What do you call a pineapple?

Lesley F · Senior Member

What do you call a pineapple?

Swoffer · Senior Member

Clearly the rest of the world need to get their act together .

Olley46 · Guru

You are all wrong ,it is a part of a pineapple, 3/4 infact.

Lance C

Desert Dweller · Guru

We call a Pineapple SECOND BEST to Rock-melon & Water-melon.

03_Troopy · Guru

It is something that doesn't belong anywhere near a hamburger or a pizza.

Woody n Sue · Guru

Oh dear isn't it great that we are all different why should we all use the same name as other country's this is Australia let's be proud of it let them change if they want
And while I'm at it desert dweller second best to watermelon hell no and rock Mellon I wouldn't even feed it to the chooks but to each his own hey and 03 troops I just love my hawian pizza with pineapple my mouth waters just thinking about one LOL
Just to be sure here I say this with a smile on my dial ok let's be happy

03_Troopy · Guru

It does make you wonder how they came up with the name though, considering it has nothing to do with pine trees and looks nothing like an apple.
Woody n Sue, pineapple clashes with the olives, anchovies and chilli, on your pizza..

dorian · Guru

Anchovies clash with everything. So does beetroot.

As for why we call a pineapple by that name, apparently we need to blame the Spaniards:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pineapple

ananas, the original name of the fruit, comes from the Tupi word nanas, meaning "excellent fruit,"

Columbus encountered the pineapple in 1493 on the leeward island of Guadeloupe. He called it piña de Indes, meaning "pine of the Indians"

The Spanish word for "pineapple" is still "piña".

BTW, the Japanese and Koreans call it "painappuru" and "pain-aepeul", respectively, so it appears they have borrowed from English.

dorian · Guru

Perhaps the reason for the "apple" in the name can be seen by examining the French names for the following fruits, neither of which is an apple.

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/pomegranate

"Middle English pome granate, from Old French pome grenate : pome, apple; see pome + grenate, having many seeds (from Latin granatus, from granum, grain, seed;"

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/love+apple

"Probably translation of French pomme d'amour (from the former belief in the tomato's aphrodisiacal powers) : pomme, apple + de, of + amour, love."

-- Edited by dorian on Tuesday 19th of January 2016 09:10:06 AM

03_Troopy · Guru

dorian wrote:
Anchovies clash with everything. So does beetroot.

As for why we call a pineapple by that name, apparently we need to blame the Spaniards:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pineapple

ananas, the original name of the fruit, comes from the Tupi word nanas, meaning "excellent fruit,"

Columbus encountered the pineapple in 1493 on the leeward island of Guadeloupe. He called it piña de Indes, meaning "pine of the Indians"

The Spanish word for "pineapple" is still "piña".

BTW, the Japanese and Koreans call it "painappuru" and "pain-aepeul", respectively, so it appears they have borrowed from English.

Beetroot is diabolical. Mainly because it always seems to slip out of your burger and onto the front of your shirt. A little while back you could get corrugated beetroot (crinkle cut), that was supposed to overcome this devious habit of said vegetable, but I haven't seen it around for a while. My wife ambushed me the other day, and loaded up a salad and tuna roll with diced beetroot. No need to say what happened to my shirt. disbelief