Pineapple

Tonight, as I traveled from corner store to corner store in search of ingredients to make black bean soup, I was struck by something.

I've noticed it at several places, but I must've been unconsciously storing it away in my brain because it didn't click until I reached the small corner store/deli next to our apartment and noticed they had two different kinds of canned pineapple but no black beans.

Last week, Tyler and I went to FOUR different stores looking for a can of green chiles. We even went to the Hispanic grocery store and there was nothing. We live in a neighborhood with a lot of Puerto Ricans -- the street we live near is called "The Avenue of Puerto Rico" for God's sake -- but no green chiles were to be found.

However. There was lots and lots of Dole canned pineapple. And pickled jalepenos.

What is it about canned pineapple? It's so...gross...