The Bizarre History of Pineapples

[@thenoobgameplays]

So, if the Spongebob cartoon could be made 200 or 250 years ago, that sponge would be the richest chracter on the show behind King Neptune.

[@d.c.8828]

Monopoly: Bikini Bottom Edition (which I'm certain already exists, lol)

[@thenoobgameplays]

@@d.c.8828 yes, it exists.

[@Hwje1111]

Third richest actually, behind Eugene jeans and king neptune

[@brokoblin6284]

He secretly is, it's how he owns a house and supported himself and buys crazy thing while still getting paid nothing by Mr Krabs whom he only works for because he likes it.

[@Seethenhagen]

Spongebob being a homeowner, he's probably among the wealthy now. I imagine filter feeding really cuts down on the groceries budget

[@panqueque445]

"Here my king. I brought you this fruit. Every other one I brought rotted but this one is fine I think. Just eat it quickly and don't look at it too closely"

[@Zakoota_Jin]

lmao

[@djoverkin]

Hello there, brother! May your vape clouds be voluminous and thick.

[@panqueque445]

@@djoverkin Thank you brother

[@bleached_anus1487]

@@Zakoota_Jin best comment iv seen in years

[@wuffalo]

based pfp brother

[@Thebiggestchief]

Yes, finally the quality fruit content we need

[@racket753]

I can’t live with myself for what I have done

[@OkieDokieSmokie]

Weird Explorer is also some quality fruit content

[@gregoryoliveira3124]

A few years ago, I came across a "wild" Pineapple, the Ananá, for the first time. Here in Southern Brazil, we still can find them, specially in the woodlands who mixed Mata Atlântica (Atlantic Rainforest) and the Pampas. This rather small and bitter fruit is kinda tasty tho, and it is amazing to realize how conected the Americas were hundreds of generations before the sixteenth century

[@ToroBravo-qu7ed]

Yes, and the nature is a testament to that. When i went to the Amazon rainforest in Peru i was surprised to see alot of the same wild tropical plant species and trees that you would see in my home country Dominican Republic, on an island in the middle of the caribbean thousands of miles away. The indigenous people of the americas were well connected and communicated.

[@lamoskgr]

Cool

[@chico2585]

Brasil luladrao

[@maggpiprime954]

World: Ananas England (crosses arms, lifts chin): Pineapple Brazil (casually inspects fingernails): Abacaxi

[@Sgt_ioiwsl]

Y E S

[@pedrorubenrapraydiego2207]

Ananas? Only in Brazil, in most Latin American countries and Spain , is called "piña" .

[@maggpiprime954]

@@pedrorubenrapraydiego2207 What do you mean "only in Brazil?" "Ananas" is not Brazilian Portuguese. "Abacaxi" is the Brazilian word. Also, I'm not gonna list "piña," I've already got "pineapple." Porra, esse cara não só não sabe ler, mas estraga a piada também. Chatice.

[@Jormungandr108]

@@pedrorubenrapraydiego2207 é abacaxi ô cabeção

[@biscoito1r]

@@maggpiprime954 Actually some places in Brazil refer to pineapples without spikes on its leaves as ananás. BTW abacaxi comes from the Tupi word for smelly fruit.

[@INDIETRONICJUNKIE]

In Venezuela there's a saying that goes: "More annoying than carrying a pineapple under your arm" (In Spanish: "mas fastidioso que una piña debajo del brazo"). I think it originated a long time ago from people carrying a pineapple around in parties and social events.

[@radiobemba5519]

I doubt they carried pineapples around social events in Venezuela.

[@Guizambaldi]

In Brazil our saying is about problems/trouble: "I'm gonna have to peel that pineapple".

[@amberswafford9305]

I’m going to strut around town pulling a wagon of pineapples so the peasants can bask in my magnificent display of wealth. That’s what I’d tell myself anyway but in actuality I am a peasant myself and if I’m pulling a wagon of pineapples, I’m peddling them for pocket money .

[@Seanonyoutube]

With a little more inflation this comment will be applicable to 100 dollar bills too.

