dwacon wrote:
> My buddy and I had Pho for lunch and stopped by the Asian Market near the
> restaurant. When I purchased some "water spinach" the cashier asked, "Do
> you know how to eat this?" I said, "Yeah, I put it in my mouth and chew it
> up."
>
> Eric thought it was hilarious -- because we get those questions everytime we
> purchase food items from any Asian market.
>
> What is up with that?
>
>
In GA it seems every time I bought red cabbage, some old German woman
would stop me as I selected one and ask "Do you know how to cook this".
I'd always reply, "How?" and get treated to 15 minutes on how one cooks
cabbage. I suppose they figured 'Mericans would have no clue how to use
it and felt compelled to help out. I always listened since I figured
that they had some sort of need to be helpful and share their recipes.

( I was shopping at the military commissary so there were always lots
of women from foreign countries ie GI brides)

Sometimes people just wanna be helpful.