When you eat corn on the cob, it doesn't seem like whole lot of corn, but then when you cut it off the cob, and it's sitting there in a pile, it's like enough for a family of four.

That has a very Jack Handy ring to it.

I got our pineapple corer thingy at our local supermarket, next to the pineapples. It was about $5.

I love love love fresh pineapple. I always forget about it too. I think it might be because the fruit you buy looks so different from the fruit that you are eating. When I walk by the pineapples, they don't call out to me. Unless they are super ripe and I can smell them when I'm standing next to them.

My friend uses fresh pineapple for the chicken kebabs (my recipe, she perfected it.) Approx inch square of chicken, wrapped in bacon, dip one half in chili powder, the other half in brown sugar. Kebab it. Add favorite noms. Grill it.

I don't care for mushrooms and peppers and the like, but when they grill out she makes a couple for me with just the chicken and fresh pineapple. Is there anything better than kebabbed fresh pineapple on the grill? I think not.

edit: is it summer yet?

Im gonna fire up the grill tonight to make those! I dont care how cold it is outside.

I love my immersion blender. Use it every single day.

What do you use it for, Clod? Im afraid that if I buy one, I will put it in the drawer and forget that I have it.

They're so tasty. I cut the slices of bacon in half, you want it to get a bit crispy so you don't want to over-bacon. There is something about the chili powder and the glaze the brown sugar makes that is the yum!

Smoothies, mostly. The kids' "juice" is actually a puree of butternut squash, cauliflower, peaches, and pears, so I do huge batches of that. For me it's standard strawberry and banana. It's nice for soups too, but I only use it for those maybe once a month.

Did you try them?

If not, do it soon, you'll love 'em.

I lied, I didnt really mean tonight...I meant I wanted to tonight, which is a whole other issue when it comes to me. (plus, it was snowing, so in my defense...:D) But Im gonna in the next few days. I have go to the store first, though...need bell peppers, onions, and stuff to finish off the kebabs. Its sounds sooooo good.

I got the recipe from my ex who heard it from someone else. I took them to a cookout once and they lasted like 5 minutes. Now about half the people I know make them.

Glad you're going to try them!

That sounds mighty righteous. will try asap. We should be getting a warm snap in a week or two, we just left a 40 degree spell and when the next one arrives I will fire up the grill. IT's just too dusty with all the charcoal ash to grill indoors, plus it makes us all get very flushed in the face.

Would the broiler work just as well, do you think?

Yes, I've made them under the broiler too. Messy, though. Still, grill is better.