It may be a Queensland icon, but the pineapple is not native to Australia.
They were discovered by Christopher Columbus on the island of Gauadaloupe in
1493, where cannibal tribes used it to sweeten and tenderise the flesh of
enemies. Columbus took it back to Europe where cultivars were grown in green
houses and sent to Hawaii and Australia.
Today, virtually all of Australias pineapples are grown in Queensland.


PINEAPPLE SHERBET

Boil 5 cups of water and 2 cups of sugar together for 5 minutes then chop in
enough fresh or tinned pineapple to measure 2 cups. Scald it in the boiling
syrup, then rub through a sieve. Let cool and add the juice of 1 lemon.
Freeze until it begins to harden; then add th stiffly whipped whites of 2
eggs and continue to freeze.


--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia

"As viscous as motor oil swirled in a swamp, redolent of burnt bell peppers
nested in by incontinent mice and a finish reminiscent of the dregs of a
stale can of Coca-Cola that someone has been using as an ashtray. Not a bad
drink, though."
Excerpt from "The Moose Turd Wine Tasting" by T. A. Nonymous