What an interesting read. Who would have thought a pineapple could be so interesting. I enjoy canned crushed pineapple sometimes with cereal for breakfast. I also use it when making pineapple muffins 🍍
The exact publication of this version is uncertain since it was haphazardly republished a few times. But my hunch was that grandma was about 30 years old with a 1 year old and still had time to put her recipe into the ladies cookbook.
"But the scaly sweet was too valuable to eat - a single fruit was worth thousands of pounds and often the same pineapple would be paraded from event to event until it eventually went rotten.
"Later, a roaring trade in pineapple rental developed, where ambitious but less well-off folk might hire one for a special event, dinner party or even just to jauntily tuck under an arm on a show-off stroll."
What an interesting read. Who would have thought a pineapple could be so interesting. I enjoy canned crushed pineapple sometimes with cereal for breakfast. I also use it when making pineapple muffins 🍍
My relationship with pineapple is quite mixed. I famously ruined the Easter ham by using real pineapple instead of canned pineapple.
I do love coming across old family recipes in community cookbooks! Thanks for sharing this one, and the timeline of pineapple!
The exact publication of this version is uncertain since it was haphazardly republished a few times. But my hunch was that grandma was about 30 years old with a 1 year old and still had time to put her recipe into the ladies cookbook.
I have read of pineapples for hire - eg in this BBC article : https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-53432877
"But the scaly sweet was too valuable to eat - a single fruit was worth thousands of pounds and often the same pineapple would be paraded from event to event until it eventually went rotten.
"Later, a roaring trade in pineapple rental developed, where ambitious but less well-off folk might hire one for a special event, dinner party or even just to jauntily tuck under an arm on a show-off stroll."
Pineapple upside down cake was my Dad's favorite! Love the old recipe books, too.