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28th May 2017

This BBQ season is all about ‘Swineapple’… we might be sick

Niamh Maher

We don’t know about this one.

As people and journalists, we don’t take Pinterest or Instagram trends lightly. We do our research and we know if things are simply a flash in the pan, or whether they’re here to stay (anything unicorn related).

As we head into a fresh BBQ season, a new food trend has popped up and it’s leaving us confused and a bit queasy.

It’s a new grilling technique doing the rounds and it involves two delicious ingredients: pineapple and pork.

Yes, we believe in pineapple on pizza… and yes, we are firmly behind gherkins on burgers… but pineapple wrapped bacon? We don’t know if we’re willing to do that to ourselves… or to bacon.

To be fair the description sounds pretty delicious: hollowed out pineapple filled with seasoned pork loin, wrapped in bacon and bbq sauce, and smoked.

Doesn’t look too bad either:

 

You can see more detail with this video… oh no, this looks quite delicious:

 

We may be changing our minds:

 

Great… now we’re even more confused than when we started. I think we might love Swineapples.