[@amberswafford9305]

@@Seanonyoutube I’d rather have the wagon load of pineapples. I can actually eat those AND they’re both delicious & nutritious. I’ve never attempted to eat any denomination of US currency but will go out on a limb here & make the bold assertion that all of them, even those portraying Benji Franks, taste like ass & provide no nutritional benefits whatsoever.

[@Seanonyoutube]

@@amberswafford9305 I’ve eaten some benjis, ben & j’s that is. My favorite ice cream

[@amberswafford9305]

@@Seanonyoutube The best I’ve had is from Haagen-Dazs. It’s mainly vanilla w a caramel swirl & some pockets of spice cake throughout. That stuff was so dang good I’m still talking of it yrs after the fact.

[@Seanonyoutube]

@@amberswafford9305 try adding fresh honey to plain vanilla sometime. Thank me later.

[@mbgal7758]

Pineapples are all over the place in Charleston, SC on the historic homes. I never knew all this about them. People said there they were a symbol of hospitality because back in the day if someone was having a party they would put a pineapple out. They never went in to detail about why that was, thank you. Very interesting.

[@wholeNwon]

They have long been considered a symbol of hospitality.

[@wholeNwon]

@Mialisus Go figure. People are weird animals.

[@joesexton5668]

Can confirm, I'm from sc too, my mother has a pineapple flag on her front walkway

[@mbgal7758]

@@leonardoalvarenga7572 sorry about that. I should have specified USA

[@mrdanforth3744]

In the 17th and 18th century pineapples were a popular motif for furniture, home decoration etc. They symbolized wealth and hospitality, basically invite the neighbors over and show them what a big shot you are with carved pineapples on all your dining room furniture.

[@MatrixPlays]

Here I am, 3:40am learning about the bizarre history of pineapple…

[@briish4615]

3 am videos are always the most interesting

[@invisiblejaguar1]

This is why I love this channel, nowhere else would you get such a topic. Pineapples are my favorite fruit, even before viewing this, but now I see them in an entirely new light and I'm honored to currently have one placed in my fruit bowl.

[@crissssseee]

back then: pineapple luxury today: ewwww I dont like little pineapple slices on my pizza

[@1984potionlover]

Hawaiian Pizza...invented in Canada :)Stands to reason, don'tcha know? Up here in the Frozen North where icy breezes blow..., just us dreamin' of the tropics when it's hit 25 below :)

[@crissssseee]

@@1984potionlover cool

[@fleur5782]

@@1984potionlover damn

[@sr.lontra]

Or in cake Upsetting

[@mthokozisisiphayi4866]

Ungratedful de generates

[@AZOMBIERYO]

"A yo im going all out for this party i even got a pineapple" -18th century nobility

[@exudeku]

Pineapple is also used as textile and clothing here in the Philippines, a former Spanish Colony, which is famously used in our National Dress for men and women, the Barong Tagalog and Barot' Saya

[@cocoaorange1]

I read that somewhere.

[@RasPutintheGreat]

Kulang lang sa suporta para lumago ang industriya..

[@hyuuganatsume2621]

Same goes to Malaysia during the Japanese occupation. Kinda sad really, their left are used to make clothes during this bad time of suffering

[@alukuhito]

I heard that in the Philippines some people have their own fruit trees. That would be so cool.

[@exudeku]

@@alukuhito Well, here in my house we have 7 fruit trees, two Mangoes, one Papaya, One Jackfruit, a Coconut Palm, an Avocado, and a Tamarind. Almost all tropical households have a tree on their yard

[@lordmartinofleithandcuddy6541]

That’s nothing! I know a guy who lived inside of a giant one.

[@SpencerLemay]

Spongebob is small and lives in a normal sized pineapple. You should look in the mirror and feel bad.

[@moose-1]

@@SpencerLemay libs: owned

[@fusionvision7013]

@@SpencerLemay Damn. Calm down, Ben Shapiro.

