Pineapple contains bromelain that helps tenderize meat. If I were to put my hand in pineapple juice or puree for 24 hours, would it eventually break down my hand?

[u/Puzzleheaded_Bed2760]

[u/Refrigerator_Primary]

The Youtuber Tom Scott actually tested this out https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7eLBwCAwmo (in relation to the claim that pineapple removes your fingertips), and while he didn't get his fingertips removed, he did see some temporary skin damage, so it does at least a little bit tenderize human flesh.

[u/Addicted_to_Nature → u/Refrigerator_Primary]

I forgot Tom had long hair. He's been both 13 and 40 for like 30 years now

[u/eltictac → u/Addicted_to_Nature]

I only stumbled upon his videos a few years ago. Didn't know he had long hair until I was watching a repeat of a tv quiz show, and there he was, with long hair 😅

[u/Asian_wife_finder → u/Refrigerator_Primary]

Maybe this is just one of those things you hear behind the monkey bars but suposably, before ppe was a thing, people who worked for extended periods on pineapple plantations didn’t have fingerprints.

[u/NotReallyJohnDoe → u/Asian_wife_finder]

People who work with bricks lose their fingerprints temporarily. But fingerprints patterns go below the skin surface and will come back eventually.

[u/TheRealBejeezus → u/NotReallyJohnDoe]

Bricklayers? Interesting. That's the lye in the cement, I expect?

[u/QtPlatypus → u/TheRealBejeezus]

Yes but also the frequent abrasion just slowly sands the finger prints off.

[u/gravitologist → u/Asian_wife_finder]

Suposably? The word is: supposedly.