"Dave Smith" ca> wrote

> The fact is that I don't remember ever seeing canned spinach, and when I
> specifically looked for it yesterday there was none, and that was inthe
> largest grocery store in the area.

Humm! What part of Canada? I could imagine it just not being popular where
you are so not stocked.

It's quite true that not everything one might consider 'universal' actually
is. Try finding grape jelly in OZ (grin). Dont believe me? Ask any here
who live there about it. You *may* find one who's got a friend of a friend
who knows another with a specialty store that has it. Unlikely though.
It's not that they don't grow tons of grapes. It's that they don't consider
it a suitable jelly making fruit.