I don’t know if you’re serious or not, but of course !
Being a belgian we don’t call them belgian endive, it’s witlo(o)f. Brussels sprouts for that matter are just called sprouts.
I know how jicama is pronounced, but it’s not spoken, in English, with a “good Spanish accent.” I’m nitpicking here, but pronouncing it as it is usually pronounced in American English /hɪ kə mə/ is not how it sounds with a good Spanish accent – /hi kä mä/
Those are the ones.
No… the entire conversation was conducted in English. 
Yeah, but it’s cool that he was willing to try it.
I could understand that. Back in the day, I dated a guy who had an excessively sheltered grandmother. She didn’t even realize that there had been a depression. She had a maid/cook that did all the work around the home, and didn’t listen to the radio. <shrug> Very odd little old lady, but sweet. She had never even gotten a glass of water for herself, if she wanted anything the maid got it for her. She didn’t even go shopping for clothes, her maid did. Honestly, that sort of lifestyle would drive me insane very quickly. So if someone was recently screwed over by the whole financial crash to the extent of losing a full time cook, I could see them trying to buy a single rib of celery.
Wikipedia respectfully begs to differ with you:
On a Singapore Air flight from SanFran I saw a word I didn’t recognize on the dinner menu. I asked the FA what it was and she just stared in shocked silence. The expression on her face said, “Oh great. Another American who only eats meat and potatoes”. I ordered the dish anyway, and enjoyed it.
Later I called the same FA over and told her that the next time an American asks what ‘capsicum’ is, tell them ‘bell pepper’.
I don’t know the difference between white and dark meat chicken.
I don’t know how to order coffee. Don’t drink it.
I don’t know how to buy cigarettes. The guy behind the counter said “hard or soft pack” but I didn’t understand what he meant.
I don’t know how to order eggs. Scrambled is all I can tell them.
Yes, capsicum = bell/green/sweet pepper = mango (pepper)
Also –
courgette = zucchini
aubergine = eggplant
coriander leaf = cilantro = Chinese parsley
kiwi fruit = Chinese gooseberry
mutton = sheep or goat, depending on which country you’re in
In the United States, “pickle” means sour-pickled cucumber.
Control-z, these are all questions you could learn the answers to in 15 seconds and know for the rest of your life.
White = Breast and wing - lower fat, lower cholesterol and generally drier meat
Dark = Leg (drumstick and thigh) - more moist, flavorful meat, fattier, more cholesterol
Black (no sugar or cream)
With or without sugar
With or without cream (or other milk product)
You couldn’t work this out? Do you want the cigarettes in a package that’s made of stiff cardboard or soft paper-lined plastic? It’s like being asked if you want your groceries in plastic or paper bags. I’ve never smoked a day in my life, and I wouldn’t need this explained to me.
If you’ve eaten eggs, there’s no reason why you wouldn’t know how to order them.
The most common answers are:
Hard boiled
Scrambled
Sunny-side up (In India, this is called “poached”)
Over easy
There are several other styles, but those should cover you
One of my son’s friends stopped for a meal some time ago (he’d have been about 10 years old). I was making home-made chips (OK, fries). When I asked him if he wanted some, he asked, “What are you making them out of?”. When I replied, somewhat bemused, “Potatoes”, he swiftly said, “Uh, no thanks then”.
I don’t think he’d ever had anything other than pre-prepared fries, and had no idea they were made from potatoes!
Huh! I know clementines, tangerines, mandarins and satsumas as different oranges to buy in the market. Maybe what I think of as a mandarin is a darcy?
Yeah, but maybe there’s other differences. Maybe the hard pack can’t accommodate as many cigs so there’s fewer at the same price but they justify it with your cigs not getting crushed.
Your mom has made fried eggs with a runny yolk for you every Sunday morning since you were a kid. You have no reason to know how to order it, you just ask your mom to make you eggs and she knows what you want. I can never remember what the names for the types of eggs I like are - I order them in restaurants so rarely.
You don’t smoke. Why do you need to know any more than that?
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Almost any waiter is going to understand “fried eggs with a runny yolk.” It’s their job. They’ll work with you.
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The four names for eggs I gave you are extremely descriptive and you already know one of them. There’s no reason for you not to be able to remember the other three. We’ve already established that you like fried eggs with runny yolk. That means you want to choose either “sunny side up” or “over easy.”
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My mom didn’t have to name things for me either, but if I want something the way my mom made it, I can still describe it.
Hard pack and soft pack have an equal number of cigarettes, at least in the United States, usually 20 per pack. If there is a price difference, it isn’t much, maybe 10¢ or so. You’re not being shortchanged on product. If you are charged more for a hard pack, it’s just for the convenience of it being made from stiffer material.
I’m not a smoker, however. I used to sell them, but it’s been quite a while.
Oh, yes, and if you really did need to know whether to ask for a hard or soft pack, you could always ask. Like the person who’s asking you to get cigarettes.
Hard pack is nice because your smokes don’t get bent and crushed if you keep your pack in your pocket.
Soft pack is nice because, while it contains the same number of cigarettes as a hard pack, one always “hides” in the corner, so just when you think you’re out, you find the last one like a special gift from the tobacco gods. 
WhyNot,
former smoker
Thanks. When the guy said hard pack I was thinking how dense the tobacco was packed within the paper in each cigarette. How should I know, I don’t smoke. The point is some things considered common knowledge aren’t necessarily needed or known by everyone. I still don’t know what “over easy” means.
“Over easy” means flip the egg once onto its other side gently. This makes sure the egg cooks on both sides and seals the yolk so it doesn’t run all over the egg before it’s served.
Yes, and there is also “over medium” and “over hard” or “over well.” The “easy” part refers to the doneness of the egg yolks. There is some argument of what is considered “easy.” It usually means cook so the white is completely cooked through, but the yolk is still runny, but at some diners it means a little runniness in the white. In those diners, “over medium” is whites cooked through, whereas in most restaurants, “over medium” is that area between soft and hard where the yolk begins to thicken.
Other common ways of ordering eggs not mentioned:
Soft boiled - Cooked whole, in shell, so that the white solidifies, but the yolk is liquid
Poached - cooked in liquid, usually water. (Apparently, not in India, though.)
Basted - cooked in a pan and the top is basted with butter or hot water (with a covered lid.)
Basted eggs might not be known in every diner, but the other two should be.