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How to Cut a Pineapple

By Brett Moore, About.com

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The First Cut

Photo copyright (c) 2005 by Brett Moore

Place your knife on top of the fruit just behind one of the eyes. The eyes run down the side of the pineapple in a column. Slice down to the bottom of the fruit slightly turning your knife at the top and bottom to follow the curved shape of the pineapple.

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