[@Bryan-cz2tr]

That's nothing! I know a bitch who turned into one

[@somthingbrutal]

would that be the The Dunmore Pineapple

[@oVoxxy]

Your channel is literally amazing dude I honestly sent your playlist of the histories of countries to my old history teacher hopefully he will show them to his classes cause I can 100% say for a fact ive learned more about the world and history of places and peoples from your channel than in the 12 years of school I attended

[@Fireoflearning]

Thank you, glad you are enjoying!

[@tbone2646]

You know you're a nerd when you see a title like "The Bizzare History of Pineapples" and you think "Holy crap, I HAVE GOT to see this!"

[@Marc83Aus]

An interesting fact about the cultivation in England was that even being in a greenhouse wasn't enough to reliably produce the fruit, it had to be kept much hotter than the sun could maintain it, especially in winter, so a special greenhouse was constructed which had massive decaying piles of manure in the walls to give off the necessary heat. A short pineapple pit could produce maybe a dozen fruit but required 15 tons of manure, which had to be kept topped up year round.

[@arno-luyendijk4798]

Yes, I read about that interesting form of heating a pineapple greenhouse first in the book about the restoration of the Gardens of Heligan. The original possessors, the Tremayne family also had quite a fondness for the fruit.

[@Marc83Aus]

After finally getting a healthy plant established I look forward to the single fruit it can produce each year, a properly ripened fresh pineapple has so much more intense and sweet flavor than anything I can find in the supermarket.

[@Losttoanyreason]

I accidentally grew a pineapple once. I tossed the top of one into a planter by accident and forgot about it. It rooted and after 2 years I had a pineapple develop. It didn't get as big as the ones in the stores but still was so cool.

[@agirlisnoone5953]

How do you toss a plant into a planter by accident

[@stevebabiak6997]

@@agirlisnoone5953 - the top of the pineapple is what he tossed. The green leaves at the top of the fruit can take root when cut off and given the proper conditions (kept wet enough for the green leaves to remain alive).

[@agirlisnoone5953]

@@stevebabiak6997 right, i know what part op tossed and i know how they can be grown. However, to accidentally do this seems odd. To have a planter big enough and near food prep area, and to sloppily toss it into the planter perfectly bottom side down and to continue watering whatever is in the planter without seeing the pineapple top, well.... Thats a really interesting accident.

[@steveskouson9620]

After planting a few (thousand) pineapples, when I lived in Hawaii, the first time, I know the procedure. At least, in a humid tropical climate. When we picked the amazing fruit, we removed the crown. Numerous processes were involved, most of them bruised the berries. The fruit and the crown went down the same conveyor, and were separated with a blast of air. Fruit went to be processed, crowns were re-planted. A back breaking process, which I'd like to forget! (I was MUCH younger then.) steve

[@37A-s6h]

For months, she had noticed this strange plant growing on the spot where she last saw her daughter. This time, the leaves of the plant fully opened. Inside, she saw this strange yellow fruit *that resembled a child’s head with a thousand eyes.*

[@yobeljun]

what's this referencing to?

[@shunalicekazami]

@@yobeljun the filipino legend of the pineapple

[@user-gc7qw1rv2s]

pineAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAApples!!!!!!! :D

[@tommynorthwood]

When they open, its a red flower..

[@jeanrodriguez2078]

I like inca because without them there won't be pineapples

[@alemalvina7624]

There is an historical account of Portuguese explorers on their discovery of rio de janeiro. They were received friendly by local tribes and among the gift they received some pinneaples."a fruit that resembled a pine cone but with a yellow interior sweeter that anything i have tasted in my life"

[@carlramirez6339]

In the Philippines, fibers are extracted from pineapple leaves, and it is used to make the Barong Tagalog.

[@alukuhito]

Oh yeah, that. Everyone has one of those...

