Pineapple, the food that eats you back

Only a little bit though, so that’s okay.

Plentiful Pineapple — photo courtesy of Phoenix Han on Unsplash

Today after eating a can of pineapple, my husband wiped his lips with a napkin, and there was a little blood on the paper. What!?

After some alarm and a little Internet research, we learned that it’s not uncommon for that to happen. I long ago noticed that raw pineapple gives me some awful heartburn and irritates my throat. I just…