This sign drove me crazy a couple of days ago. I’d never seen or heard the word “TEEN” used as a descriptor for food, so I had no idea what this misspelled word was supposed to be. TWEEN? KEEN? <\/p>\n
Now I know there is baby spinach and its more fermented variety known as “teen”. <\/p>\n
The association made between spinach and puberty seems kind of odd to me. To continue with this logic we might have spinach middle aged, elderly, 30-something, and so on. Connoisseurs might have sensitivity enough to detect precisely fermented 47-year-old spinach, or freshly post-pubescent spinach. <\/p>\n
I’m not a foodie so this kind of thing would not cross my radar, but I do know of baby carrots. I find no serious reference to teen carrots, elderly carrots, or carrots said to be at any other stage of life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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