[@electricVGC]

the latest nation to be analyzed by fire of learning, the pineapple

[@aestheticdogg613]

In Costa Rica they're actually a big problem since it's replacing natural ecosystems with big green deserts, plus huge agrochemical pollution and barely legal labour conditions

[@alsaunders7805]

Monoculture sucks! 🤓🍻

[@aaronlopez3585]

I purchased a pineapple for $14 00 in 1976. Believe it or not.😲. PS; Fun fact side effect of working daily with pineapples the Bromelain in it wears away your finger prints.

[@iama2509]

Useful knowledge..

[@SewolHoONCE]

Only fingerprints? On one episode of BONES TV, a shipping box of pineapples was used to deflesh a skeleton when the forensic team was working away from the lab.

[@allhailoreo2436]

The only thing I want to ask, is who thought pineapples grew on trees? are people out there drawing pineapples on trees out there or something?

[@Seanonyoutube]

Seriously lol. Everyone knows pineapple is a type of fungus.

[@mr.pavone9719]

@@Seanonyoutube It's a potato.

[@Seanonyoutube]

@@mr.pavone9719 all potatoes are pineapples, but not all pineapples are oranges.

[@vtipoman]

Same with bananas

[@tiny-paws]

I thought they grow at the bottom of the ocean along with a very talkative sponge

[@FSVR54]

It's amazing seeing young people releasing incredible historical content. Your stuff is absolutely ace! Keep doing your thing, this is what the world needs.

[@spaghettiking7312]

You know I really didn't think this video would begin with "The pineapple," but I was wrong.

[@dogwelder9699]

Spaghetti

[@shookshibe]

Biggest flex to medieval europeans is to just throw away nutmeg and a few pineapples

[@realyoriginalchanel3218]

Medieval Europe didn't know what pineapples are, they were discovered in the age of discovery (aka begging of modern age)

[@franciscogutierrez818]

This video made me go to the store and buy a pineapple and now I'm watching it again while eating it. I'm such royalty

[@racket753]

The pineapple I believe what’s originally a weapon of mass destruction due to its spiny exterior and hard shell, but god realized that man was not ready to handle such terrible power, and made it a tasty treat for munching upon.

[@Mr.PepeSilvia]

And then heretics started putting it on pizza and God abondonded us

[@joannesmith2484]

@@Mr.PepeSilvia Blasphemers!

[@tadpole53]

The pineapple is also a very popular motif in vintage knitting and crochet. You've probably seen a crocheted pineapple doily before if you've ever gone to an antique store... Or your grandma's house. I think the idea was that if you couldn't afford one, you could make one!

[@greggi47]

I enjoy your videos for their historical content, and like your insertions of humor--never too much, just enough.

[@gregoryferraro7379]

And now I can buy one for a dollar. It is amazing the things we take for granted in the modern world.

[@Austin8thGenTexan]

I think about that every time I flush my toilet. Do I "do" the laundry? No. A machine does it. My grandmother told me that to do the laundry once meant building four fires in the yard, then boiling four cast iron cauldrons of water. If some ashes blew into your rinse water ( #4 cauldron), you had to begin all over again... 😳

[@Alusnovalotus]

You Europeans (and descendants).

[@customsongmaker]

@@Alusnovalotus yes Europeans are another thing you take for granted. Without Europeans, you wouldn't have youtube or rights.

[@Alusnovalotus]

@@customsongmaker or measles, Covid and global warming. Or the concept of white privilege. Thanks for the reminder. 😏

[@customsongmaker]

@@Alusnovalotus - you must really hate non-white people, if you believe that being white is superior and a privilege

[@PASTRAMIKick]

Most of the World: Anana English: Pineapple Mexican Spanish: Piña

[@moreno909bruno8]

Portuguese: Abacaxi

[@PASTRAMIKick]

@@moreno909bruno8 Té vs Cha

[@edwardcardozo8325]

Paraguayan: Avakashí

[@PASTRAMIKick]

@@Winterfang I think it's actually better that it's an entire new letter, because it replaces the long nn from the old latin, which sounds almost the same as "n" but the length of the sound defines different words such as annus and anus, one meaning year and the other one... well you can guess, old spanish also used nn.

