THE PINEAPPLE has served as both a food and a symbol throughout the human history of the Americas. Originally unique to the Western Hemisphere, one the fruit was a culinary favorite of the fierce Carib Indians who lived on islands in the sea that still bears their name.
Indian Migration The presence of pineapples on Caribbean islands was not a natural event, but rather the result of centuries of indian migration and commerce. Accomplished dugout canoe navigators, the maritime tribes explored, raided and traded across a vast expanse of tropical oceans, seas and river systems. The herbaceous plant they called "anana," or "excellent fruit," originally evolved in the inland areas of what is now Brazil and Paraguay and was widely transplanted and cultivated. Highly regarded for its intense sweetness, the "excellent fruit" was a staple of indian feasts and rites related to tribal affirmation. It was also used to produce...
Read moreManager went above and beyond for me Christmas Eve and I really appreciate how she handled a situation where she didn't do anything wrong it's the online ordering for most places. If a place is closed I don't think it should complete an order for someone and if it does and then store closes between time of order made and customers reasonable time of arrival at store they should be required to have the order ready. To order food and then drive to town to pick it up to find a store closed is very frustrating and sometimes can make a person go without dinner. I am very happy and pleased with how she did offer to make my milkshake. I guess I was lucky that was all I ordered cuz rest of kitchen was shut down. This was my holiday meal alone and the milkshake was my beverage so it would of been really disappointing. Instead I was pleasantly surprised with her extra efforts to get me what I...
Read moreSeriously worse dq. Out of the 8 times I hsve gone to this place service is always slow, 3 people playing games at the drive thru while 6 cars wait. Order wedding again, royal blizzard with no fudge. What is royal blizzard??? Finally fed up, called manager she made excuses due to training new people. Not am excuse the wanted me to bring the wrong blizzard back to them to make a new one. HOW ABOUT THIS GET IT RIGHT THERE FIRST TIME. So frustrating, hung up on the excuse manager. Idiotic place and am truly grateful to be done with this place. Thank you for opening my eyes yet again at how to run a truly horrible business that will fail soon. Hope it's sold to someone who can run dq properly because this one is horrible. From the workers, to the management, drive thru, dirt inside the store, appearance on the outside, all completely...
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