Re: Meandering Jerri Type Post

In article <oYYQj.16068$yD2.6413@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
"Jette " <bosslady@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> spake thusly:

> That page has some strange classifications - "Mammoth, Super Mammoth, 
> Colossal" "American" and "World"?  Around here they listed as 
> "Italian", "Greek", "French", "Spanish", Lebanese" "Provencial", etc. 

As the page describes, there are two size classification systems, one
for the US, one for the rest of the world.  Sort of like metric vs. US
standard.  So Italian olives being sold in the UK would presumably
follow the "world" classification scheme.

> Never heard of them being marketed as "Mammoth" or "Colossal" - how
> they're preserved and which specific country they're from seems to
> be more important to us than their size :-)

In the supermarkets here in Maryland, I don't see them being marketed
based on size, either.  [Although admittedly, I don't buy them much.]
I suspect the size rating matters more in the B2B market, i.e. for
restaurants.

- Morty