Fifth Annual Bazaar Bizarre

Is anyone else interested in this? The fifth annual Bazaar Bizarre will be Sunday, December 11; 1:00 – 8:00pm at the Cyclorama. (You know all you flea people are missing it already.) Entry fee is only $1.

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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?