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This artisanal post was handcrafted just for YOU using the finest in locally sourced vocabulary on 25 Aug 2008, and is filed under the frig?.

The frig? Because Dear God WHAT IS THAT THING?


This edible horror originally photographed and uploaded by Just Jefa.

Yes, it’s food. But what the hell is it?

There’s tons of delicious, lavicious food pr0n out there – Tastespotting, Foodgawker and dozens upon dozens of blogs with professional quality, gorgeous styling and photography.

But where is the hilarious? The grotesque? The truly unfortunate?

I got your grotesque right here, baby. Welcome to a new daily feature: The frig? And so I ask you:

The frig?

Answer with tomorrow’s sideshow of horror. First correct answer gets to bask in the late-afternoon glow of golden self-satisfaction.

Also, did I or did I not ask for some feedback the other day? There are 16 comments, and one is me. I have STATISTICS, people. I know you are out there. I really want your feedback, even if it is “This idea is shite.” Honesty is helpful; I promise I will not hold anything you say against you.*

*Total lie.

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22 Comments

  1. Zora
    August 25, 2008

    Uh, lemon with leprosy? Mmmm!

  2. kristin
    August 25, 2008

    Oh, do I have the website for you. It’s the Gallery of Regrettable Food, by James Lileks. Try it–you’ll like it.

    http://www.lileks.com/institute/gallery/

    I didn’t comment on your other post because I think I’d probably read anything you wrote about. So go for it! Whatever “it” may be. Yes, I’m feeling very helpful today.

  3. sheasy
    August 25, 2008

    This looks cantaloupey or cantaloup-ish.

  4. foodiemama
    August 25, 2008

    i agree with sheasy. ruptured cantaloupe? vomiting cantaloupe? oozing cantaloupe? that’s all i got!

  5. anna l'americana
    August 25, 2008

    Mango innards?

  6. Ooooh! I love ‘the frig’! Throw a durian up there. (See? ‘throw’ ‘durian’ and ‘up’ naturally go together.) Ick.

    That thing? No clue. Maybe some exotic citrus?

  7. Amy at Minimally Invasive
    August 25, 2008

    I’m thinking it’s the Cantaloupe that Destroyed New York, created by Ozymandias.

  8. jennifer
    August 25, 2008

    It looks like a morally loose melon. Real dirty like with sores.

  9. christey
    August 25, 2008

    looks like a cantaloupe that would be in my fridge, (you know, for about three weeks too long, and then it gets moved to the counter for a few days, and then the garage floor for a few more days until the flies carry it off elsewhere)

  10. evil chef mom
    August 25, 2008

    that’s gotta be one moldy ass lemon.

  11. Allison
    August 25, 2008

    Good freaking lord!! I’m not sure what that is, but it skeers me…it skeers me bad. The obvious guess by first glance is a moldy lemon or orange. However, there are little hints of perhaps an essence of a frozen chill that has come over what ever the heck it is. Granted those hints could simply be uber magnification, forth which to fool the human eye, and thus, rendering me totally incorrect. So, I guess I’ll go with the obvious guess. Moldy lemon/orange. How’d I do?

  12. The black/grey-with-greenish-tinge part looks melon-y. But the yellow part has pores like a citrus fruit.

    Is this a new hybrid?! Stop playing GOD!

  13. courtney
    August 25, 2008

    A bruised Ugli Fruit close up.

  14. SK
    August 25, 2008

    Some sort of squash?

  15. Mama Bear
    August 26, 2008

    Ew. LOL

    I’m awarding you an ‘I *heart* Your Blog Award’!

    http://gottalittlespacetofill.blogspot.com/2008/08/somebody-hearts-me.html

  16. kittie
    August 26, 2008

    ok, ok – I’ve been away… I’ve given you feedback now…

    Sheest!

    And I’ve no idea what that horror is. Bleurgh…

  17. michelle
    August 26, 2008

    kristen, i *heart* the gallery of regrettable foods. cracks my shit up every time.

    mamabear, thanks! i don’t do the meme/award thing, but i really, really appreciate it!

  18. Traci (Soup of The Day)
    August 26, 2008

    Grapefruit?

  19. Katie
    August 27, 2008

    Sun-burned lemon.

  20. eg
    August 27, 2008

    Looks like an orange to me. In fact, I think I eaten quite a few navel oranges that have that sort of “don’t look too close at me before you peel me” look.

  21. Jojo
    August 29, 2008

    Oh, my–!! That is truly some horrifying food. It looks like a cross between a cantaloupe and a moldy orange to me, but I can only wonder, really.

    As much as I love good ol’ food pr0n, I think your “what the frig?” idea is interesting. Certainly educational! I hope you keep it up. :)

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