On Oct 14, 10:47*am, Dave Smith > wrote:
> On 13/10/2010 4:12 PM, Nancy Young wrote:
>
> > Aha, a nice gooseneck gourd, they amuse me and they make
> > a cute fall decoration. The cashier admired the gourd and we made a
> > couple of comments about them, then she told me that last
> > week, a Chinese couple came in. They'd bought one of those
> > gourds and it tasted horrible, they wanted their money back!
>
> A few years ago my wife bought some Swiss Chard. I had never had it
> before, checked out how it was best cooked tried it.... did not like it
> at all. I thought it was horrible. Maybe I should have tried to take it
> back. *;-)
>
> > That just struck me as funny. You're not supposed to eat them!
> > Go find a squash! I didn't find out if they returned their money.
> > Even if it was edible, I thought $5 was a lot to pay if I did think it
> > was some squash. They are very light.
>
> $5 is a lot to pay for a gourd.

Our local market has them 10 for $5. (Small ones, that is.)

N.