Pineapples and Citrus Fruits
 

People, a pineapple is not a citrus fruit.

A MacDonalds ad was annoying me to the point where I actually wanted to scream at the radio "I know your clientele is probably mostly pretty dumb but really, what dickhead advertising exec would let an ad slip past that says "citrus fruits like orange and pineapple"?!!!!!!!11!111!!" It doesn't look or taste anything like a citrus fruit, dumbass. Of course I would never really do that. I just turn the radio off. Meekly.

So then I was giving that as an example of stupidity to my generally not-so-dumb friend who says "well aren't they"? No, of course not! "Well what are they then?" "well, they're in their own category, they're bromeliads...... "Well what else is in that group?" Not a lot, really......

To sum it up, she's still going to consider it a citrus fruit, despite knowing better. She also denies that pineapple goes with cheese, but I will reeducate her there....

So I googled to see how common a misconception that was and I was shocked. Horrified I tell you. It seems a squillion people think that pineapple is a citrus fruit and turn to the internet for confirmation when confronted with the TRUTH ABOUT PINEAPPLES. And there are a few people as horrified as I am that anyone could ever think that. It would be less shocking if people though pineapples were apples that grew on pine trees. really. But the "fact" that Pineapples are citrus fruits just seem to be one of those things that people accept.

So I want to know -assuming you now know and accept that pineapple is not a citrus fruit, did you ever think it was and where were you brought up? See, I'm wondering if it's a cultural thing. Like thinking maple syrup and bacon belong on the same plate.

I have never believed pineapple was a citrus fruit.
That's like asking when I decided I was heterosexual (actually I can answer that question)

But I didn't find out you could eat pineapple on pizza until I was 14.
I was aware that some people did before that of course, but I didn't actually believe it.

Working at Deep Pan Pizza was my road to Damascus experience.

I never really thought of them as a citrus fruit, but I can kind of see it.

Now you're an eatdant. The pineapple are just doing their jobs.

(OK OK I'll stop...sorry but I'm laughing my head off. Dont' hate me because I'm pitiful.)

I did think pineapple was citrus. I didn't think they were from the continental US but rather the Hawaiis and the like. What do I know from pineapple, except they're yum.

And maple syrup is ok with bacon, but better with sausage. :yum:

you see and this is what's weird, citrus grow here and pineapples don't. I'd find it easier to understand if it was just a case of lumping all foreign orange/yellow fruits together......

You can remember this by thinking "citrus...it ends in the U.S."

:p:

I never really thought about it.

Seriously only a tard would think they are citrus. Sure, they're slightly acidic, but that doesn't make them citrus otherwise vinegar would be a citrus and so would some tomatoes.

FFS, What the fuck happened to no child left behind? I thought we were supposed to educate people here.

you totally should be a teacher. You'd have great fun teaching the kids all sorts of stuff that you just made up. Especially words.

google it. see just how often that question has been asked. it's scary.

And now look, thanks to this thread we'll be inundated by teentards looking for the answer so we can do their fruity homework for them

The same people probably think eggs are dairy.

right. that's another one that's a little weird, but I sorta thought people knew they weren't dairy but were just kept in the dairy section because of the fridge thing. Maybe I assume too much.... I certainly consume too much....

I wonder if it's the bacon-eating vegetarians?

I voted "nothing alike - American" because pineapples are obviously not citrus and I never thought they were, but the flesh is a little similar in its fibrous juicyness and color. Like glatt, I can kind of see it.

I suspect it's more lumping acidic fruits together. Most acidic fruits people know are citrus - oranges, lemons, limes, grapefruit...

But you are correct. And I knew it. But I'd have had to look up the word bromeliad.

I kind of lump eggs in with dairy, because they occupy the same fridge space and usually come from the same farms as the milk. So, the milk and eggs at my local store are all from the same Yorkshire dairy. Consequently they kind of occupy the same thought space for me.

But I wouldn't categorise eggs as dairy for dietary purposes.

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. ...


Don't like citrus fruit with cheese. That totally doesn't work. So it's probably as well that pineapples aren't remotely citrusy.

So it's not a cultural thing. Has anyone else heard that macdonalds ad? Has anyone else heard of people thinking the were citrus fruit? Apart from Shawnee, who gets a pass 'cause she's special. maybe it's an ohiaiaiaian thing. isn't it weird how Hawaiian and Ohiaiaian sound similar and yet.....

Or pulpy fruits. How do pineapple bear NO resemblance to citrus? Pulp. Acid. Juicy. Fibrous. Core. Only thing different is the exterior and we know not to judge a fruit by its cover.

Because seriously, citrus is a word we all know. I wasn't taught they were bromeliad and citrus is such a nice citrusy word. I would think of pineapple as a citrus due to pulp and acid and an inedible exterior.

You don't hear about Bromeliad air fresheners with the power of Pineapple.

So I learned something completely new today.

Eggs? Dairy? No. They're just eggs.

Ohhaihaian. It's a little known fact that Ohio was originally an Hawaiian island. No one thinks that because we don't have the same pulp or the acidic value. Some people actually think we're 'midwesterners.' HA!

