Matches Made in Heaven

• pineapple is excellent on its own, in fruit salads or sorbets
• sliced and sautéed in butter, it goes well with ham or white meats

   

• in the West Indies
  it is sometimes served with fish, but is more often found in fritters, sprinkled with cane sugar and flambéed with aged dark rum

   

• in Asia
  it is paired with poultry, meats, curry, pork, duck and sweet and sour dishes

   

• in Florida
  in the days when St. Augustine was still under Spanish rule, planters enjoyed a nice ripe juicy pineapple flambéed with brandy

   

• in Thailand
  it is sprinkled with salt to bring out all its flavour

   

• in Mauritius
  it is combined with chicken

   

• on Reunion Island
  they use a little jagged-leafed pineapple called the "Victoria" in salads enlivened with chilies

   

• in Hawaii
  pineapple is called the golden fruit and is used in jams, syrups and Macadamia nut cake; it is combined with sweet potatoes and butter, and Cornish game hens with a hint of tarragon