Did you know pineapples belong to the berry family? The pineapple is a multiple fruit made up of coalesced berries. The name comes from its pine cone-like appearance.
Yup, they call that an aggregate fruit in botany circles. One of my favorite labs to teach is the one on fruiting structures. I go grocery shopping and bring in all kinds of fruit, nuts, seeds and we cut them open, identify different structures and arrangements of parts then we eat them! I always try to get some exotic thing that the kids have never eaten.
I would love to try some of the exotic fruits, nuts, and seeds. I did have a co-worker who was Vietnamese and she would bring stuff to work and share with me. She loved pineapple and papaya. My mouth has been sore many a time from eating too much of those goodies. I just have no sense of adventure.
to go berry picking then, in the tropics takes on a whole new perspective. Upon tasting a pina de Indies for the first time, President George Washington declared immediately it to be his favorite fruit. He meant to say berry.
Yup, they call that an aggregate fruit in botany circles. One of my favorite labs to teach is the one on fruiting structures. I go grocery shopping and bring in all kinds of fruit, nuts, seeds and we cut them open, identify different structures and arrangements of parts then we eat them! I always try to get some exotic thing that the kids have never eaten.
ReplyDeleteI would love to try some of the exotic fruits, nuts, and seeds. I did have a co-worker who was Vietnamese and she would bring stuff to work and share with me. She loved pineapple and papaya. My mouth has been sore many a time from eating too much of those goodies. I just have no sense of adventure.
ReplyDeleteto go berry picking then, in the tropics takes on a whole new perspective. Upon tasting a pina de Indies for the first time, President George Washington declared immediately it to be his favorite fruit. He meant to say berry.
ReplyDeleteI confess that I looked all that info up- not realizing that a pineapple has such a history
ReplyDeleteI haven't eaten a pineapple in years; I'm allergic to them, make my throat itch and swell up.
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