jmcquown wrote:
> A few years ago I was looking for leeks at Publix. (I had potato-leek
> soup in mind.)

That has a real name.

> They usually have a really nice selection of fresh
> veggies. The young man restocking the fresh vegetables had no idea what
> leeks were. In a perfect world he'd have known. Alas, it's not a
> perfect world. The guy checked with the produce manager who confirmed,
> nope, no leeks.
>
> I finished my shopping there and then went to Food Lion. They had some
> nice beautiful leeks. And yes, I made the soup.

Would have been just fine substituting plain onions for the
leeks. I've used both so I do know that the taste difference is
minimal.