o fruit is more symbolic of tropical exoticism than the pineapple. Composer Scott Joplin wrote his famous g in 1908. In the 1940s, singer Carmen Miranda swung her hips to a samba beat with a pineapple peeking out of her fruity headpiece. Canned pineapple from Hawaii was fetishised in 1950s America. It was added to every conceivable recipe including, most contentiously, pizza. When this
