Vegetables
Petrified Potato Art
As a follow-up to my prior immortal potato post, here's Dave McConkey who claims to have found a way to petrify potatoes, and he then makes works of art out of these perma-potatoes. I'd be curious to know what exactly his process involves, but I doubt it's actual petrification, since soft tissue doesn't petrify (as far as I know).If you want to delve deeper into the mystery of petrified potatoes, check out the Potato Rock Museum, which describes itself as being "all about the search for the elusive 'Potato, Rock' or the 'Petrified Potato' or the Per Mineralized Potato."
Posted By: Alex - Sat Jul 06, 2013 -
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Category: Art, Vegetables
Immortal Potato
Food preservation news from 1954. I wonder if Dr. Butts' potato is still sitting unchanged on a shelf in some government warehouse. Spokane Daily Chronicle - Apr 2, 1954]
Posted By: Alex - Tue Jul 02, 2013 -
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Category: Food, Vegetables, Atomic Power and Other Nuclear Matters, 1950s
Historic Explosions in Cauliflower
By artist Brock Davis who, based on his other projects, likes to play with his food.
Space Shuttle Challenger
Nagasaki
Hindenburg
Posted By: Alex - Thu Dec 06, 2012 -
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Category: Art, Food, Vegetables
Onion As Weather Forecaster
No, we are not talking about the brilliant humor publication, The Onion. Rather, we are interested in this bizarre bit of folk wisdom:
Here's another account, whose hero is depicted below, with greater details as to the proper procedure.
How long has this been going on? At least seventy years, as we can see from this account.
Has anyone ever heard of this before, or know of the origin of the practice?
Posted By: Paul - Tue Sep 25, 2012 -
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Category: Agriculture, Regionalism, Superstition, Vegetables
Vegeterrible
Vegeterrible from The Animation Workshop on Vimeo.
That's a mighty big fridge interior.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Jul 20, 2012 -
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Category: Anthropomorphism, Horror, Vegetables, Cartoons
Call Any Vegetable
I just relistened to Frank Zappa's 1971 album, Live at the Fillmore East, or, Freaks & Motherfu*#@%! for the first time in about 40 years, and marveled again at the visionary talents of this supreme musical weirdo. Of course, Zappa died too young at age 52, and we were deprived of many potential years of his music.
I thought this vegetable song might somewhat counterbalance all the bacon and meat talk on WU.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Feb 17, 2012 -
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Category: Anthropomorphism, Food, Vegetables, Humor, Surrealism, Bohemians, Beatniks, Hippies and Slackers, 1970s
Lucy Lettuce
Years ago I made a series of collages illustrating what I called "Lesser-Known Advertising Icons." The D List of product representatives. Here's another one I just found, pictured above.
For every Tony the Tiger, there are scores of Lucy Lettuces.
Original ad here.
Click on the link below the book cover image for a volume on the topic.
What a Character!: 20th Century American Advertising Icons
Posted By: Paul - Tue Feb 07, 2012 -
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Category: Anthropomorphism, Advertising, Books, Vegetables, 1940s
Ninja Broccoli
Posted By: Alex - Sat Jan 28, 2012 -
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Category: Food, Vegetables
How to burble a pea
How in the world did I reach the age of 43 without knowing that it was possible to burble a pea? Instructions can be found at askapastor.org:Or just watch one of these videos:
Posted By: Alex - Thu Jan 19, 2012 -
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Category: Food, Vegetables
Bunny Luv
Posted By: Paul - Tue Apr 26, 2011 -
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Category: Anthropomorphism, Business, Advertising, Vegetables
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