[Sca-cooks] Pineapples and their adoption in Europe

[Stefan li Rous]

I guess I wasn't as clear as I thought in my original message. I  
originally missed the point that the article being mentioned was  
talking about pineapple being accepted in England, not in the Old  
World. I realized this after checking my file, however I thought I'd  
show folks on this list that, lest they make the assumption that  
pineapple was not known in period, that this wasn't the case. And  
give a few more interesting facts about pineapple history which were  
in the article I quoted.

However, Bear is correct that even then I missed the fact that the  
article was talking about growth of the pineapple market in England  
and not just their first use.

Perhaps some of my original message or the resulting messages were of  
interest though. Some of the resulting messages, which contain new  
material, has been saved to be added to the pineapples-msg file in  
the future.

Stefan
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Back from my morning MRI appointment.
Bear is correct in that article is more on the adoption of
the pineapple in the late 17th to mid 18th centuries in England.
There are of course many other early references. A good summary
of these is in a book called The Duchess of Malfi's Apricots and
Other Literary Fruits. http://www.sc.edu/uscpress/2001/3417.html

Johnnae

Terry Decker wrote:
 > No, it says "one of the earliest references in 1674," leaving the
 > door open
 > for earlier references.  Since the first English pineapple was
 > grown in 1661
 > by John Rose, there are obviously earlier references.  From the
 > blurb, the
 > article is about the growth of the English pineapple market, not
 > about the
 > absolute history of the pineapple in Europe, so the references will
 > be to
 > pineapples in England rather than pineapples in Europe.snipped
 > Bear
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