Playing With Your Food

If you have heard someone say that you shouldn't play with your food, then you haven't heard it from us.  As a matter of fact, we've enjoyed some of the creativity folks have shown when it comes to finding veggies of unusual shape or size.

Hey! I just picks 'em, I doesn't always check for faces!

Sam Larimer has been particularly good at finding interesting veggies and actually following through with making them into interesting characters AND taking some pictures.  We, of course, love this.  To be honest, I sometimes wish I had the time to select some of the odd fruit and accentuate the features I see in them.  But, usually, I just get a small chuckle as I place it into the bin with the rest for delivery later in the day.

Sometimes, I see it and take a picture.  Who else sees a yellow submarine?

More often than not, someone will notice the odd veggie in our CSA trays and will just have to take a picture.  Occasionally, a parent will groan as a child picks the carrot with lots of fingers because they KNOW who will have to CLEAN that carrot.  But, even they get a little bit of a smile from the odd shapes that sometimes grow in the field.

Which is Shannon's hand and which is the carrot?

Every once in a while we even get a photo from a person who is really happy to be getting a particular type of veg.

Tiger Eye dry beans anyone?  Thanks Mary!

And, at other times, the picture gets taken right at the CSA distribution.

Hey Rocky! Watch me pull a rabbit out of a hat!

Mr. Aubergine knows that there are more like him out there.  Can you be creative and come up with a new veggie character for the Genuine Faux Farm?

Mr Aubergine always wants to know.  He's a curious fellow.

Sometimes, we create the characters in the field.  Picking veggies that keep growing can lead to some interesting veggie sculptures.

Pippi Kalestocking

This brings us back to Sam's creations.  We're beginning to wonder if we need to create a story line for Carrotman and his new nemesis.  Hmmmmm.

What shall we name this one?

Carrotman is unable to save his veggie friends from the fry pan.