[@natalierichardson7317]

My great grandmother has the the best story of the first time she eat a pineapple. It's was in 1917 when's her mother took the family on a steam ship to immigrate to Australia from Finland. She was 9 at the time. When they got to a tropical land on the journey. Local boats came up to the steam boat to sell there good and one of the boats had whole pineapple for sale my grandmother begged her mother for the money to buy one because everyone on the ship was getting them. My great great grandmother said 'Pineapples are some to look at not eat' buy my great grandmother persist and brought one. The children sat down and eat it. And after being told by their mother 'You begged for you eat it' they all decide they hated pineapple. They hurt you month. It wasn't until they got to Australia and meet up with their father who by now worked on a pineapple farm. Told them you have to peel the pineapple. You can't eat the skin. I didn't know my great grandmother she passed away when I was 3. But everytime I see a pineapple I aways think of her.

[@gamersvalley9976]

Wow that's a cool story.

[@alemalvina7624]

Awesome!

[@lbell1703]

I love the poll you made 🤣😭 That's so funny. I just love that it was out of context for everyone.

[@alemalvina7624]

Im from Uruguay, Colder country to brazil only imported Pinneaples and quite expensive, really not an everyday fruit. A couple years ago i moved to Rio de Janeiro where is a way more common fruit. The first day i moved to my apartment i went to the market to put some things on my empty fridge, i discovered pinneaples at about 1/5 of the price i was used to pay in my native country so naturally i came back to my apartment with 5 pineapples, i filled half of my fridge (single guy fridge so not too big to begin with) with Pineapples. I went for a walk and when i came back open the fridge and tought "What the hell was i thinking?"🤣

[@gbalph4]

Alright I’m so rich I eat fresh pineapples often.

[@Sgt_ioiwsl]

Hello mr. bezos

[@viciousKev]

Whoa Rockefeller

[@downwithtrudeau]

I'm in the 1% that juices pineapples

[@alukuhito]

What's so good about being rich?

[@bagel4944]

@@alukuhito you get to eat pineapples

[@Inddesign]

Each time i see a Person peeling or cutting a pineaple badly i cringe hahaha fortunately i can consume it fresh and in all seasons, a little perk for being southamerican. Long live to pineaple/ananá!

[@Seanonyoutube]

Where I live we have a version with an edible core so you can just cut right through it and eat it all.

[@riograndedosulball248]

The wild ananas bushes in my backyard should have been a clue that pineapples are native to southern Brazil. Oh well. They don't taste anything like a pineapple though.

[@chimochills]

Pineapples are actually the only known food we eat that actively digests us. That is why after eating pineapple many people get sore gums and swollen lips. It is the pineapple 'eating' the flesh layer off of the inside of your mouth.

[@Seanonyoutube]

Is that bad or good for our health?

[@jepso3815]

@@Seanonyoutube as long as you dont eat too much pineapple it doesnt really matter.

[@Seanonyoutube]

@@jepso3815 I eat about one small one every week. Is that a lot or a little?

[@jepso3815]

@@Seanonyoutube as long as you don't experience the pain in your mouth (from too much pineapple) you're completely fine

[@Seanonyoutube]

@@jepso3815 the one we have is called sugarloaf and is much less acidic.

[@mobiledev6037]

Crazy to think it was cheaper to buy a house than a Pineapple back then.

[@NotASovietSpy1]

unless your spongebob

[@Inddesign]

First time i arrive early to a video of this channel, love the contents of this channel. thanks for the upload!

[@alemalvina7624]

In spanish both piña (that also means pinecone) and Ananá is used. Some countries uses piña and others use Ananá.

[@davidnaef1]

the british gardeners started to build speciific types of green houses to match the needs of pineapples. it could have been great content for this video. the quality of glass windows and a tricky way of heating, plus the consideration of seasonal light types were all part of those early experiments on growing the fruit. regards

[@peggyt1243]

Yes the British were leaders in so many ways.

[@SLINGSHOTWORLDTV]

A big conservatory attached Blenheim Palace, is called The Orangery. Citrus was another status symbol, later...

