In this respect, pineapple was much like sugar, a commodity of privilege before it became an item of the masses." Cumo writes that "pineapple was the fruit of colonialism" because the Portuguese, French, Dutch, and British all sought to establish pineapple plantations in the tropics of South America, Central America, and the Caribbean.
因此，在菠萝成为大众商品前，它就像糖一样，是贵族商品。”库莫写道，“菠萝是殖民主义的水果”，因为葡萄牙人、法国人、荷兰人和英国人都试图在南美、中美和加勒比海的热带地区建造菠萝种植园。