Pineapple

Del Monte Gold (Costa Rica), Maui Gold (Hawaii),
Dole (Hawaii)

Two stints at the long-defunct Dole Cannery put me off the taste of pineapple. During two Sixties summers I poured 50-lb. bags of sugar and pineapple syrup into vats and diluted the mixture with water until the brix was correct. The juice was pumped into the main building and piped into each can. The sweet acidic odor of the syrup room wasn't unpleasant, but it took years to expunge the memory of the smell.

We're now mixing fresh pineapple into our smoothies and find that we are enjoying the taste. However, the canned stuff is another story.....