[@worldtraveler930]

I was always of the mindset that the pineapple was originally a product of Hawaii.

[@realyoriginalchanel3218]

The pineapple was imported to hawai and killed off almost all of its native fruits

[@6688ya]

Just the like the u.s. imperial war machine Arrive in Hawaii and dethrone the queen...

[@izyj.8679]

I remember flying into a central American country and the airport was surrounded by pineapples. Rows and rows of pineapples passing by as we're landing.

[@oscartango2348]

From an expensive delicacy for kings, to the number one pizza topping in the United States. Amazing.

[@mpetersen6]

Number one? I highly doubt that. Most common after cheese and sausage is probably onions. But in actuality the most common is tomato sauce of some type.

[@IwannaDomyCrush]

@@mpetersen6 he was joking

[@johnnyswimbait423]

IWannaDomyCrush...or he likes pineapples?

[@rockhound3.14]

Indubitably

[@johndoe5432]

7:25 Holy shit I was not expecting to laugh that hard.

[@racket753]

I like to picture you eating the pineapple with a comically sized hat and a comically large spoon

[@atem_yg]

Are you the same 'James Bissonatte' who funds History Matters ?? Man, you must be rich !!

[@22slice]

No way....It's actually him

[@randomperson6988]

I really hope it’s actually him, this account is only 6 months old so idk

[@Fireoflearning]

I don't know what that means, but thank you, I think

[@racket753]

@@Fireoflearning When are you going to upload the history of sex

[@geoffreysavitz1278]

Pineapple has always been my favorite fruit. Here in my home town, there is a Colonial Palace, where the pineapple is depicted on the art and carvings many times. Several coins and jewelry of the period also depicte the pineapple prominently.

[@Pikkabuu]

I see that you decided to avoid the can of worms that pineapples bring with them. Does it or does it not belong to a pizza. But I understand that you have to walk carefully in KZbin as a historian and avoid such hotly debated issues.

[@Fireoflearning]

Yes it most definitely does

[@m0nkeybusiness619]

@@Fireoflearning bold statement

[@realityshotgun]

@@m0nkeybusiness619 But it's so easy to say because it's so true. Is it a bold statement to assert the blueness of the sky?

[@flamesofjihad4069]

@@realityshotgun hear hear!

[@MeanLaQueefa]

@@m0nkeybusiness619 That’s a man with conviction. 🍍 🍕. Here here

[@ndlmous]

So...... I ordered a rental pineapple and you guys still haven't sent it.... I'm starting to feel like you might have sold me a lemon

[@d.c.8828]

Damn I was looking forward to that pineapple rental discount :-/

[@theophrastus3.056]

You can have some fun in Hawaii by asking tourist if they'd like to pose in front of a "pineapple tree". There's a tree there that produces a fruit that resembles a pineapple. It's the pandanus tree, and the locals call it the "tourist pineapple". [pandanus tectorius]

[@2.7petabytes]

In refinishing the wooden entryway of an old mansion many years ago, I stripped about 30 layers of paint and found in the middle of a sun ray pattern a pineapple! I talked to homeowner into allowing me to staying and finish it, so as to display its beauty!

[@bobalicious2696]

Having visited the Dole plantation on Oahu, I have NEVER tasted such delicious pineapple as from a FRESH pineapple. Once it's picked and starts to age, I guess it starts getting acidic. Very, very sweet when fresh. Also, not sure if you do engineering videos, but the machine at the Dole plant that cores, deskins, cuts, and chops the pineapple is a marvel of engineering. If I can remember correctly, it was designed by a Japanese fellow named Tanaka (?). This machine slices the top and bottom of the pineapple off, cuts the outer layer of skin off, and cores the fruit (I can't remember if it slices it as well) before spitting it out the other end. Designed in the '50's and no one has been able to improve on it since (and yes, there have been open design competitions).

[@gabrielinague3026]

World: "ananas", "piña", "pineapple". Brazil (where pineapple is native and was first domesticated, although is curiously missing in the video): "abacaxi" (pronunciation: "ah-bah-cah-shee; Tupian for "smelly fruit").

