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lilwing
True Blue Farmgirl
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Brooke
Fulshear
Texas
USA
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 Posted - Oct 06 2009 : 4:31:47 PM
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sometimes when you are checking out at wal-mart .. the checker makes you chuckle....
I think I've mentioned this before, but I bought some leeks ... and the lady checking me out couldn't figure out what they were.. she asked, "Are these some kind of rhubarb or something?" .... And she said, "Sometimes the rarest things will pop up..."
Are leeks really that rare?? And Leeks don't look like rhubarb to me! 
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Sitnalta
True Blue Farmgirl
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Jessica
NJ
USA
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Posted - Oct 06 2009 : 4:35:01 PM
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lol... I know what veggie family leeks comes from at least, but I would love to have seen your face when she asked that. Isn't hard to keep a straight face sometimes? :D
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Jessie
People are like stained-glass windows.
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but when the darkness sets in,
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lilwing
True Blue Farmgirl
1403 Posts
Brooke
Fulshear
Texas
USA
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Posted - Oct 06 2009 : 4:52:49 PM
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Well, I don't know..maybe they are related to rhubarb but they aren't reddish! lol I just remember times I have tried to find cheese cloth ... lantern wicks... such things ...and the looks on the people's faces.... LOL.... My husband just gives me a little amused smile and shakes his head.... Only ME could ask for things like that! Or WANT things like that ... I don't care! LOL.
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DaisyFarm
True Blue Farmgirl
1646 Posts
Diane
Victoria
BC
Canada
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Posted - Oct 06 2009 : 4:54:06 PM
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I guess what's common to us is strange to other people. On more than one occassion I have had customers exclaim they have never seen white rhubarb before (swiss chard)!
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lilwing
True Blue Farmgirl
1403 Posts
Brooke
Fulshear
Texas
USA
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Posted - Oct 06 2009 : 4:56:33 PM
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Well, leeks are a little less known to me even .. but I learn quick and I have known about them ... I at least am very familiar with names and have SOMEWHAT of a knowledge.... even though silly me thought they were related to green onions.... well, maybe they are... I don't know...! <---- still learning
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dutchy
True Blue Farmgirl
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Posted - Oct 06 2009 : 7:40:15 PM
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Leeks ARE related to green onions :)
Hugs from Marian/Dutchy, a farmgirl from the Netherlands :)
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lilwing
True Blue Farmgirl
1403 Posts
Brooke
Fulshear
Texas
USA
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Brenda Kay Groth
True Blue Farmgirl
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Brenda
Manton
MIch
USA
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Posted - Oct 07 2009 : 09:03:04 AM
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what amazes me is how much lack of common knowledge and common sense is out there among the people any more..used to be everyone growing up around here were pretty knowledgable about common things..but not so much anymore
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1badmamawolf
True Blue Farmgirl
2199 Posts
Teresa
"Bent Fence Farms"
Ca
USA
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Posted - Oct 07 2009 : 09:09:48 AM
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The problem is , people think their meals come they way they look on their plates. So many do not home cook their familys food, they buy prepared frozen meals or fast food. I had a lady tell me once that she would only buy her grocerys at a grocery store, if it came from a farm, she would not eat it, LOL.
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lilwing
True Blue Farmgirl
1403 Posts
Brooke
Fulshear
Texas
USA
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Posted - Oct 07 2009 : 09:12:28 AM
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LOL. Oh my gosh, that is funny, Teresa... LOL... well, actually sad.... In all actuality, I wouldn't get my food from Wal-mart if I could help it...sometimes where I am... it's just easier... It's also hard to convince my husband with some of it... and HE WON'T EAT VEGGIES!! (save for corn and potatoes) ... so it's all me... and it's hard for me to eat what I get sometimes. It's kind of frustrating. I am hoping to start going to the saturday farmer's market downtown soon.
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Amie C.
True Blue Farmgirl
2099 Posts
Finger Lakes Region
NY
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Posted - Oct 07 2009 : 11:32:06 AM
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| I'll never forget the look this one young girl gave my vegetable. It was some kind of leafy green with bright red veins (maybe chard). She looked at the greens, looked at me, looked back and finally asked, "Is that real or is it plastic?" |
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