The Magic of Pineapples: Knowing More About Pineapples The Magic of Pineapples: Knowing More About Pineapples

The Magic of Pineapples: Knowing More About Pineapples

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Table of Contents

Introduction
Different Varieties of Pineapples
Growing Pineapples
The Pineapple Fruit
Mature Fruit
Feeding your pineapple plant
Testing for Ripeness
Marketing Your Fruit Fresh
How to Slice a Pineapple.
Nutritive value of Pineapples
Fruit Rings –
Pineapples to Heal
Protection against the summer
Traditional Pineapple Dishes
Oriental Pineapple Rice
Hawaiian Salad
Conclusion
Author Bio
Publisher

Introduction

My fascination with pineapples – Ananas comosus – started very early, especially because they were part and parcel of my childhood. Living in a tropical region means that you are going to have plenty of juicy tropical fruit to eat throughout the year, but pineapples were quite something else. Firstly you needed to get somebody to slice them, then you diced them, and then you either juiced the rich succulent pulp inside, or just ate them raw without juicing.

When I was about 6 years old, an aunt who was living in the Philippines at that time, send me and my brother beautifully embroidered dresses made out of pineapple leaf fiber. These were a barong tagalog (Baro, for short and not Barong) for him and a Baro’t Saya for me. Apart from that we were often sent beautiful pineapple fiber –Pina- clothes, which were so durable that they lasted me until I went to University and even after that.

I liked these shirts very much, because of their very interesting history. According to a story I had heard, the Philippines were a distant colony of Spain. So the conquerors had to be different, had not they. They put out an edict. Only pure blood Spaniards could tuck in their shirts in their trousers. The conquered natives had to wear their shirts outside as a symbol of slavery. But the Philippinos were, as any brave race, very ingenuous. All these shirts were embroidered so beautifully that they became glorious works of art.

So the Spaniards could have their unadorned tucked in shirts, but the natives wore their baros proudly. Alas, nearly 3 decades down the line, those embroidered Baros have disappeared from the Filipino markets. So sad to see a proud tradition die out.

GENRE
Lifestyle & Home
RELEASED
2015
January 19
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
25
Pages
PUBLISHER
Mendon Cottage Books
SELLER
Draft2Digital, LLC
SIZE
1.2
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