Pineapple On Your Cooked Breakfast

[Vagus]

Apparently many many years ago a slice of pineapple was always included in a cooked breakfast.

Would you give it a go? I would.

[Ken4155]

I have pineapple with gammon so i don't think it would be a big stretch to have it with smoked bacon. Maybe even kippers?

[davebro3]

Pineapple is usually served with gammon - I think it breaks down the meat. Castaways who had little else but pineapple to eat found their gums deteriorated badly.

[Vagus]

Of course, I'd forgotten about gammon and pineapple. I really like sweet/salty things, I know of someone who always has a blob of marmalade on her plate with a cooked breakfast.

[Ken4155]

I always believed pineapple was eaten with gammon because of the meats high salt content, Dave? And i guess those castaways with bad gums didn't have much in the way of oral hygiene products. A toothbrush and toothpaste wouldn't be the first things i'd reach for if the ship was about to sink🍍🚢😉

[davebro3]

"Bromelain is an enzyme extract derived from the stems of pineapples, although it exists in all parts of the fresh pineapple. The extract has a history of folk medicine use. As an ingredient, it is used in cosmetics, as a topical medication, and as a meat tenderizer.

[Ken4155]

"Pineapple is often paired with gammon because it provides a sweet and tangy contrast to the salty flavour of the meat. The combination of gammon's savoury richness and pineapple's tropical sweetness creates a mouthwatering fusion of flavours hat's simply delicious." 

"Pineapple is also a natural tenderiser which helps to break down the tough fibres in the gammon and make it more succulent."

T'would appear we are both correct, Dave😊

[Old_Geezer]

Not a fan of mixing sweet & savoury. Sweet is for desserts. Certainly not on a cooked breakfast. But maybe with one of the continental things. (Personally if I have a gammon steak I always go for the fried egg option. I have little interest in a sweet steak.)

[bednobs]

my hat isnt simply delish ken!

[davebro3]

Ken - your post at 10.30 seemed to refute & attempt to ridicule my explanation. So saying "It would seem we are both right" is a bit of a cop out. But seeing as you're from Burnley, I'll let it go.

[Hazlinny]

Like pineapple ring on cheese & toast, with ham and cubes with my cereal.  Very refreshing!

[Ken4155]

Dave, i was honestly NOT trying to diss your explanation. I was merely pointing out what i've always believed - that pineapple counter-acted against the saltiness of gammon. I'd never heard of pineapple beong a tenderizer and i guess every day's a school day - especially on AB. While my comment on the castaways may be seen as flippant, it was meant merely as a throwaway remark - hence the 'winky-face' emoji.

My second post was merely to back up my opinion but it also  confirmed yours. 

With reference to your last sentence, are you from these parts?

[Ken4155]

Bednobs, to know that means you've tried eating it at least once.

[davebro3]

Ken - I lived at Ightenhill for a few years in the 80s

[Ken4155]

Not far from where i'm situated, Dave, 5 mins by car, about 20 on Shank's pony - Accy Rd, Lowerhouse Lane, Kiddrow Lane, Padiham Rd.

[barry1010]

I bet it wasn't always served with a cooked breakfast.  That would have been only for the wealthy 

[Vagus]

Well yes, Barry. Ordinary folk couldn't afford a cooked breakfast, let alone pineapple.

[davebro3]

I never ate breakfast at all until after I retired. Maybe I'd have done better at school if I had - they seem to think it's important now.

[barry1010]

Vagus, most ordinary farming folk would have had bacon and eggs for breakfast.  

[davebro3]

yes but they'd already done a day's work Barry!

[Vagus]

Most ordinary farming folk aren't 'most ordinary folk' though are they? 
Anyhow, I thought it was interesting, might add some next time I have a cooked breakfast.🥓🍳🍍