Sooooo they used to grow tons of pineapple in Hawaii. Capital of the pineapple-growing world, brought in a huge portion of the Asian immigrants to the US through the pineapple plantations and search for work, etc. Then the pineapple companies discovered cheaper, un-unionized labor abroad and Dole left for third world countries. Pineapple fields in Hawaii slowly stopped growing pineapples until last December when the last pineapple company in the state of Hawaii finally left. Their fields lay un-harvested. Then Kapalua Adventures (ziplining+eco-tourism company) bought out the Maui Gold pineapple plantations to do the tours again (YAY!). They only produce enough to sell on the islands of Hawaii - not even California - so if you want an authentic, delicious Hawaiian pineapple, you have to go to Maui.
Luckily, we went to Maui :D
Here's me picking the pineapple on the Maui Gold Pineapple Tour:
William & I each got to take one home:
There was also all-you-can-eat on the fresh pineapple in the fields (you know Will loved this part). It was so sweet! The ones that were more green than yellow were still super sweet, juicy. The ones that were half green, half yellow were my favorite, tasting not only sweet and acidic, but also had a distinct pina colada taste that was really so unique and tasty in a beautiful pineapple fruit! All yellow were almost all sugar, no acid, tasted super sweet - not my favorite because it was so sweet and didn't really taste that pineapple-y. Anyways, I loved eating all the pineapple, with it's faint coconut sweetness, and ate until my mouth felt fuzzy.
Yay for pineapple!
No comments:
Post a Comment