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WATCH | You've been eating pineapple wrongly for years - or have you?

This pineapple pull-apart hack has been blowing the internet's mind. Here are nifty ways to peel and eat different fruits

15 March 2019 - 15:37 By Sanet Oberholzer
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Global pineapple sales have probably shot up after a video showing a new way to eat them went viral on the internet.
Global pineapple sales have probably shot up after a video showing a new way to eat them went viral on the internet.
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Game of Thrones star Lena Headey recently shared a hack of how to eat a pineapple and it has people amazed — instead of trying to slice or cube the pineapple, people have realised they can peel the pineapple segments away one at a time.

This hack has been hacking off some Twitter users as not everyone who has tried it has been successful. Those who did get it right say the fruit has to be ripe and the stem end removed in order for the trick to work, although several added that it's messier and stickier than eating a pineapple the regular "wrong" way.

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We did a little digging and it seems you’ve been peeling bananas wrong, too. It's easier to peel them from the bottom and hold the banana at the stalk. This way, you don’t bruise the banana and the peel won't split open.

Check out this video:

There are better ways to peel mangoes, too, that don’t require you to squish all the mango mush from the pip.

You can cut your mango into cubes using this easy hack:

Or you can use a glass to peel your mango:

If your fundamental beliefs of how to eat food have not been shaken enough, apparently we should be eating our burgers upside down! Read all about it here.

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