# Pineapple - does anyone not like it? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 3, 2012, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pineapple-does-anyone-not-like-it/630254 "2012-08-03T03:43:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![brainstall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/35a633/32.png) [@brainstall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brainstall)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pineapple-does-anyone-not-like-it/630254/41 "2012-08-03T14:22:57Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > The complete combo is pineapple, ham, shrimp, and cilantro. Really? This is good? I’m tempted because I like all those things, some of them in combination, but would never have put them together. I’m trusting you that this really is as delicious as you suggest. Pineapple and ham on a pizza isn’t complete without olives. Just sayin’ ---
**Author:** ![Lasciel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e79b87/32.png) [@Lasciel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lasciel)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pineapple-does-anyone-not-like-it/630254/42 "2012-08-03T14:32:19Z")
I have never liked pineapple in any form, in any dish. It’s just plain nasty. And yes, I have had fresh grown pineapple, and I have had pineapple grown in Hawaii. Still nasty. It tastes like it’s gone off - way too sweet. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pineapple-does-anyone-not-like-it/630254/43 "2012-08-03T15:31:47Z")
> [@snowthx](#): > > ^ This. The ones you can get in Hawaii, even from the grocery stores, not to mention the road-side fruit stands and farmers markets, are nothing like the ones we get on the mainland. Even if you **think** you do not like pineapple, once you try one grown in Hawaii, you may change your mind. > > The fresh pineapples commercially available now are grown in Costa Rica and are just inferior to the Hawaiian grown. I can understand why many do not like them. Interestingly, pineapple originated in S. America, but seems to have been perfected in Hawaii (at least the ones I have had - I have yet to have one from Brazil). THANK YOU. Other folks think I’m nuts when I tell them there’s a vast difference between Hawaiian pineapple and south American pineapple. I don’t know how they do it in Hawaii; it must be the quality of that lava soil or something. Whenever I’m in Hawaii, I make a beeline for a fruit stand or a supermarket to get my fix. And luckily, a local small supermarket chain here in the Bay Area carries Hawaiian pineapples, and I try only to buy them there. I adore pineapple, but I always favor sweet/tart fruit over just plain sweet fruit. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pineapple-does-anyone-not-like-it/630254/44 "2012-08-03T16:09:08Z")
I love pineapple. I can eat it fresh, out of a can, or on a pizza. When my daughter was a wee tyke, we had a week where essentially all she would eat was canned pineapple with parmesian cheese on it. At first glance, that may not sound to appetizing, but when you think about it, you get the sweet and salty right there. It is not too bad. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pineapple-does-anyone-not-like-it/630254/45 "2012-08-03T16:11:59Z")
I don’t like it so we can close the thread now as it has been asked and answered. ---
**Author:** ![Barking\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Barking\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barking_Dog)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pineapple-does-anyone-not-like-it/630254/46 "2012-08-03T16:23:01Z")
No sir, i don’t like it. ---
**Author:** ![Alpha\_Twit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alpha_twit/32/265_2.png) [@Alpha\_Twit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpha_Twit)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pineapple-does-anyone-not-like-it/630254/47 "2012-08-03T16:23:57Z")
Pineapple is one of my favorite sweet treats and I buy fresh one a few times a month for snackage. It rarely lasts a full day before being devoured. I also like to keep a few cans of crushed and chunk pineapple on hand. I can eat pineapple on a pizza but it needs to be mated with pepperoni, onions, peppers and jalapenos. One thing I do NOT understand is the obsession with cloves and pineapple rings stapled all over a baked ham. All you’re doing is screwing up a good ham and making some poor pineapple miserable when it wants to be tucked in nice and warm with the upside down cake. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pineapple-does-anyone-not-like-it/630254/48 "2012-08-03T16:28:26Z")
> [@brainstall](#): > > Really? This is good? I’m tempted because I like all those things, some of them in combination, but would never have put them together. I’m trusting you that this really is as delicious as you suggest. > > Pineapple and ham on a pizza isn’t complete without olives. Just sayin’ It is. BUT NOT ON PIZZA!!11!!1 Also a little bit of hot peppers helps. ---
**Author:** ![Private\_Bin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c0e974/32.png) [@Private\_Bin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Private_Bin)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pineapple-does-anyone-not-like-it/630254/49 "2012-08-03T16:36:20Z")
Hurts my mouth. ---
**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pineapple-does-anyone-not-like-it/630254/50 "2012-08-03T16:59:38Z")
Never on pizza, otherwise it’s good! ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Righteous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Dr.Righteous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Righteous)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pineapple-does-anyone-not-like-it/630254/51 "2012-08-03T17:00:19Z")
