It’s more like ready steady cook. Some twat would turn up with a potato a tin of tomatoes and spam. issue was there was a larder full of additional stuff so you could cheat.
We have basic ingredients like onions etc Then we choose X amount of ingredients between us and got a week to make sumt and get pics up
Its commonly used here mainly with chicken and fish to create a sweet and sour taste. Lots of different varieties of pineapple though - nanas madu (honey pineapple) is small soft and sweet so is ideal for cooking. Would never have it on a pizza though.