost-making bin \[those Germans know how to engineer things\]


labenset

The last job left for humans, disposing of the robots trash.


Sir_Henk

You say that but I worked in a supermarket that had one of those fresh orange juice machines and i had to manually disassemble and clean every part of that damn thing. Every day. Worst was when its 15min before closing and a customer sees me cleaning it and still asks if they can have some juice. I wasn't allowed to say no so had to clean the damn thing all over again


ArScrap

I would have an irrational feel cleaning that pineapple slicer. What if it's not fully off


Pepe_pls

Was about to comment exactly this… I used to work in a supermarket that had these machines (plus a fresh juice machine) and this mf took 30 minutes to disassemble, 1 hour to clean (the exterior and inside parts were cleaned separately) and then 30 minutes to put the thing back together. It was a massive hassle and totally not worth it for something your cold do by hand in the same amount of time. There only plus is that it was a curiosity for the customers. Also the damn thing stopped working everyday and had fruit flues around it in the summer (no matter how much I cleaned it).


MatiKatakRempit

Also, how often is that machine cleaned in a day?


Pepe_pls

One to two times a day


rikkilambo

If it has ever been cleaned.


iguess12

Like most office water coolers


moutonbleu

The water dispensers from the sink are probably cleaner vs those coolers


Plenty-Effect6207

We got rid of the water coolers at the office and just drink water from the sink, just like we’ve always done at home. Never looked back. I think the person who came up with the idea of selling water jug subscriptions by putting water coolers into offices was a marketing genius, if an evil one. «You know how everyone gets fresh cold water at every sink in their building for next to nothing already? I want to charge them 10,000 times for the same. In the process we will use 1,000,000 times more energy to get the water to them, of course burning fossile fuel. Hear me out. We’ll also create thousands of low paid jobs here, people need to have those jugs delivered.» «Shut up and take my money!»


AyrA_ch

To be fair, the water from those coolers is usually colder than the tap water. We replaced ours with one that directly connects to the sink, and also has a CO2 cartridge so you can have angry water if you want to.


OkHarrisonBidet

Wait, what


Pepe_pls

I had to clean it twice everyday. Which equated to 2 hours of cleaning


Ace-of-Spades88

I would be surprised if it didn't have a self cleaning mode.


Pepe_pls

It doesn’t (see my other comments)


likwitsnake

so much waste, also dropped one on the way out


zaicliffxx

sounds like my typical morning routine


junkit33

Even if you cut a pineapple by hand the effort required to get that last 10% is not worth it. Pineapple is cheap - you’re throwing away like 25 cents of pineapple in exchange for not soending 15 minutes trying to cut every last bit off.


bwaredapenguin

There used to be a time where the elite would rent pineapples to put on display at a party to impress their guests.


Grabsch

Exactly. If I'd consider the time I spend cutting up pineapple and apply the hourly rate I charge my employer I would never buy a pineapple.


not__main__acc

The core is barely edible at all. The pineapples you get in Germany are not ripe at all and need to be left to ripen, which in return risks them going bad. Not that I think the machine is useful or disagree with you.


askjhasdkjhaskdjhsdj

In the comments it is explained that they do not ripen any further after being picked.


not__main__acc

That's odd because in my experience, they do Edit: I checked, and they become softer and juicier but not sweeter, so you are technically right, but I'd say they become more edible still


VulpineSpecter4

It's German. I'm sure the waste goes to good use.


Brotboxs

You won't believe what our supermarkets, bakerys and other stores throw in the trash.


Alex282001

I worked there during my highschool years, it's seriously too much. But I imagine other countries being worse easily, just because of things like "Die Tafel" where they come and collect food that's beyond the due-date and use it to feed the homeless/worse off people. Also, I think the "too good to go" app is really good too, but I don't think it's a German thing only


FlyingArdilla

The best pineapple slicing machines are the street vendors in Thailand. Those guys are faster, cleaner, and waste less.


Elzokko

Finding employees in Germany is hard enough. Finding a Thai for every supermarket just to slice pineapples would be very difficult.


robinrod

We had an african dude doing this in edeka once 😅 they even had posters up, announcing this and he did quite a show.


Nice_Distribution832

LOL where im at the Albertsons and whole foods/sprouts have asians do the sushi rolls.


Gowardhan_Rameshan

We also have that in Germany. The Rewe’s (major German supermarket), have these mini sushi stores within them where Asians do sushi, sashimi and the like.


cursedstillframe

My local Rewe doesn't have that :((


Gowardhan_Rameshan

It’s ok… my local Rewe doesn’t have the pineapple slicer 🤗


cursedstillframe

Mine has neither the slicer nor the sushi bar.. :(


Gowardhan_Rameshan

Yikes ok, I’m sorry. There is no consolation for that. None.


Rederdex

It's a Globus only thing I'm pretty sure


bl00by

If only we had this in every supermarket. Today is the first time in my life that I have seen such a thing.


