The Power of Pine

We all know the power of Pine-sol. It's wonderful, strong, and theoretically made of pine.

Pine? Yes. Pine.

As in trees.

This is what I think when people say "pine." 

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That said, stated, and viewed, when I saw a donut with mysterious "cream cheese & pine" filling, I became intensely curious. 

Anyone else? 

I knew I had to try one. 

Just once.

I mean, it's a cream cheese and pine donut!

Who doesn't want one of these?

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Needless to say, I ordered a donut. Admittedly, I was nervous. It could be awful or fantastic, and honestly, I was afraid it would be the former. I carefully unwrapped the donut from its protective sheet of paper. It fit nicely in my hand. I stared it down like a misbehaving student you don't know if you want to laugh at or break the book upon. It seemed harmless enough.

In the seconds it took for my hand to bring the donut to my face, I had not second thoughts but seventeenth thoughts bickering between eating and leaving. Through my slow reaction time, the eating side won. I sunk my teeth into the flaky outside while the filling ran its lackadaisical path into my mouth like Wal-mart shoppers in mid September.

Delicious as it was, I was trying to find almost an earthy flavor; however, none was forthcoming. It was lightly sweet with a slight citrus tinge. I took another bite to unearth the pine hiding within this confoundedly good donut. It was not until three bites into the donut that I realized it was not pine I tasted but pineapple. 

Come to find out, in Japan, Pineapples are simply called pine. Would've been good to know. I don't know how many delicious options I have passed unaware.