I Heart Cholesterol
food, Fun April 11th, 2008Another delicious submission from Heather Simoneau for the Food That Looks Like Stuff gallery. She’s the same reader who brought us Bagel #9.
I believe Heather’s working on an entire Grand Slam Breakfast That Looks Like Stuff. We’d love some bacon next time if you could swing that. Oink.
Part of a Heart-y Breakfast
I’m always happy to post reader submissions. In case you see a food that looks like something, here are my two simple rules:
1. The food must not have been deliberately constructed to resemble stuff. Heather was very clear about the circumstances under which this heart came to be. She insists she only tapped the yolk once or twice after it went in the pan, without any thought as to its food-looking-like-stuff qualities. But then the heart appeared suddenly and she ran for her camera.
I’m glad Heather has her priorities straight. Her kids were starving, but instead she held a photo shoot. That’s the spirit!
2. The object must not display male or female “appendages.” A Junk Drawer reader recently emailed me an X-rated tomato. It took me quite a while to figure out how to tell her I couldn’t accept it on the blog.
I think it’s obvious I have almost no limits for what I’ll put on the blog about myself, but I must use care not to offend naked fruits and vegetables. Can’t be too careful. They may not have thought those pictures taken early in their careers would ever see the light of day. Yeah. Those kinds of pictures.
Stumble it!
April 11th, 2008 at 5:51 pm
1) Turn the pan handle from the 9:30 position to about the 11:00 o’clock position.
2) See the yellow rubber ducky looking to the left with an upturned beak?
3) I’m glad she’s not using Teflon.
4) I bet a side of Virgin Mary toast would go good with those eggs.
5) Put a fork in me! I’m done!
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April 11th, 2008 at 6:10 pm
BigNerd — Oh my god, I see the ducky! Awesome! A two-fer! And here I’d been staring at it throughout the day while writing the post. Never saw it. Been one of those days. Thank you for pointing that out and also for returning to your patented 5-point comment system. I needed that.
April 11th, 2008 at 6:23 pm
1) This is so cool !
2) If it was me, I wouldn’t have noticed it and gobbled it down without a second look
3) I feel like having eggs for dinner now.
4) 4 points should keep BigNerd at bay π
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April 11th, 2008 at 6:28 pm
Ohmigosh! Ducky!!! Yay duckies!
April 11th, 2008 at 6:30 pm
I rather like the rubber ducky better :O) I will keep my eyes peeled for some food looking like stuff and I bet I never see any now.
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April 11th, 2008 at 7:14 pm
It is a duck! Was that a duck egg? I hope not. I’m not sure I could eat a duck-shaped yolk. It has a beak and everything…
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April 11th, 2008 at 7:52 pm
Was that Love Bagel #9?
How I wish I’d known about this yesterday! I was munching on a chunk of Cabot Extra Sharp Vermont Cheddar with a crisp apple, idly placed said cheese hunk on me plate, looked down, and on my honor I SAW a Scotty dog! His ears were so perky! I swiftly made a note to have a character in an in-progress flash fiction piece do this very thing, then ate the cheesedog without ever running for my camera.
Proving once again that timing is everything, y’all …
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April 11th, 2008 at 8:19 pm
Hi! What a top idea. For this recipe I recommend Omega 3 or free range eggs to ensure this hearty meal!
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April 11th, 2008 at 8:20 pm
Great article really, I like the photo also!
April 12th, 2008 at 11:02 am
Kathy:
Great post, and a brilliant topic as usual. I normally don’t cook anything too fancy, but if I should see Jesus in my spaghetti, I snap a quick picture. Praise the Lord!
HAve a nice day.
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April 12th, 2008 at 11:36 am
Jaffer — Me, too! I wanted eggs all day after looking at it. I think you’re safe from BigNerd up to 4.5 comments, but I can’t save you if you shoot for 5.
Regan — Ducky needs an eye. I’m so tempted to Photoshop him one. Love your Gravatar!
babs (beetle) — Don’t worry. You just have to look. And hopefully have a camera nearby.
JD at I Do Things — But no eye! I want an eye!
Jenny — I believe that you saw a Scotty dog. That’s the first step to getting a food up in the gallery. You’re seeing things!
Peter McCartney — I know they’re more nutritious, but the bacon I have with my eggs kind of ruins it, I think. I’m thinking of renaming this the Bacon Blog, for crying out loud. It’s all I talk about!
Mark — Love the Funny Food Photos on your site!
Swubird — Seriously, you’ll look, right? We have enough hearts now. We can use Jesus.
April 12th, 2008 at 12:38 pm
I am soo addicted to doodling hearts on my screen while reading or listening online. Oh no, you didn’t see the duck, how can we have conversations?
Won’t it would be fun if that pic could show cooking and ducky videos when clicked.
April 12th, 2008 at 2:21 pm
What, no inappropriate food pics? Fine, I suppose I’ll just have to send all the ones I’ve collected over to FoodFetish.com instead. Your loss.
April 12th, 2008 at 4:22 pm
No rude vegetables?
Esther Ranson built a television career on such things – next you’ll say that there’ll be no poems from Cyril.
(yeah I know it’s a UK 70’s reference so most people will have no clue what I am on about) (not that it has ever stopped me:))
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April 13th, 2008 at 8:06 am
i knew i would regret doing that shoot. the photographer promised he’d make me a star in a new flavor of wolfgang puck soup if he could see “just a little more.” i was young and didn’t know better. it was awful. anyway, thanks for not publishing it, kathy. if my mother saw that picture she’d just ketchup herself.
April 13th, 2008 at 2:19 pm
n — Swear I didn’t see the duck until BigNerd’s insightful observation. And then, of course, I saw it instantly. D’oh!
Jeff — I’m sure your naked produce collection is remarkable. Maybe Better Homes and Naughty Gardens would be interested?
tfa — Just Googled her. Excellent!
tommy the tomato — I’m sorry that you fell for that “just a little more” thing. Don’t worry. You’re in good company. Lots of fruit got their start that way. I promise I got rid of the negatives. Really, I did.
April 14th, 2008 at 10:42 am
ya know, that tomato I submitted to you would look delicious right next to those eggs. π
April 15th, 2008 at 3:15 pm
Mandy — I know! Sorry again about having to reject your tomato. I did think long and hard about it, though.
April 25th, 2008 at 11:27 am
JD and Canucklehead should eventually come up with a picture of bacon that looks like something, since I know they heart bacon π
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April 25th, 2008 at 6:32 pm
Tim — As do I: Bacon: Food of the Gods. I know Canucklehead loves bacon in an inappropriate way. I expect something to be submitted by him, but it’ll have to pass a decency test.
April 24th, 2009 at 3:14 pm
I really appreciate this post! Thanks for the great ideas shared i learn a lot from it. I will come back often.
Thanks,
Norte Vita
September 29th, 2009 at 3:00 pm
you have now changed the way i look at food completely. i used to be able to just cook and eat but now im looking for some kind of image in my cookies:)
April 4th, 2010 at 5:40 pm
Love is in the air and in the pan. π
May 12th, 2010 at 2:36 pm
I went vegan years ago – the sight of meat in butcher shops! Yuk!