Pineapple: everything you ever wanted to know and never dared to ask

Pineapple is good and contains substances that are good for our body. It is no coincidence that it is one of the most loved fruits, but are you sure you know everything about pineapple? Here are some curiosities.

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Pineapple is good and contains substances that are good for our body. It is no coincidence that he is one of the most loved fruits, but are you sure you know everything about pineapple? Here are some curiosities.





Helps strengthen bones thanks to football which it contains, improves digestion because it contains bromelain, an enzyme useful for digesting proteins, yet it is poor in fat and calories, it is fresh, hydrates and remineralizes because it also has beta-carotene, potassium and phosphorus. In short, pineapple is a panacea for our body and it is no coincidence that it has really conquered the world.

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The curious history of its name

pineapple comosus is the scientific name of pineapple, a tropical plant famous for its "thorny crown". Today it is eaten all over the world, but in fact it is not called that all over the world. Pineapple belongs to the Bromeliaceae family and is thought to be native to South America, Brazil and Paraguay, where it was discovered by Columbus.

It is said, in fact, that Columbo he tasted it and appreciated it so much, the Brazilian Indians Tupi Guaranì thought so too, who called it nana, a word that means exquisite, fragrant, and which the Portuguese changed to ananaz, hence the name by which we know it. they baptized piña, that is pinecone, a name that the English transformed into pineapple.

Pineapple: everything you ever wanted to know and never dared to ask

The Spanish writer talks about pineapple in his writings Gonzalo Fernandez of Oviedo who, in 1535, called her 'la dama mas bella y maravillosa del mundo vegetal', that is, the most beautiful and wonderful lady of the plant world. On the contrary, the king of Spain Charles V never tasted pineapple suspecting that there was who knows what inside it and never encouraged its trade. However, the fruit set out on its own to conquer the world.


Pineapple: everything you ever wanted to know and never dared to ask

Symbolism

Even if today it enriches our tables and is a delight for the palate, pineapple also embodies a certain symbolism. The captains of the English ships, returning from the Americas, hung a pineapple on their doorstep to warn everyone of their return.


The pineapple therefore represented the fruit of the party and if you notice, even today we eat on occasions like Christmas. Not only that, the pineapple design is used to embellish the facades of noble palaces, in the inlays of the furniture, in the garden gates and even on the rugs in front of the doors.

Pineapple: everything you ever wanted to know and never dared to ask

The pineapple-shaped village

John Murray, 1761th Earl of Dunmore, had a pineapple-shaped country house built near Airth, some forty kilometers west of Edinburgh, which he gave to his wife, Lady Charlotte Stewart, in XNUMX. in the shape of a pineapple was made ten years after the gift of the building, when the count returned from America where he had been governor of New York and Virginia. Whatever the right version today Dunmore Pineapple is one of the tourist attractions of Scotland.



Pineapple: everything you ever wanted to know and never dared to ask

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