Why You Should Soak Pineapple in Salt Water

a small betrayal when that prickly burn kicks in, but it’s just chemistry doing its work. Bromelain, the enzyme in pineapple, is busy breaking down proteins, and your tongue is built from exactly that. A quick soak in lightly salted water doesn’t “fix” the fruit so much as disarm it. The salt interacts with the enzyme on the surface, softening its continue reading …