"We were planning to grow herbs and exotic vegetables to market to French restaurants in Montreal," he said.

The menu features Texas-raised game and exotic vegetables.

It isn't just exotic vegetables that have become so available.

Formerly exotic vegetables are now more commonplace in urban areas.

Her father offers to invest in Selina's plan to grow exotic vegetables.

"Seven in the morning, there's every kind of cheese and all your exotic vegetables."

The modern market is now largely covered but remains ethnically diverse, selling a mix of household objects and exotic vegetables.

Some members of the cast are white, others coffee-colored and there are mysterious accessories that could be exotic vegetables or fetishes.

But concentration on one product is needed, many family members feel, and among candidates for that specialization are Christmas trees, exotic vegetables and grapes.

Sometimes, other exotic vegetables also are used, such as green, stinky petai and jengkol bean.