Pink Pineapple a Trick or a Treat?
4What do you all think?
https://dallas.culturemap.com/news/restaurants-bars/10-29-20-petite-pink-pineapple-exclusive-dallas/
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What do you all think?
https://dallas.culturemap.com/news/restaurants-bars/10-29-20-petite-pink-pineapple-exclusive-dallas/
Uh, I’d try it.
I’d put it on my pizza.
@GetClosure With anchovies for some umame.
Pink pina coladas sound tasty.
Twenny buckaroos seems a little steep for a teeny pink piña
Was a thing back in 2017 when they got approval. Somewhere there is a sortedfoods vid of trying one I can’t find from a while ago. Normal pineapple is lovely and I rarely eat that.
Def not worth $20 for a GMO pineapple. Not that I have an issue with GMO. this is just interesting but not worth it
@unksol join you. That’s nothing more than just interesting. I could try it. But definitely won’t agree to eat it on a daily basis. Even if it would cost less.
Posted on this a bit back during the halloween candy bracket showdown.
https://meh.com/forum/topics/halloween-candy-showdown#5f8a2739561c9d128c49e183
Like unskol noted, interesting, and it presents a dilemma for folks that are into non-GMO.
Just like the dilemma of pro-life folks and Regeneron being derived from an aborted foetus used in stem cell research that produced the drug. As a pro-lifer, do you support its use as a COVID treatment out of situational moral convenience?
My point is not political, but rather to point out that not everything is a simple binary choice, and taking such absolute positions (like GMO bad, heirloom good) is problematic, not a virtue.
It sure looks tasty. I’d try it on a lark if I had the cash to splurge. Then again, that’s what marketing is all about, yes?
@mike808 this one is just weird because normally large agricultural companies do GMO to increase production. Or grow things in places they couldn’t before. Get better yield so they can market their seed…
Is a little interesting because just why would they do this as a design goal lol. I would not be surprised if it was just “sweeter pineapple” just to make our brand “better”.
But they got a pink one so double down lol. Premium pineapple.
@unksol Could be size (more units per shipping container) or it could be growth rate (plant matures to produce fruit faster) or some resistance to pests or weather conditions or shipping effects (e.g. no bruising).
Kind of like how tomatoes have no flavor because they bred for even ripening to get rid of the unripe “shoulders” around the stem. Turns out that gene is also what produces the variations in the flavor compounds. Or why commercially grown roses don’t smell - the genes that slow wilting and straight stems also produced smell.
There’s still a lot we don’t know about genetics at the macro level or what all those proteins do, exactly, and in concert with all the other organic chemistry soup factory reactions going on inside cells. That’s not a bad thing. I’m just saying there is still plenty of wonder and knowledge to explore to understand the universe we exist in.
If someone wants to give me some, sure. I will not pay $20-50 for one. Crazy.
Interesting looking, but the pink color probably doesn’t even do anything for flavor. Sugar apples come in both red- and white-fleshed varieties, and they both taste exactly the same.
I also like how the article says they won’t include the top part of the pineapple “to save you money” “because it’s useless anyway.” They’re charging 4 times the price for a pineapple that’s half the size as usual… they don’t care about saving you money. The real reason they’re doing that is so that you can’t plant the top and grow your own clone of “their” variety. They probably want to control the market on their special breed and make sure nobody else gets rich off of their hard work doing the genetic engineering. Which is fine; I just wish they were honest about it.