[@Kordon87]

Good to see you back!

[@infinidominion]

Me: scrolling for vid of interest Fire of Learning: "weird pineapple history!" Me: instant click

[@pineappleboy9245]

Finally a video that speaks to me

[@PineappleDevourer]

You cannot hide from me.

[@riograndedosulball248]

Huh, so it looks like the pineapple is indeed native to my geographic location! The wild ananas bushes in my backyard should have been a clue of it

[@andarilho_31]

Abacaxi é nativo do meu estado do Paraná 👍

[@riograndedosulball248]

@@andarilho_31 ...It's native to the whole area of the southern Atlantic forest, karen.

[@andarilho_31]

@@riograndedosulball248 I'm joking lol. E pq tu tá falando em inglês comigo kk

[@BrianSmith-ez9kj]

I remember being 10 or so, reading Mutiny On the Bounty (and some other books from that time period) where they kept talking about an important commodity, Breadfruit- no home computers in 1980's, so after being puzzled after my 3rd read of Munity, I finally Looked it up in the Encyclopedia, and Learned that Breadfruit was an early British and European word for Pineapple- It was seen as Loaf-Like shaped, and cut in slices (rings)

[@joebombero1]

It is a separate plant. It is the fruit of a small tree.

[@eyeonlife]

Azorean pineapple is on another level!

[@src3360]

I have 5 pineapple bushes on my property in Florida. They are at least 5 years old and ive probably had 1 pineapple from each. They really havent produced anymore fruits. The "bush" looks just like the top of the fruit just much bigger. A tiny pineapple emerges from the center on a stalk and goes from the size of a golf ball to full size, its pretty neat. And.... all of my bushes were grown from the tops of pineapples I purchased at the store!! They were very easy to start

[@scallopohare9431]

There's a process of getting fruit ready to eat called "bletting." Basically, it means ever so slightly rotten. Pineapple very much benefits from a white mold on the skin. This probably explains why the ones that did make it to Europe or North America made a big impression of sweetness.

[@Numba003]

It's so interesting to learn about the little niches of history like this; things you often don't get in the general surveys of history. Thank you for all the quality content. Stay well out there everybody, and God bless you friends! :)

[@Mr.internet.Lag.]

I can't wait for froggy on a pineapple day to become a nationally recognized holiday it's very important to our culture

[@willsurely]

this is my second video after the subscription with my first video was the strawberry, and your content is so interesting. cheers and I hope you have a good reception from everyone! Ill keep watching.

[@CourtneyCoulson]

I always thought the pineapple was from Hawaii, it seems so tropical.

[@POLITICUS-DANICUS]

*american moment* don't lie. You thought it was hawaiian because of the hawaii pizza.

[@CourtneyCoulson]

@@POLITICUS-DANICUS yeah, maybe that's what I was thinking about subconsciously. I forgot Hawaiian pizza existed, haven't had pizza in decades.

[@ggl2947]

Well, it's actually native to a tropical place between the borders of Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay

[@princesslegarreta913]

For you only Polynesia is tropical? Because pineapple is tropical, is native to south america and been used in caribbean for centuries before spanish invation.

[@fifthrider]

One of the best lines in The Tick: "Welcome to Pokoponesia, famous for our pineapples and sharks. ...mostly the sharks."

[@derghaze2862]

oh man this is really making me want to crack a can of Dole pineapples

[@lebleu8843]

This is the quality content I subbed for.

[@TopFix]

Sometimes it still feels like $8,000 with the amount they charge for it as an add-on these days.

[@MeanLaQueefa]

I get them for $1.99 in Wisconsin grown by Dole in Costa Rica.

[@DirtyMardi]

Could you also maybe do a video about the history of citrus fruits? Now that’s really interesting topic. Almost all of current citrus fruits are a result of selective breeding, although so are many other fruits as well.

