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"Stan Horwitz" > wrote in message
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> In article
> >,
> wrote:
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>> I recall reading somewhere that the fruits we get in our local
>> supermarket represent only a fraction of a percent of all the fruits
>> available in the world. Furthermore, the fruit we do get are chosen
>> not because of their taste but more so because of their low price from
>> large economies of scale.
>>
>> So how would one go about sampling all the infinite varieties of
>> exotic fruits that exist in the world? I'm sure there must be some
>> truly delicious ones out there that we've never heard about!
>>
>> I'm surprised nobody has thought of opening a fruit bar that only
>> sells exotic fruits. Sure the price would be high, but fish is flown
>> in from all over the world and that is not terribly expensive. Plus
>> fish is a lot more perishable than fruit.
>
> A friend of mine who is from India said he was surprised at the small
> selection of fruit we Americans have in our grocery stores. I live in
> the Philadelphia area and my friend told me that the variety of
> different fruits he can find back in India at farmers markets and
> grocery stores is amazing compared to back here in the states.
>
> That's just not true. India has a different climate so they have
> different produce but no way do their food stores have more than US food
> stores, no other country on the planet even comes close to what food
> Americans have to eat, both in quantity and variety... and in fact you can
> tell your envious bigoted friend from me that most of India's population
> is malnourished, starving, filthy, and diseased... a good meal for the
> average Indian is if they can find something to eat when they pick their
> nose.