On 2014-07-20, janet > wrote:

> we can buy fresh pineapples that are as tasty and juicy as ones I've eaten in the
> tropics.

Many of HI's better pineapples never make it to export due to their
popularity on the islands. My ex stepfather (USAF) brought home a box
of ultra ripe white pineapples, the like of which I've never seen
before or since (Kona Sugarloafs?). Almost wht pulp, sweeter than any
pineapple I've ever tasted, and juicy almost beyond belief.
Completely spoiled me from eating a fresh pineapple ever again. Dole
and Del Monte are inedibly bitter in comparison.

nb