Produce employees

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Here in L.A. at the 2 Whole Foods I frequent, I run

into produce employees that have no idea what a

rutabagas is or the difference between various greens.

They will pile the chard under the kale price sign.

When it comes to the grocery chain this happens often

also. The cashiers know even less about the produce,

they always ask what I'm buying so they can try to

find a price on the produce list.

Donna

--- Sue <kup wrote:

 

> Strange, but I have always found my produce people

> to be very well informed.

> At both Ingles and Bi-Lo where I shop. Once when I

> was looking for the best

> dark green veggie to juice (he suggested kale) and

> the other when I needed

> to know how to get a clove of garlic from the bulb.

> Now don't laugh....I

> have always used the little jars of garlic. I had

> no idea how to get the

> clove.

> You may be surprised how much the produce people do

> know.

> Sue

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> wwjd

> 1/22/2007 9:18:43 AM

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> Re: Egg plant

> Conversation

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> Oh that sounds good. I'm so glad you tasted it not

> knowing it was eggplant

> and now you love it. That is what happened to me

> with aspargus and not I

> love it.

> I prefer the male eggplant that has a straight tan

> line on the bottom. It

> has more seeds and is less bitter to me. Now some

> on here prefer the female

> that has less seeds. It will have a round tan mark

> on bottom.

> Hope this help and good luck in the produce section.

> Hey go for it. LOL and

> educate that produce man, so he can better assist

> others. : )))

> Judy

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> genny_y2k

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> Monday, January 22, 2007 7:50 AM

> Egg plant Conversation

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> Recently sister and I were eating out at our

> favorite mountain

> restaurant when she put aside some pieces of

> 'something' on her plate.

> I said " I love mushrooms, may I have those " .

> " sure " she said but

> those are not mushrooms . I swore up and down they

> were 'shrooms' and

> she said they were not, so we asked the waiter. It

> was Egg Plant and

> the best I have ever eaten. It had been sauteed

> along with onion and

> green pepper and placed on a bed of wild rice. I

> have never cooked Egg

> Plant but I hope to do so soon . Now was that a

> male egg plant that I

> needed to look for or a female? If I ask the

> produce person will they

> have me escorted out of the store? LOL

> Sending smiles and hugs your way

> Deanna in Colorado

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