do you like ppiiinnnappples – Biochemistry Zone

Question: do you like ppiiinnnappples
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Asked by aimeex to Andy, Chris, Harriet, Jess, Nikki on 11 Mar 2016.
- Christopher Blanford answered on 11 Mar 2016:
  
  Ummmmm…. yes?!
  
  Except when SpongeBob is in it.
- Nikki D'Arcy answered on 11 Mar 2016:
  
  with cheese!!
- andy chapman answered on 13 Mar 2016:
  
  love them. THey contain an amazing enzyme called bromelain that breaks down protein.
  
  Why is that cool? – Put a small piece of pineapple in a little dish of water with a strip of beef in it. Do the same without the pineapple (your control, we are scientist after all). Leave it overnight.
  
  Thats why you can’t make pineapple jelly using gelatine (a protein)…unless you disable the enzyme first with heating, or ‘inhibit’ it (block it from working) by adding chilli.
  
  Why is it not cool? If your job is picking pineapples…we are made of protein too and so the juice starts to break us down too!
- Jessica Groppi answered on 13 Mar 2016:
  
  Hi!
  
  I don’t really like fruit, but I use pineapples when I cook sweet and sour pork!
  
  Jess.
- Harriet Reid answered on 14 Mar 2016:
  
  Yes

Question: do you like ppiiinnnappples