54 - When Pineapples Were Status Symbols
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54 - When Pineapples Were Status Symbols
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Today, we’ll track the pineapples voyage across the seas and into the history books as it became synonymous with the very peak of royal de rigeour.
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Sources for this episode's research:
- https://www.thedailymeal.com/1233796/in-the-1700s-pineapples-were-wildly-expensive-symbols-of-prosperity/
- https://www.britannica.com/plant/pineapple
- https://www.bimstore.co/resources/10-facts-about-pineapples
- https://www.tastesofhistory.co.uk/post/a-brief-history-of-foods-pineapple
- https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2018/04/25/the-strange-history-of-the-king-pine/
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3-uKgiyE3Y
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pineapple#:~:text=Precolonial%20cultivation,-The%20wild%20plant&text=By%20the%20late%201400s%2C%20cropped,it%20into%20India%20by%201550.
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