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Aliantha 01-26-2011 11:52 PM

In all my life I have never heard anyone over here suggest that a pineapple is a citrus fruit. Maybe that's because they're very common here, as are many other tropical fruits. Actually, wouldn't a pineapple technically be a vegetable anyway? There's certainly no seed inside.

As to eggs, again, haven't heard of it as dairy, but I've heard some pretty heated discussion from hard core vegans chewing out vegetarians.

Lamplighter 01-27-2011 12:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Clodfobble (Post 708374)
Now here's a wild coincidence for you. Progressing through my Nutrition textbook just this evening, I came upon this sentence:



I still agree with the distinction of pineapple as a bromeliad, I'm just pointing out how your average person would have every reason to be misled on this topic. Even professional dietitians confuse them, it would seem.

Just another textbook out of Texas :rolleyes:

DanaC 01-27-2011 05:05 AM

That there textbook explains a lot about some of the professional dieticians/nutricianists working in the health system ;p

monster 01-27-2011 06:36 AM

@ clod Right. And that's why I was surprised, I'd never even heard of them being considered citrus before, and to find it so entrenched....

kerosene 01-27-2011 05:39 PM

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Originally Posted by DanaC (Post 707915)
And wtf? Pineapples bear no similarity to citrus fruit. And pineapple chunks go great with cheese. As do grapes; particularly with bree. And apples, particularly with cheddar. ...

I like black grapes and swiss as a dessert. Never tried pineapple with cheese, but it sounds good.

And no, pineapple is not a citrus fruit. Totally different.

TheMercenary 02-03-2011 03:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Clodfobble (Post 708374)
Now here's a wild coincidence for you. Progressing through my Nutrition textbook just this evening, I came upon this sentence:



I still agree with the distinction of pineapple as a bromeliad, I'm just pointing out how your average person would have every reason to be misled on this topic. Even professional dietitians confuse them, it would seem.

That is pretty funny...


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