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A tree fruit that tastes like bread and once sparked a literal mutiny.
means A large, starchy tropical fruit that, when cooked, has the soft, bread-like texture and mild flavor that gives it its name.
from An English compound—simply 'bread' plus 'fruit'—coined in the 17th century by sailors and naturalists encountering the tree in the Pacific, who reached for the most familiar comparison: cooked, its flesh resembled fresh bread. The name's most dramatic chapter came in 1789, when the HMS Bounty was carrying breadfruit seedlings from Tahiti to feed enslaved people in the Caribbean—a voyage that ended in the famous mutiny against Captain Bligh, sealing breadfruit's odd place in maritime history.
- mutiny cargo
- Bligh's Bounty was hauling breadfruit when crew revolted
- survival math
- One tree feeds a person for decades
- baked flavor
- Roasted, it tastes like fresh-baked bread
- giant yield
- A single tree drops 200 fruits yearly
- gluten-free flour
- Dried and milled into a wheat substitute
ulu — polynesian staple crop, primary carbohydrate source for pacific islanders for thousands of years
breadfruit mutiny voyage — hms bounty 1787-1789 expedition to transport breadfruit from tahiti to caribbean colonies
jamaican breadfruit curry — traditional caribbean dish combining breadfruit with curry spices, popular in jamaica and trinidad since colonial period