Make Paintbrushes from Pandanus Fruit

Step 2 The Fresh Fruit

The fruit is a big thing that looks like a giant pineapple without the leaves. It comes apart into sections called "keys". Chew on the orange part and suck the juice from them. It's full of fibers that are firmly attached to the base. That will be your paintbrush later on. The fruit is sweet and tastes like mango plus cantaloupe, but I don't like it. I don't like it a lot, because in Majuro, Marshall Islands, I got really sick after eating them. Probably a coincidence, but food aversions don't care about logic.

Another traditional method is to roast them, pound them and wring out the juice to dry into a sort of fuit leather.