It isn't the common way to do things, because as Soma pointed out, buying an entire pineapple for a dish is unfeasible in Japan where they are rarer (and likely also expensive), and honey isn't exactly cheap either.
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theyre the top of the world cooks. Time is a more important good to them than the price of, lol, honey.
"She's the only non-loli girl in the show, your honor!" will be my defense in court