Do you know your Taiwanese pineapple varieties?
Whether eaten as fruit, used in cooking or made into a dessert, everyone has been eating their fill of pineapple recently. However, do you know which variety of the prickly fruit you have been eating or which variety tops the charts as Taiwan’s most prized export variety? Taipei Agricultural Products Marketing Co has put together a Facebook post to give the public a quick rundown of the most common varieties of pineapple found on these islands.
‧ Golden Diamond Pineapple (Tainung No. 17)
Photo: screengrab from the Internet 照片：取自網路
The fruit has a conical appearance and its flesh is golden yellow, sweet and juicy. The optimum time to taste this fruit is between April and May. The Golden Diamond Pineapple is the most widely produced of Taiwan’s pineapple varieties and wears the crown as the nation’s number one export variety.
‧ Sweet Honey Pineapple (Tainung No. 16)
This pineapple is cylindrical in shape. Its flesh has delicate fibers and the taste is extremely sweet. The best time of year to eat this archetypal variety of Taiwanese pineapple is between June and August.
Photo: Lai Hsiao-tung, Liberty Times 照片：自由時報賴筱桐
‧ Milky Pineapple (Tainung No. 20)
Cylindrical in shape, the Milky Pineapple has a thin rind and its flesh is white in color, fine-fibered and extremely sweet. The best time to sample this variety is between July and September.
‧ Watermelon Pineapple
Commonly referred to as “baijiezai,” it is also known as the “Hulk” of the pineapple world. The harvest season for this variety is between July and September. Its external appearance is fat and cylindrical with a dark green rind and the flesh is delicate and sweet. The Watermelon Pineapple is extremely hefty: three times the weight of a Golden Diamond Pineapple.
‧ Mango Pineapple (Tainung No. 23)
Short and cylindrical in shape, this variety has soft, yellow-colored flesh made of delicate fibers and a unique mango fragrance. The Mango Pineapple holds up well in storage, giving this variety plenty of export potential.
‧ Cayenne Pineapple
Also known as a “native pineapple” or “traditional pineapple,” the Cayenne Pineapple has a cylindrical appearance, coarsely fibered flesh and a pronounced acidity to its flavor profile. It is chiefly used to for canned pineapples and to make pineapple cakes.
‧ Winter Honey Pineapple
(Tainung No. 13 / Sugar Cane Pineapple)
Shaped like a cone, the Winter Honey Pineapple has long, strait leaves. Its flesh is golden yellow with slightly course fibers and the flavor is intense. This variety is suited to planting during the winter and is known as the “Elsa” of the pineapple world after the character in the Disney movie Frozen.
(Translated by Edward Jones)
台灣鳳梨百寶圖 一分鐘認識台灣常見鳳梨品種
不論是當水果、入菜還是做成點心，最近大啖了這麼多的鳳梨，你知道你吃的是哪一種嗎？哪一種是外銷之冠呢？台北農產運銷公司在臉書粉專分享台灣鳳梨百寶圖，帶大家一分鐘認識台灣常見鳳梨品種。
‧ 金鑽鳳梨（台農十七號）
果實呈圓塔形，果肉金黃甜美多汁，最佳品嚐時間為四到五月份，是台灣鳳梨產量及外銷之冠。
‧ 甜蜜蜜鳳梨（台農十六號）
果實呈圓筒形，果肉纖維細緻，甜度高，最佳品嚐時間為六到八月份，是有主題曲《甜蜜蜜》的鳳梨。
‧ 牛奶鳳梨（台農二十號）
果實呈圓筒形，綠皮肉白，纖維細緻，甜度高，適合鮮食，最佳品嚐時間為七到九月份。
‧ 西瓜鳳梨
俗稱白節仔，被稱為鳳梨界浩克，產期七到九月份月，外形飽滿呈圓筒狀，外皮青綠，肉質細緻，甜度高，重量是一般金鑽鳳梨的三倍。
‧ 芒果鳳梨（台農二十三號）
果實呈短圓筒形，黃色果肉，肉質軟，纖維細，帶有芒果香氣，耐儲運具有外銷潛力。
‧ 開英種鳳梨
又稱為土鳳梨、傳統鳳梨。外形呈圓筒狀，果肉纖維粗，酸味明顯，為製作鳳梨罐頭及鳳梨酥原料。
‧ 冬蜜鳳梨（台農十三號、甘蔗鳳梨）
果實呈圓錐形，葉子長且直，果肉金黃纖維稍粗，鳳梨味濃郁，適合冬天種植，是鳳梨界的艾莎。
（自由時報）
A: The Danjiang Bridge in New Taipei City is to open on May 12, and the MRT Sanying Line (Light Blue Line) will also open in June. Isn’t that great? B: Is that the bridge connecting the city’s Tamsui and Bali Districts? What’s so special about this new landmark spanning the Tamsui River? A: The Danjiang Bridge will become the world’s longest-span single-mast asymmetric cable-stayed bridge — with a total river-crossing section of 920 meters and main span of 450 meters. B: The news says there are sidewalks and bike lanes on both sides. Watching the sunset from the
A: Apart from the Danjiang Bridge in New Taipei City, the MRT Sanying Line (Light Blue Line) will open in June. B: Is that the new line leading to Yingge District, the ceramic town? A: Yup, the line will connect the Yingge Ceramics Museum and the Old Streets in Sanxia and Yingge Districts. B: The eastward extension of the Tamsui-Xinyi Line (Red Line) that goes through Taipei’s Xinyi District will also open in June. A: Plus, Taoyuan’s Aerotropolis Line (Green Line) will partially open by the end of the year. In the future, it will connect the
In the dense forests of Tanzania, a young researcher sat quietly among the trees, her gaze fixed on a troop of chimpanzees. It was 1960, and Jane Goodall, armed with nothing but a notebook and endless curiosity, was about to change science forever. Inspired by childhood stories like the Dr. Dolittle series, she had dreamed of Africa — and now, thanks to the encouragement of anthropologist Louis Leakey, she was there, face-to-face with the wild. What Jane discovered shocked the world. Chimpanzees weren’t mere creatures of instinct; they were individuals with emotions, families, and even the capacity for tool
★ Bilingual Story is a fictionalized account. 雙語故事部分內容純屬虛構。 Rain hammered the roof in hard, uneven bursts. “Hold him still!” Baosheng pressed one hand against the stranger’s brow as the man twisted on the wooden bed. His left eye was swollen shut. The right one burned red like a coal. “It feels like fire,” the man gasped. “Like something is clawing inside.” Thunder rolled across the mountain. Baosheng leaned closer. The man’s skin was cold, but heat rose from his face. A strange smell hung in the air. He began the four methods of diagnosis: looking, listening/smelling,
RSS