Fruits & Vegetables: Nutrition, Culinary Uses & Preservation

Variety comparisons and diverse culinary forms, such as juices or dried extracts, determine the nutritional value and physiological impact of plant-based diets on systemic health.

Pineapples
ordinary pineapple growing like grass

Kinds of Pineapple

Published Jul,08 2011  |  By Verneda Lights

Christopher Columbus introduced pineapples to Europe when he brought one as a gift to Spain's Queen Isabella from the island of Guadeloupe in 1493. Native to southern Brazil and Paraguay, pineapples were domesticated by the Indians, who carried the plant to South and Central America and the West Indies.

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