Exotic

Two days ago, while shopping at the Temple of Food™, the CC encountered a middle-aged woman muttering to herself about "exotic ingredients" while her nervous bored husband hung around the edges wondering what exactly he had gotten himself into.

Then finding what she wanted, she looked at the CC and murmured in a soothing matronly voice, "Cumin is so exotic."

And the CC wanted to tell her, "Lady! Cumin is not exotic. Katsuobushi blocks and dried whole caper fruits are exotic. You need to get out more often."

But he was unerringly polite. This was a mistake. Someday in his anec-dotage, he will regret being polite.