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[-] Slayan@lemmy.ca 45 points 3 months ago

Pineapple fun fact: Before selling them for consumption, pineapple merchants rented pineapples to people who couldn't afford to purchase them. Those who rented would take the pineapple to parties, not to give as a gift to the host, but to carry around and show off their apparent ability to afford such an expensive fruit.

A pineapple could cost up to 8000$ in the 1700-1800.

This fun fact has been brought to you by: Eat the rich!™

[-] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

eat the rich

I’d rather compost and eat pineapple, to be honest.

[-] RGB3x3@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Compost the rich for growing the pineapple!

[-] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 23 points 3 months ago

Luxury fruit has always been a thing. Like, for as long as humans have had trade.

[-] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 3 months ago

I like that the section on apples talks like its a new thing and not the status quo basically since we first learned to graft apple trees.

[-] Dumbkid@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 3 months ago

Let me just only have one pineapple for food this month

this post was submitted on 20 May 2024
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