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Continuing from the preceding post

Compared to what I remember from where I came from, the level of varieties of fruit offered in the grocery markets here does not seem to fit the average level of living in this country. You can make a flag  with a picture of an eggplant crossed over and it could be easily seen to uniquely represent this country to somebody who came from the outside and lived here. But at least eggplants depend on  how they are cooked. On the other hand, fruit are directly ready for eating. When was the last time you saw a grocery market selling figs, for example? And smaller size fruit are apparently forbidden things to begin with. Even with the big size fruit, how often you see pomegranates, for example? 

I have already thought about the issue with eggplants being a manifestation of that thing which looks like identity establishment need or desire I talked about before. Although abstaining from eggplants may not be as far as you may think from as if you traveled to some place and found that people do not eat eggs, for example, there, the issue with fruit, because they are directly consumable, seems to suggest clearer relation to that identity establishment thing .