Dan Abel > wrote:
>
> ... I get to
> the checkstand, and the checker just stares at the peppers. *Even when I
> told her what they were, she had no clue ...

I've had radiccio and belgian endive charged as cabbage, and
I even tried correcting the cashier. And then the next time I'll
encounter a cashier who'll explain the difference between two
peppers that I couldn't tell apart. Diversity ...

On fruits - There are a lot of fruits that spoil rapidly and that
no one has figured out to can commercially. In the midwestern
US there are paw-paw trees that produce fruit that are only
good for a couple of days - That's too fast to even make then
into preserves.