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?
>
Because they are probably used to roundeyes not knowing how to cook the
various vegetables Asian markets sell.

OTOH I gave up asking the (mostly male) Bengali grocers how to cook
something. The answer invariably was 'make a curry'.