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[omly]

So apparently my purpose in life is to educate cashiers about produce. I don't think I buy especially weird things either. (The weird things are generally not sold at mainstream grocery stores. I love Super88 and the like though.) A partial list of things that cashiers have had no idea what they were:

• Haas avocado
  
• shitake mushrooms ("Are these mushrooms?")
  
• brussel sprouts on the stalk
  
• leek
  
• pomegranate
  
• shallots

Does anyone else have a list like this? Is this a function of where I live or what I buy?

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[omly.livejournal.com]

Haas avacados are the small dark ones. The have bunmpier skin and more intense flavor than florida avacados (which are bigger, smoother, lighter green and "waterier" tasting).

Shitake mushrooms are a type of asian mushrooms with more intense flavor than "regular" button mushrooms.