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anything they have we can produce. or buy elsewhere.
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too many poor European countries, if this changes we might consider rejoining
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"there is no need for Britain to trade tariff free with any European country, or even any need to trade with them at all. anything they have we can produce. or buy elsewhere."
If this were true, it works both ways. The only difference is we would be severing trade with 27 countries, whereas they would be severing links with 1. Imagine pineapples are made in Hawaii and the Ivory Coast. The cost of pineapples from Hawaii are three times the cost of them in the IC. If I piss of the IC and they refuse to sell me pineapples, I won't care about paying three times as much. ... plus the 15-20% extra I'm already paying because of the falling pound. |
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pineapples never crossed my mind, I am sure we could grow our own
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Indoors, but might be quite expensive. Perhaps some high tech specification greenhouses would help... Now where to find them?
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"First brought to Europe by Christopher Columbus in 1493, from the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe, pineapples remained a rare delicacy for centuries and hence became a symbol of wealth and hospitality. In the 18th century, a pineapple cost the equivalent of £5,000 today."
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Pineapples are a common fruit these days, something you see cut up in your salad or on sale at the grocery store. However, in the 1700s the fruit's crown-like top and gem-like texture was seen as a symbol of wealth and power.
Originally from South America, pineapples were discovered by Christopher Columbus on one of his voyages to the New World. When he brought them back to Spain, many Europeans -- royalty in particular -- were completely taken by the delicacy. It was a rare, beautiful fruit most people had never encountered before and artists began incorporating pineapples in their work -- whether lavishly depicted in a painting or elegantly carved into wooden furniture. The pineapple made its way to England in the 17th century and by the 18th century, being seen with one was an instant indicator of wealth -- a single pineapple could cost the equivalent of $8,000 today. In fact, the fruit was so desirable and rare that consumers often rented a pineapple for the night to show off to fellow party-goers. |
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When someone says "lobster" some words that might come to mind are delicacy, fancy, luxurious and most dismally, market price. However, it wasn't always this way. Formerly regarded as "the cockroach of the sea" and fed to servants, migrants and even people's cats, lobster was the laughing stock of seafood. Regarded as a dish fit only for the poor, even having lobster shells in your house was looked upon as a sign of poverty. Yet today lobster is seen as the poshest of the posh, the cousin of caviar. So, how the hell did this happen?
It starts with industrialization. When the railways began to expand across America, transportation managers realized that if no one apart from people who lived on the coast knew what lobster was, trains could serve it to inland passengers as if it were a rare, exotic item. This plan seemed to work as people started demanding lobsters beyond the railways and it didn't hurt that around this same time in the late 1800s, chefs discovered lobsters tasted much better when cooked live. Restaurants, too, got the memo. Then during World War II, lobsters weren't rationed like other foods, and so people of all classes began to eat it and "discover" its deliciousness. By the 1950s, lobster established itself as a bona fide luxury food item. |