[@joebombero1]

Good idea. I had a kind of mini-orange tree in Texas. I liked the fruit, a little sour. I learned Filipinos call it "kalamansi". I started to research into it - wow. A whole rabbit hole there.

[@ProBackgammonequipment]

People rent wheels for their car so not surprising.

[@Sgt_ioiwsl]

That makes sense, but renting a pineapple?

[@ProBackgammonequipment]

@@Sgt_ioiwsl the same idea, renting something you don't need just to pretend you're well off.

[@d.c.8828]

This is the content I'm living for.

[@kelblueskies3937]

I swear I remember a pineapple porcelain dish or ash try when I was a kid.

[@spencert.3636]

Loved the disclaimer about the Pineapple Rental Store joke, you never know anymore

[@TopFix]

The soulmate of the Pizza.

[@bingoreddraaz7363]

You deserve a thumb's up 👍. So, you got one!

[@titanjew]

Bananas without the b are just pineapple

[@l.u.i.s._.8452]

Pineapple: *exist* All rich nobles of Europe: this is some really gourmet shit

[@beebop9808]

Cool! I do know you haven't tasted a piece of heaven until you've eaten a pineapple ripened on the plant. Everyone should take the time to grow at least one in their lifetime. They really aren't that difficult to grow. They don't require very much food or water. Can handle quite a bit of surprisingly cold weather but best brought indoors if in a cold climate. Every single one that I have ever grown always fluoresced (blooms) on Christmas day the second year after starting the plant. How the plant figures that out, I have not a clue but they certainly do. The fruit blessed by Jesus Christ himself. :)

[@infoscholar5221]

Great channel, great information!

[@drpepper3838]

Do a video about the tulip mania!!

[@markiangooley]

When the railroad reached Florida, a man called Jensen started producing pineapples relatively far north in what’s now Jensen Beach. Supplied much of the east coast of the USA until a serious freeze killed the plants and a series of other disasters hit. Backyard fruit is common now in the area, that’s all.

[@Bando-fx4mf]

Pineapple grows in backyards?

[@unclepat69]

Finally, an answer to the question "what would you bring with you if you were time travelling to the past."

[@iwilltrytotry]

interesting subject, and well presented. i'm glad i stumbled across your channel.

[@joebaumgart1146]

So Time Travelers, buy some Pineapples and Bananas. Use these as offerings to stay as a guest in peoples houses.

[@fearvo]

Fantastic micro documentary. Love this stuff

[@selkie76]

I'm sat eating a whole pot of pineapple chunks while watching this video - my decadence is beyond the ken of mortal man! ^o^

[@thetedmang]

If you look at classic New England architecture, specifically rowhomes from the 1800's, you will see pineapples every where -- painted on walls, iron pineapple casts on outdoor fencing and pineapples carved in stone on the building facades.

[@jasondouglas6755]

It is also the home of the elusive Sea sponge and Domesticated Snail

[@hafizfirliansyah7784]

Ah,yes

[@OG-dungeon-skeleton]

I've never heard somebody refer to a pineapple as "very wholesome" before. But I think we can all appreciate the honesty.

[@racket753]

History of China when

[@edmundironside9435]

Maybe after you become his patreon

[@larrybrennan1463]

In the late Nineteenth Century, pineapples were grown in south Florida. The Florida East Coast Railway adopted the fruit as part of its logo. Newspapers reported carloads of "pines" being shipped north, but better growing conditions in Cuba and Central America America eventually put an end to the mass cultivation in the state. Although they are still grown in Florida, it is mostly one or two plants in someone's garden, since they are cultivated by planting the top of the fruit, which takes root. We had a couple in our backyard in Orlando. Pineapples are related to Spanish moss, which is more likely to be associated with Florida.

[@bonisamuel1]

Pineapples, from the king of the fruits to the destroyer of pizzas.

[@saynotop2w]

*enhancer

[@Klipse11]

Thank you for this new channel find algorithm!

[@user-joe865]

We all know that spongebob was the real reason for all of this

[@othmaneelkhachia1121]

That is a really intresting topic indeed keep up the awesome content