Pineapple Patch

When we moved into our house, we found three pineapples lost in the shady ferns and bushes, so we dug them out and created a plot for them in our mini-orchard.  Since then, we have continued to add to the patch, and as you can see, we are going to harvest some soon....maybe pineapple and rum for July 4th?



All we do is cut off the top of the pineapple and nestle it into some potting mix for a few weeks.  Once it has begun to root, we chisel out a hole in the lava, break it up and add some soil and compost.  Most references say you get a pineapple in 18 months, but some we planted around Christmas already have a small fruits on them.  Several we have harvested from, are producing a second fruit.

The stunning colorful close up is the pineapple on the far right of the photo -- notice the two "rosettes" on the same plant; it is already started producing two more pineapple!   That must be our good compost.

Ingredients for a "Hawaii Lava Flow"
1 oz White Rum
1 oz Malibu Rum
2 oz Pineapple Juice
2 oz Coconut Cream
2 oz Strawberry
1  Banana

Method: Prepare in a blender

Recipe:

1. Blend the 2 rums and the strawberries (fresh or frozen) in a blender until smooth and pour into a tall glass.
2. Blend the banana, the coconut cream, and the pineapple juice in the blender with crushed ice until smooth.
3. Pour this mixture into the glass with the rums very slowly and watch as the strawberry mixture oozes its way to the top along the sides of the glass creating the flowing lava effect. Garnish with a pineapple wedge.