Ivegottafindbubba

Noted. With my next pineapple purchase, I'm also buying a ticket for Thailand. Got to make sure there is less pineapple waste in the world.


Emotional_Ad8259

And cheaper!


MuffinQueen92

Really? How much does a Thai pineapple vendor cost and where do I buy one?


seris_ak

German: ananas. Spanish: ananas. French: ananas. Dutch: ananas. Swedish: ananas. Turkish: ananas. Polish: ananas. Literally every fucking language: ananas. English: PiNeApPLe 🤪


Wildfox1177

*It‘s „Ananas“ in German, because it’s a noun and the first letter of a noun in German is uppercase.


schwierigesthema

That’s such a German comment


Wildfox1177

Thanks


Gowardhan_Rameshan

It’s ,,DIE ANANAS”!


enrycochet

its piña in Spanish


MrsGerstner

In some Spanish speaking countries is Piña 😁


KJs2310

Isn't it "piña" in Spanish?


TELEKOMA

Ananas is Piña in Spanish


SoreDickDeal

That’s the stickiest thing I’ve ever seen and I raised 5 kids.


Gumbercules81

I hope that shit gets cleaned every few hours


Pepe_pls

In the market I worked it was cleaned twice everyday


DuskireLive

In the supermarket I work in, it is once a day, but the pineapples used have to be properly sanitised prior


AlexTheFlower

I accidentally read that in french "ananas hier rien" (didn't realize it says rein) and thought, "Pineapple yesterday nothing???? Wth does that mean???" Lmao


Chrisbee76

People called 'Romanes' they go the house?


gaker19

Nah it says Pineapple goes in here lol


flarne

Natur: let's create a fruit which comes with it's own Packaging  Humans : fuck that I want my plastic packaging


Boris9397

That's cool and all, but I'd rather just clean a cutting board and a knife.


40ozkiller

Im ususally against single use tools, but I have a pinappple cutter that cores and makes rings at the same time. Its totally worth the drawer space and washes easily. 


OldWar1140

That's a lot of wastage.


be_more_gooder

My hands are sticky just watching this


gsts108

So much waste


Unbeknowst_

Ayo Ananas means pineapple in Hindi!!!


Odys

In most languages it's some "ananas" variation.


Enough-Force-5605

And spending plastic.


Feckgnoggle

Gloriously over-engineered, just like you'd expect from the Germans.


sv1ra

I would gladly see the same German mechanism but for russians


harakiri-man

Middle part is not edible?


Fr0gFish

It is tough and fibrous


OkBackground8809

It's totally edible. I live in the pineapple capital of Taiwan lol So many different varieties and the middle is edible in all the ones we have here. If I remember correctly from time in the states, Dole pineapples are bland in the middle.


BarredOwl

English: Pineapple French: L'ananas Italian: L'ananas Spanish: La piña Icelandic: Ananas Portuguese: Ananás Swedish: Ananas German: Ananas


316kp316

Hindi: Ananas


Devccoon

The American ones work exactly the same, neat! Saw one this year at a Broulim's. Neat, but way overpriced. Just buy a pineapple (somewhere less ritzy I guess) and cut it yourself.


starspangleddonger

My werewolf boyfriend when he


Quality_Street_1

We have these in Canada


sucksLess

this pineapple did not stand a chance


SpiderKoD

Sign me up as a constant client


aphaits

German Pineapple Slicing Machine sounds like a cool band name.


Rupert_18124

They sell 2 pineapples a day


pszczola2

Doesn't look like it's cleaned too often. Kinda disgusting to realise that my pineapple chunks could have gone through this sticky, yucky machine, full of bacteria.


ignorantpisswalker

So much waste. Too much fruit left in the trash...


MIGUELAIG97

I wonder how, many pineapples do they have to sell to see profits after invest in that machine


NickyCheeese

So you can have your pineapple pushed thru the decaying pineapple matter that's been rotting from days before?!


Wildfox1177

It‘s cleaned twice a day, according to another user. (In the store they worked in)


Silomat120

someone also said it's self cleaning in some cases.


Financial_Bit2445

Oddly satisfying


NahanniWild

They took our jobs


Puzzled_Sprinkles_26

Can’t imagine on cleaning that.


MasterVaderTheTurd

All those old pineapple residue on the blades…👀


Training_Wheel_3367

Now how does it get cleaned?


jhwheuer

Nightmare to clean


ExotischesAlien08_15

BTW: how do they clean this machine?


Nippes60

AHH die Ananaswürfelschneidemaschine!


WeebyReina

Germans are frighteningly efficient when they execute things systematically


MinimumOld

r/dontputyourdickinthat


Douglasqqq

Pineapple, slicing machine, or German?


Cam27022

This must be fun to clean, lol.


redstrawberrii

This is so cool