bought a zucchini and the clerk trying to key it in was like I’m so sorry can you tell me what this is. brother never be sorry for having an inquisitive mind
Bought artichokes in a brand-new, first-ever supermarket in a small town in Michigan in 1989. Clerk asked us what they were, we said artichokes. Next time we bought artichokes there we got the same clerk, who remembered what they were called, but.... "So, um, how do you eat one? I peeled and peeled and there was nothing left!" We explained how to cook and eat an artichoke. This was pre-internet, just to remind you: you had to know it, find it in a library book, or ask someone.
Third time we bought artichokes, she said, "It was good!"
She was an inquisitive and intelligent person. She recognized what she didn't know, she asked questions, she remembered what she was told, and she identified a resource for learning more.
No one is born knowing how to eat an artichoke. It's certainly not intuitive! A very stupid vegetable, clearly eaten first by someone exceptionally hungry and then bred to be slightly easier to eat.