Bromeliad's not a very sexy word. I gave the same frend a bromeliad houseplant for Christmas. that's how the word was in an accessible part of my consciousness, I think...

all i know is S123's chicken pineapple recipe is da B.O.M.B.

that's weird. pineapples don't even grow on trees.

people think tomatoes are vegetables, too. people R dum

I didn't know coconuts were a citrus, either.

And bananas are a fleshy meat.

String beans, even though they have strings, actually come from the woodwind section.

'Cause really, people R dum because they don't know weird food classifications? :lol:

Do most people know that bananas grow "upwards"? I did a project on bananas and the teacher informed me that I was mistaken that bananas grow upwards. I wish we'd had the interwebs back then. makes it much a little harder for teachers to be so wrong.

http://www.comeintomyparlor.com/the_...anana_tree.jpg

or did I just post that picture upside down by mistake? :lol:

all i know is that if it tastes good? immona eat it.

you're quite correct.

people R ignorant. (including me, okay? this is not directed at you--just messing around)

did you know that a banana is actually an herb? and that they are all clones?

jinx told me that. i did not fact check her.

I knew they were clones -there's a danger of disappearing altogether because if there's a banana blight there won't be resistant strains because they're all the same.... or something. But I didn't know they were herbs and when I googled that it seems that the plants are herbs rather than trees, but bananas are still a fruit.

hmm, according to WikiP, pineapple does contain citric acid. It is pretty sour, so I can see where the similarities are.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pineapple

I heard that clone thing before.

These are not the clones you are looking for

ahahahahahah

Bitch I was sipping a baileys.


Fucking burning nose and throat now.

so we can dry out the skins and smoke'em?

ok never mind :bolt:

okay, I wouldn't call a banana an "herb" but it does come from an herbaceous plant, just like a carrot:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbaceous_plant

am learning much! (sick at home today)

I heard the clone thing and the disappearing thing. But I also heard the disappearing thing is a myth and that there are tons of varieties out there, and that they would just have to plant new ones but it would take a while to ramp up.

I'm scared of banana plants. spiders live there.

Spiders live everywhere. Or are the banana plants in league with them? Shh, she's comng, quick, hide in my herby folds and jump out when I wiggle my left banana. No, the other left..... well put one leg behind each banana then. Srsly, you're too slow, she's gone already.... why don't you weave a web in my fronds that says something special. like "whale penis". That'll get her good.....

big, scary spiders. dinner plate size.

ETA: i scared myself googling this. This thread was making me hungry--now I'm too scared to eat!

banana spiders are on them!

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Qm2i8mXTjh...der-780243.jpg

Pineapples are not the only fruit...

Fridge Spiders would be a useful weight loss tool. Anyone up for a little genetic tinkering?

talking about the chicken pineapple kabobs made me go to the store to make them for supper......

I came to believe that pineapples were citrus because they were one of the flavors in Citrus Lifesavers.

FTFY

Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu jim. Now I'm going to have serious nightmares. Jebus of Bog. Crap!

Hahahaha @ UT. Yeah, right? It's as it should be! And those are the best lifesavers.

Glad you're lovin' the kebabs, plt! :)

oh hellstotheyeah! have'em ready to go. waiting on the grill to heat up. it's a balmy 60 degrees here so firing up the grill is a no brainer.

i made 6 kabobs and grilled the left over chicken. not. one. bite. left.

I can't take your poll... I had never really thought about it before, but I wouldn't have gotten the answer correct if I'd been asked. We never had "proper fruit classification" class in my school. Sorry monster.

it's ok, I forgive you. Just remember, when life throws you pineapples, make pineappleade.

Dang, people, pineapples grow up from the ground like cabbages. Citrus fruits grow from branches on woody trees. Milk does not come from, but only via, convenience stores. Ketchup is not a vegetable.

Oh and not only do we put pineapple on pizza, we put in on hamburgers as well. But heck, we put beetroot on burgers too, sometimes.

beetroot is not the troot of a bee, either.

We do the pineapple on burger thing over here. It's usualy listed as a hawaian burger ;p

You would not believe how many people--very normal, educated people, mind you--have said to me, "Eggs? But I thought you said he couldn't have dairy."

To which I always reply, "It's okay, as long as we don't milk the chickens."

And still, a stunning number just nod and say, "Oh, okay."

Ha!

I admit I never would've thunk of eggs as dairy, but my internal jury is still out on the pineapples as not citrus thing. ;)

One of my farmer friends was at a market in NYC and a woman asked her what the chickens ate. The farmer told her "Grain, oyster shells, and they run around and eat a lot of insects and grubs."
The woman freaked out "You let them eat insects? That's disgusting."
"Well, they're chickens, that's what birds eat. Insects."
The woman shot back, "Chickens aren't birds. What's wrong with you?" and she stormed off.

Anybody other than me (and perhaps Rich Levy) getting the chuckles over someone named glatt asking what's kosher?

I liked the irony.

Why, what does 'glatt' mean? Is he Jewish? :confused:

(Was that an offensive question? I don't know any of this stuff.)

It's an old nickname. It means "smooth." I'm not Jewish or smooth. But glatt's some sort of strict dietary thing for Jews. Like kosher but more more so.

My name has nothing to do with that. But it's spelled the same.