same thing happened to me....who wouldve known peanut butter consists of actual peanuts? or that pickles is a cucumber ? -_-

Or that raisins are grapes, or prunes are plums. If you like Vegemite or Marmite, you might want to avoid doing research into what it actually is. In that case, ignorance is the way to go.

for the longest time I didn't know ihop and international house of pancakes were the same thing.

ihop is that new hip-hop band.

Kinda like the people that order "spaghetti squash" and then get upset that it's not a pasta dish. :P

22- Actually there was a coworker of mine who didn't believe pickles were preserved cucumbers. I informed her how pickles are made and she was convinced I was messing with her because "they look nothing alike".

I suggested making Eggplant Lasagna to my husband once. He was completely confused whem I refused to buy noodles and eggs (at 30, he had never seen/heard of/ ate an eggplant.)

Portobello! Thank you! The 1st person to spell it correctly. It was driving me insane.

Agreed! I might understand OP's frustration more if he/she had spelled "portobello" correctly. Otherwise, I can almost understand the confusion. All these people calling the girl stupid for not knowing about the mushrooms, but they can't even spell it themselves! Am I missing something here?

Oops! I totally meant "portobello." I can spell...really. I guess I just wasn't thinking that time.

Was she somewhere near humanity?

Not this again ...