When Pineapples Used To Cost Thousands of Dollars

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  • Опубліковано 2 лис 2023
  • When pineapples were first discovered by Europeans, they became the ultimate symbol of status. The wealthy paid thousands of dollars just to display one at their parties. People would even rent them by the hour. In this video we will explore the rise and fall of the status pineapple, from discovery to mass cultivation.
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  • @deborahberger5816
    @deborahberger5816 7 місяців тому +4

    When I was growing up in a small town in Pennsylvania, bell peppers were known as "mangoes" -- as in "mangoes on sale today, 2 for 50¢." I looked it up recently, and learned that the early settlers of the town had never seen any exotic tropical fruits at all, so many of them were lumped together under "mangoes." Pineapples were pineapples, although the word was sometimes pronounced "pinesapples."
    I have just decided to watch all your videos!

  • @lukethompson7970
    @lukethompson7970 3 місяці тому +5

    Pineapple definitely belongs on pizza!

  • @frankcrosby6222
    @frankcrosby6222 8 місяців тому +1

    New subscriber :) i love me some history, especially when it comes to my favorite fruit!

  • @Ilovevintage77
    @Ilovevintage77 18 днів тому

    When reading Laura Ingalls Wilder as a little girl, they were fascinated to open up a tin can of peaches and each saver the delicious taste of 1/2 peach in syrup. There was a whole episode just about that in her books. Another time they talked extensively about oranges. I always thought that was a little weird as a kid. Now I understand, exotic fruits were a rare delicacy, and a privilege.!!

  • @thaisgregorio2734
    @thaisgregorio2734 7 місяців тому +1

    Wow, this is all very interesting

  • @sugarplum5824
    @sugarplum5824 5 місяців тому

    Being a native Virginian, I now understand why pineapples were so often depicted or stylised in Colonial decorating...it was a status symbol amongst the wealthy gentry. 🍍

  • @stephoso
    @stephoso 2 місяці тому +2

    Native Americans created every type of food that brought life to the culinary world. Pineapples, Peanuts, Corn, Potatoes, Chocolate, Vanilla, Avocados, the list goes on and on. In return, they received the worst genocide on record that is still actively denied. Tsktsk

  • @qrowfall4641
    @qrowfall4641 9 місяців тому +2

    I’m watching this while eating moonshine pineapples lmao. Oh how things have changed. Once a fruit of virtue and now something soaking in alcohol 😅

    • @VespasianJudea
      @VespasianJudea 8 місяців тому

      There’s no shame in that. Do you think the Peruvians didn’t ferment the original pineapples into alcohol? They had to have. In fact, they probably had the closest thing to a hairy Buffalo that we enjoy today 😂

    • @Theturtleowl
      @Theturtleowl 6 місяців тому

      Bet the 17th century would be so jealous. Image how long your pineapple will be eatable.

  • @reneegriffin8904
    @reneegriffin8904 3 місяці тому +1

    Is this why whole candied pineapple exists? Preserve it so it could be displayed for much longer stretches?

    • @Historidame
      @Historidame  3 місяці тому

      Honestly, I'm not sure. I didn't see anything about that in my research.

    • @upeng8222
      @upeng8222 2 місяці тому

      You can easily get pineapple in a can 😊 or pineapple tarts or pineapple juice 😊

  •  6 місяців тому

    When I visited Malasia I saw pinaples in the porch , entrance of houses and restaurants , and used as a decoration. Asked locals and they where confused as in "it's for new year decoration of course". Pinaple would "bring fortune and luck" to those who display it. So this is not just and european thing from the past (maybe?).

  • @findjoselyn
    @findjoselyn 2 місяці тому

    🍍🍍🍍

  • @VespasianJudea
    @VespasianJudea 8 місяців тому +1

    It’s always cool until the yokels can do it 😂

  • @kyleanuar9090
    @kyleanuar9090 3 місяці тому

    Eastern German only discovered pineapple after the German unification which was only a few decades ago.

  • @Theturtleowl
    @Theturtleowl 6 місяців тому

    Just wait until the Europeans find out bananas are a thing.