How Pineapples Became A Hashtag

Proof

America's Test Kitchen

Society & Culture, Food, Arts

4.4 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 5 August 2021

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Pineapple cakes. Pork-wrapped pineapple. Pineapple bento boxes, and beef pineapple noodle soup. Reporter Kai McNamee started seeing the spiky fruit everywhere—at restaurants, at convenience stores and at bakeries—after China banned pineapple imports from Taiwan earlier this year. A pineapple-related hashtag also took social media by storm. So what was the #FreedomPineapple campaign all about? Kai investigates in this episode of Proof. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	All right, Proof listeners, I want you to close your eyes.
0:04.3	Okay, except for those of you driving or operating heavy machinery, the rest of you close
0:10.0	your eyes.
0:11.0	I'm going to take you to a special place.
0:17.6	I want you to picture yourself standing outside in the sun.
0:21.8	It's a hot and humid day, and in front of you is a perfectly ripe pineapple.
0:27.1	It's cut into cubes.
0:28.5	It's cool to the touch.
0:30.3	You bite into one, and it's indescribably sweet, a touch of tartness, incredibly juicy.
0:37.8	It tastes like a tropical summer condense into one delicious bite.
0:44.2	Can you picture the moment?
0:46.0	Can you tell that you're standing on the bustling streets of Taipei?
0:55.6	Taiwan is an island that's positively pineapple mad.
0:59.7	You'll find it in more than just fruit form.
1:02.2	Pineapple is baked into cakes and served in beef noodle soups.
1:06.2	At this year, pineapples have become a source of intensive acid pride for the Taiwanese.
1:13.2	Today on Proof from America's Test Kitchen, we'll bring you a story that's more than
1:17.5	just about a delicious fruit.
1:19.9	There's fighting, geopolitical strife, a social media hashtag that goes viral.
1:25.4	A lot of incredible sounding food, and most importantly, the question of what it means
1:30.8	to be Taiwanese.
1:39.8	I'm Kevin Pang.
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