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Originally Posted by alpha010
Tog makes me zone envy/jealous, Harvey makes me culturally envy/jealous.
It is sad, the closest chinatown to me or anywhere that doesn't sell ONLY bananas, apples, oranges, pineapples, lemons and limes is over 400 miles away. The only thing I have ever seen in the markets around here that is even remotely tropical was a drink made from acai, mangosteen and blueberry. verdict on that was bad, zero sweetness and very thick. Took one sip and threw it away.
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Hey, Shaggy, thanks for making me feel cultured! LOL
We do have some interesting markets here but also some really weird (IMO) people! I'd like to send some of those fruits your way! LOL
I may go to visit some close friends in Cincinnati this summer and want to check out Jungle Jim's (or something like that) which I read about once. Sounds like an interesting market.
Today I'll be taking my son to the hospital in Oakland and I'm hoping that afterwords my wife will let me drop by the very interesting market Berkeley Bowl. It's in Berkeley or, as some of us say, Bezerkeley, but they sell about 8 kinds of bananas and have a produce section that's about 75' x 200'.
Tog, I believe I've seen a picture of that fruit in a Yahoo group with a different kind of weird folks (like me) from around the world. I've never seen one in person, though.
Cheers,
Harvey