Pineapple is one of the few fruits I really dislike. Cannot stand it in any format. ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pineapple-does-anyone-not-like-it/630254/52 "2012-08-03T17:03:31Z")
> [@Private\_Bin](#): > > Hurts my mouth. Yes, that happens to me too sometimes but only with fresh and only some of the time. Sometimes it burns like crazy; usually that’s the stuff from Costa Rica. But I still love it. I had no idea so many people disliked it. Thanks for the enlightenment! ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pineapple-does-anyone-not-like-it/630254/53 "2012-08-03T17:05:24Z")
Love it in all forms. BBQ’d pineapple spears, Pineapple in smoothies, on pizza, in salads, and of course, the Pineapple Upside Down cake. (A friend made one sugar free last week. Delicious!!!) ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pineapple-does-anyone-not-like-it/630254/54 "2012-08-03T17:17:59Z")
> [@carnut](#): > > I am about to make my first batch of peach-pineapple jam, something I’ve never seen in the stores, but know deep down that it has to be awesome because - well, because pineapple adds awesomeness to just about everything. > > While dreaming up the recipe, it occured to me that I don’t know of anyone who doesn’t like or love pineapple. > > Do you? Last fall I made a couple batche of pineapple-tangerine marmalade. It was heavenly. Like sunshine in a jar. > [@TruCelt](#): > > IME The jam will jell provided the pineapple has been well and thoroughly cooked through. If it’s even a tiny bit north though, the enzymes will break down the jelling process. I didn’t have any problems with mine setting up, I don’t remember how long it cooked. > [@kittenblue](#): > > One of the best sandwiches I ever had in my life was when I was in the hospital recovering from an appendectomy. It was as basic as can be: hamburger bun, ham, American Cheese and a ring of pineapple, all toasted together. I love to make a grill full of [sweet Hawaiian baby burgers](http://www.cooking.com/recipes-and-more/recipes/sweet-hawaiian-baby-burgers-recipe-8313.aspx#axzz22VKFjlfY) if I’m having lots of folks over. The recipe gives you the option, but IMO you _must_ use Hawaiian bread rolls for this. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pineapple-does-anyone-not-like-it/630254/55 "2012-08-03T19:36:23Z")
> [@teela\_brown](#): > > THANK YOU. Other folks think I’m nuts when I tell them there’s a vast difference between Hawaiian pineapple and south American pineapple. I don’t know how they do it in Hawaii; it must be the quality of that lava soil or something. Whenever I’m in Hawaii, I make a beeline for a fruit stand or a supermarket to get my fix. > > **And luckily, a local small supermarket chain here in the Bay Area carries Hawaiian pineapples, and I try only to buy them there.** > > I adore pineapple, but I always favor sweet/tart fruit over just plain sweet fruit. WHERE? WHERE? WHERE? On the difference between Hawaiian vs. grown elsewhere: Is it really a matter of where they are grown, the climate or soil conditions, or the variety of pineapple? I always assumed, simply, that the problem was: pineapples harvested green vs. field-ripened. In Hawaii, you get them field-ripened, or very nearly so. I always thought that is what makes all the difference. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pineapple-does-anyone-not-like-it/630254/56 "2012-08-03T19:42:29Z")
I’m not a big fan of pineapple, but the only Domino’s pizza I could eat was the pineapple-ham one. I will not put pineapple on any other pizza, nor will I order a Domino’s pizza myself, but if a group vote comes down to ordering pizza from Domino’s (I’m thinking college here), pineapple and ham would make it edible. Not sure what it was about the combo. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pineapple-does-anyone-not-like-it/630254/57 "2012-08-03T19:43:45Z")
Pineapples are delicious, especially on pizza. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pineapple-does-anyone-not-like-it/630254/58 "2012-08-03T19:47:25Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > WHERE? WHERE? WHERE? > > On the difference between Hawaiian vs. grown elsewhere: Is it really a matter of where they are grown, the climate or soil conditions, or the variety of pineapple? I always assumed, simply, that the problem was: pineapples harvested green vs. field-ripened. > > In Hawaii, you get them field-ripened, or very nearly so. I always thought that is what makes all the difference. Lunardi’s Markets. I once sought out the produce manager to tell him how happy I was that Lunardi’s carried Hawaiian pineapple, and he said that Mr. Lunardi was very choosy about the fruit that he carried and wouldn’t allow distributors to put one over on him. Their papayas are also Hawaiian and topnotch. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pineapple-does-anyone-not-like-it/630254/59 "2012-08-03T19:52:53Z")
I’m not fond of it, and no way does it (or any fruit) belong on pizza. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pineapple-does-anyone-not-like-it/630254/60 "2012-08-03T19:54:02Z")
Love pineapples. It is the first thing I go for in those edible bouquets. Love Pineapple juice too. When I eat breakfast out, that is my go to drink. On a pizza though? Nope. Yuck. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pineapple-does-anyone-not-like-it/630254.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pineapple-does-anyone-not-like-it/630254.md?page=4)