A barmy fruit firm wants folk to put pineapple on their fry-ups.
Bosses at the company Dole point out the tropical treat is already eaten with gammon and is used as a pizza topping. But they reckon we should go further – and have it on full English brekkies.
Food historians say they might be on to something as pineapples were a prized breakfast ingredient for rich families in the 17th century.
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Isabelle Spindler, general manager of Dole Sunshine Company, one of the world’s largest producers and marketers of fresh fruit, said: "The English breakfast is an institution and we can’t wait to find out the reaction to this serving suggestion."
The firm’s tins – which were a staple in kitchen cupboards during the 1960s and 1970s – has seen a recent resurgence due to the surge in the cost of fresh fruit.
Guise Bule, chairman of the English Breakfast Society, claimed: "Nobody really likes the tomatoes that usually come with a full English breakfast so why shouldn’t we swap them for a grilled pineapple slice?"
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