Can someone please help us find a way to purchase a Dole Pineapple Squeezer?

We had Shochu and Pineapple in Japan and a Dole pineapple squeezer was brought to the table for fresh squeezed pineapple juice.

We checked around Shinjuku shops but no luck and Dole is non-responsive.

Below are some links to the product. Thanks.

https://www.google.com/search?q=%E3%...RZPJ4XhC14Q%3D

https://www.dole.co.jp/5aday/index_f...umn.php?no=099

http://www.google.com.tr/patents/WO2011065134A1?cl=en

It was sold in the Dole Select Shop, but as of at least July 2012 is no longer for sale.

http://ameblo.jp/snow-frake/entry-11309402129.html

Probably have to check around auction sites for it now.

Or you could core your pineapple and use the same gadget that you use for citrus fruits?

Yep, a prod or two with an apple corer and a grapefruit squeezer should do the trick.

I'm thinking there might be a lot of these Dole Pineapple Squeezers around somewhere in Tokyo.

We had our Pineapple Shochu at Fire Grill Izakaya Ryoma Hananomai
Nishi-shinjyuku https://www.google.com/maps/place/%E...7907d644caba19

Website: http://www.chimney.co.jp/shop/hanano...oma_shinjyuku/

The photo below is taken from the middle of the page at http://lenasilk.blogspot.com/2014/07...goodfoods.html where the Pineapple Shochu was served at Gyukaku in Asagaya.



Maybe people don't steal them from the tables in Japan as might happen in the state if people wanted them (as I do) so supplies last "forever".

We asked if we could purchase one, but no go, then ran around looking for them the next day without any luck.

I just looked through Yahoo auction Japan but (particularly with my VERY limited Japanese) couldn't find your squeezer, just lots of different kinds of pineapple slicers and corers.

Am pretty sure it will turn up eventually, so if you are persistent you can periodically go to the noppin.com auction deputy site (which is effectively a Yahoo Auctions portal), use pineapple or パイナップル as a search term, select home/interior as a category and this will then give you access to the Kitchen/tableware category.

I've been using Noppin off and on for years and have found them to be reliable.

Again, I stress my limited Japanese, but this page here:

http://item.rakuten.co.jp/male/300pi/

Makes me suspect that the reason the restaurants you have been going to have these squeezers is because they were promotional items included with bulk buys of pineapples.

Not sure if buying a few pineapples using the link I've included means that you get a squeezer as part of the deal.

If it does, you can ask your concierge to buy it on your behalf (they could keep the pineapples and just send on the squeezer to your home address). Alternatively, enquire if Noppin will do this for you instead (you may need to pay a little extra for the time required to unwrap and then repackage your item).

A pineapple is quite a bit larger than a lemon or lime or even an orange. Tougher/more fibrous too. So the tool I normally use for cooking quantities of citrus juices - a manual wooden reamer - wouldn't work (I have an electric reamer to make larger quantities of juice - like orange juice). If I wanted to make fresh pineapple juice occasionally for drinks - I'd just buy some fresh pineapple slices - cut them up - toss them in a blender and liquify them. Then strain the fiber off. A juice extractor would of course work better. But most people have blenders in their houses - and don't have juice extractors.

Here's a video showing the difference:

http://www.abarabove.com/juice-pineapple/

If I were planning to make and use large quantities of any kind of juice frequently - I'd buy a juicer (the one shown in the video is about $110 on Ebay in the US).

Are pineapples really cheap in Japan? The cheapest whole ones here are in Costco and cost $4. The cheapest peeled and cored are at a local super market - sometimes on sale for $3 but normally $5. Reason I ask is I can't see getting much juice out of a pineapple using the plastic juicer mentioned in the original post (even with something like a lemon - a reamer is more efficient). And it would be uncomfortable getting the juice from an unpeeled pineapple as well (pineapples aren't smooth like citrus fruits). Guess if you're paying $20 for a drink in a bar - it doesn't matter if the restaurant is paying $4 for a pineapple for a few drinks - but doing that at home doesn't seem very cost effective to me. Robyn

Kappabashi is the place to go for kitchen items if you are in Tokyo. That's where restaurants shop too. It's actually a great place to visit and shop, also for ceramics, knives, etc.

Pineapple is cheap in Japan. Unless it happens to be domestic from Okinawa; I am sure the Okinawan ones probably taste a lot better...... Not a huge fan but I suspect that I paid around 300 yen for Philippine pineapple or wherever it came from. In the US they used to sell them for like $1.99 probably as loss leaders during sales. $4 seems to be a regular retail price.

And Dr. Bernanke told me that there was no inflation while I was away.

Totally agree - have enjoyed wandering around there. But I think the OP is back in the United States now. Robyn

I tried a Dole Pineapple Squeezer for the first time at a restaurant the other night (no, they weren't selling them)

It worked surprisingly well. Certainly much easier than fooling around with coring the fruit. I'd be much more likely to buy whole pineapples if I had one of these.

Yes, back in the states but what a great tip and another fun adventure. Kappabashi... thank you very much.

If anyone passes that way and is bored....

Thanks for the post. What restaurant did you visit?

Just to say....

Many might know the sweetest part of a pineapple is closets to the skin. That's why many Asian countries slice the skin off thinly and cut out the eyes.

https://www.google.com/search?q=thai...g&ved=0CCAQsAQ

http://www.wikihow.com/Cut-a-Pineapple

So, in that case, our Pineapple Shochu � la Dole is leaving out the best part... But... Who cares!?


Photo thanks to hailstorm

Having said that, I guess you could "work it" and scrap away the edges. Yeah!

Inside the Manyo Club in Minato Mirai. It was self serve, and I took it from a pile of a dozen or so.

I had to pluck out several pieces of pineapple skin from the pulpy juice, so I think I "worked it" pretty well.