To this day I can not understand how any American high school graduate
can not know what a lime looks like. Confuse pepper varieties? True, not
even people who probably should know, can. Cilantro vs. parsley? Happens
every day. Not saying it doesn't bother me.. Because after 14 years I'm
still teaching my poor dh how to differentiate the latter, who has bought
and used (and grown!) them for as long as I have. Tsk!
It is said there are many types of intelligences; and (arguably) one of
them is the kind that one can differentiate details between items such as,
say, similar-looking plants (can you tell the difference between a
leaf-branch of ash-leaved maple, and poison ivy without them being
side-by-side, for instance?). Presumably something to do with survival.
But.. limes? I very don't get it. What much else does it resemble, in the
average American grocery store? Overall I think I'd give the poor girl
credit, since she kept an open mind about things she knew "might be out
there" (beyond her limited scope of recognition), and didn't make any
assumptions. Although still I think she'll end up wiping her ass with a
poison ivy leaf....
In a grocery store a few miles outside Florida I bought a couple of
limes. Just those typical, all-green, citrus fruit we all(?) know as "a
lime". Might've been Persian, might've been Mexican, but not to be confused
with its cousin "the lemon" which, except for its color it could resemble.
The cashier looks at the fruit, asks: "Is this a lemonlime?" Right; one
word. "Lemonlime."
Here this and the, "Does this annoy anyone" thread may cross. If the
person's parents never used any real lemon or lime juice for anything they
ever made (well even the containers have pics, don't they - or are even
shaped like the actual fruit!); then maybe they always only bought
"lemon-lime" jello, or "lemon-lime" koolaid, lemon-lime soda.... Sad.
Or, that girl spent her childhood watching tv instead of observing the
world around her. (Remember the old 7-Up commercial: Made with "lymons"?).
SuperSonic Sad.
Maybe someone will tell me I'm being vicious and arrogant? Well then,
sobeit.
The next cashier who has a clue, I'm going to tip them.

vent/









"modom" > wrote in message
...
> That's what the checker at the "super"market told me yesterday as she
> tried in vain to look up my veggies in her sku list. I'd presented
> her with:
>
> 3 limes ("Are all of these limes? " Yup. "I'm waiting for somebody
> to show me a kiwi, and I just thought..." Kiwis are furry. "Oh.")
>
> 1 poblano chile. (Her tragic look caused me to volunteer its name
> before the question was formed, but she still couldn't find it on her
> list. The sacker rescued her.)
>
> 1 avocado (got it!)
>
> 1 six pack of beer (got it again!)
>
> 1 sirloin steak (bar code to the rescue!)
>
> 1 bunch cilantro ("Parsley?" Nope.)
>
> 1 jicama (ruh-roh... It's a jicama, with a J, I pipe cheerfully and
> proactively. She searched and searched. "It's not on the list. It
> should be here between the H's and the K's, but it's not." I guess
> there weren't any I's. The friendly sacker strikes out, too, so off
> he trots to the produce section to discover the price. 99 cents, says
> I, too late.)
>
> I try to tell her about jicamas, but her eyes grow sheets of
> Plexiglass and her posture displays the same lack of attention I've
> seen in a dachshund with a full belly. Well, I offer brightly, I
> really put you through a produce test, but this stuff is good.
> Poblanos are used for chile rellenos. Did you ever have a chile
> relleno? Her reply is the headline. She lives in Texas.
>
> Why do people who don't like food work in food stores?
>
> Here's a salad idea:
>
> Thinly slice about 1/4 medium jicama (peeled). Add a sliced blood
> orange (don't try to find one in Cow Hill, however), a sliced navel
> orange, and a sliced avocado. Squeeze half a lime over the above
> stuff, and add a generous splash EVOO. Add a scant tsp ground New
> Mexico red chiles. Salt and pepper. Toss. Serve slightly chilled.
>
> modom