In article >, Dave Smith says...
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> On 2016-12-10 10:44 AM, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
> > On Fri, 9 Dec 2016 17:52:09 -0500, Dave Smith
> > > wrote:
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> >> Celery is a lot more expensive that it used to me. It is something that
> >> I like to have on hand, even if it isn't really food.
> > snip
> > then cucumber, zucchini, lettuce and a multitude of other vegetables
> > are not food. How do you regard onions?
> >
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> Lettuce and cucumber are diet food. You would starve to death eating
> just cucumber and lettuce because there are almost no calories in it.
> Onion is not much better, but at least has some calories in it.

In these days of obesity, what's better than a food item with almost no
calories?