EES Presents Food Ways: pineapple recipes

This week's Foodie Friday spotlight is pineapple! Pineapple is included with a list of refreshing super foods we should eating during the summer.

This recipe at mostlyhomemademom.com, is typically prepared during the Christmas holiday season but it's a treat that should be enjoyed whenever you have a craving for something delicious and sweet! For me that's all year round! What about you?

Holiday Stuffing
For any day of the year.

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More Pineapple Delights from Around the Web

Mrs. Renfro's Salsa Express
~ Offering a wide variety of salsas from traditional to exotic. The pineapple salsas are very popular!

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Experiencing the Joy of Salsa

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Raw Coconut Fig Slice (Reblog)

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Saturday, August 29, 2020

What's Your Favorite Jelly, Jam, Preserves or Fruit Spread?

Do you have a favorite fruit topping for your toast? In the house that I grew up, there were only two choices: Welch's grape jelly or Smucker's strawberry preserves. That's what my mom bought. Since she was in charge of grocery shopping, that's what we ate!

So for most of my young life, it never occurred to me to eat something different. Until … one day, my mom brought home grape jam instead of grape jelly. It was still the brand name Welch's but it was jam instead of jelly. I don't know why! Maybe there was no more jelly on the store shelf. It was a mystery. But whatever the reason … we all went “WOW! It was amazing!” We kids made an incredible discovery. Jam spreads much smoother than jelly! It tastes just as good with peanut butter. Why didn't mom always buy this?

Well! All of the siblings, my sister, my brothers and me, decided to unite and requested that mom buy jam henceforth and forevermore! She complied. My mom was easy! (Sometimes.)

Fast forward to my life as a young adult. Got a job working for the federal government and was sent on an official assignment to San Juan, Puerto Rico. Usually, I ate breakfast in the hotel before leaving for work. I ordered a typical American breakfast: bacon, eggs, and toast. At this particular hotel, they had a basket of assorted jellies and jams on the table. Included in the assortment was pineapple preserves.

My life was changed forever!

Those pineapple preserves made the toast tastes like I was having a tropical party in my mouth! It got so that I looked forward to having breakfast every morning!

So now, if anybody asks what's my favorite jelly, jam, preserves or fruit spread?

Pineapple Preserves. What else?!

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