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$400 for one pineapple: The rise of luxury fruit
CNN Business ^ | 05/19/2024 | Danielle Wiener-Bronner

Posted on 05/20/2024 8:00:08 AM PDT by Bon of Babble

The Rubyglow pineapple –— bred for its distinctive red exterior and its sweetness — costs $395.99 at Melissa’s Produce.

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To: Bon of Babble
My dad used to talk about how he would get an orange for Christmas. One year it was a banana.

I grew up in the tropics so I got an apple. Mmmmm was it good. Never saw a pear until I got back stateside.

41 posted on 05/20/2024 9:11:05 AM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear ( Roses are red, Violets are blue, I love being on the government watch list, along with all of you.)
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To: i_robot73

Cotton candy is simply cheap spun sugar, that’s why I likened it to a Ritz Mock Apple Pie. If you want cotton candy, have cotton candy. If you want apple pie, make apple pie.


42 posted on 05/20/2024 9:13:14 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana
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To: Valpal1

Yes, when we lived in Hawaii in the late ‘60s they practically gave away the pineapples.
25 cents each at the commissary, and they were delicious.


43 posted on 05/20/2024 9:14:37 AM PDT by Blueway
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To: xoxox

Wrong country.


44 posted on 05/20/2024 9:17:31 AM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear ( Roses are red, Violets are blue, I love being on the government watch list, along with all of you.)
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To: Bon of Babble

I always look for new varieties when shopping. $400 pineapple is a wee bit steep. I love Cara Cara oranges, Taylor’s gold pears and muscat grapes. Here where I live we get a pretty good variety of uncommon apples in the fall


45 posted on 05/20/2024 9:25:25 AM PDT by 31R1O (The people who can control themselves ought to be able to defend themselves from those who can't.)
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To: Bon of Babble

Cheap pineapple, any pineapple, stops a Gout flareup in seconds. Those six ounce cans of Pineapple juice are great to keep near. I keep three sixpacks in my car. Pineapple slices or dried pineapple also work.


46 posted on 05/20/2024 9:25:56 AM PDT by arthurus ( covfefe V)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

...so costly...

when

where

seems wrong HTB


47 posted on 05/20/2024 10:42:03 AM PDT by one guy in new jersey
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To: Bon of Babble

Imagine that bad boy on a pizza. /s


48 posted on 05/20/2024 11:17:57 AM PDT by chickenlips (Neuter your politicians)
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To: Bon of Babble

Damn pigs ate all our pineapple crop.


49 posted on 05/20/2024 11:29:37 AM PDT by doorgunner69 (When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty)
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To: one guy in new jersey
Back in the late 1700 and early 1800s in the UK.

IIRC a single pineapple was between five and ten thousand dollars in today's money.

50 posted on 05/20/2024 12:35:47 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear ( Roses are red, Violets are blue, I love being on the government watch list, along with all of you.)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

Ahhh...yes. Quite exotic.


51 posted on 05/20/2024 1:14:02 PM PDT by one guy in new jersey
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To: Bon of Babble
In the 18th Century England, pineapples were seen as a status symbol, costing thousands of pounds:

Why Pineapples Were Once Valued At Over $8,000

52 posted on 05/20/2024 1:14:15 PM PDT by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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To: mass55th

Neat link from three years ago...

https://wydaily.com/our-community/series/our-historic-home/2021/12/25/the-colonial-pineapple/


53 posted on 05/20/2024 1:17:01 PM PDT by mewzilla (Never give up; never surrender!)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

My dad mentioned this as well - he’d get one orange in his Christmas stocking - this was the height of the depression, my grandfather was unemployed and the dead of winter in Indianapolis. He was grateful to get it.

Years later, when he settled in California, he planted every variety of orange he could find - he planted the Washington navel in my own yard 30 years ago, produces the sweetest oranges on earth in the dead of winter. My well-off uncle put an orange in his kids’ Christmas stocking every year as a reminder.

Miss Dad every day and think often of that single Christmas orange.


54 posted on 05/20/2024 1:19:15 PM PDT by Bon of Babble (You Say You Want a Revolution?)
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To: Bon of Babble

Down the road $2.00 pineapples - fresh picked...


55 posted on 05/20/2024 1:28:31 PM PDT by dakine
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To: Bon of Babble

That’s not $400 for pineapple.

That’s $400 for stupid.


56 posted on 05/20/2024 1:46:15 PM PDT by moovova ("The NEXT ELECTION is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
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To: Bon of Babble

Read about this a couple months ago. They ship without the top so you can’t grow them yourself.


57 posted on 05/20/2024 6:54:10 PM PDT by Mean Daddy (Every time Hillary lies, a demon gets its wings. - Windflier)
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