2008.08.30
Freaky Veggies
When the Features department staff here at the newspaper asked readers to send in pictures of their freakiest-looking vegetables, we knew we'd get some nosy tomatoes and lumpy squash.
Never, ever did we expect to get 50 different pictures of everything from Siamese twin summer squash to fence-climbing melons!
The best part, though, were the comments from the readers who submitted their photos. We realized that identifying what freaky veggies look like is a bit like playing the cloud game or taking a Rorschach test -- it is all in the eye of the beholder!
The above pictured tomato was sent in by Alison Elward of Blacksburg, who thought it looked like a Muppets character. To see the other 49 freaky veggies and make up your own mind about who or what they resemble, head to our freaky veggie Flickr page and click on "Detail" to see information about each vegetable.
off subject...but i noticed at towers mall by dollar general a sign for mcCalisters deli. spelling could be wrong. any info on it?
Comment by paul — August 30, 2008 @ 9:00 pm
Paul,
Here's a link about it from Jenny Boone's blog.
http://blogs.roanoke.com/storefront/2008/08/more_on_mcalisters.html
Comment by Debbie — September 1, 2008 @ 6:41 pm
And Paul, here's what I wrote about the restaurant chain before the location was announced:
http://blogs.roanoke.com/fridgemagnet/restaurant_news/new_deli_with_a_mystery_location.html
Comment by Lindsey — September 2, 2008 @ 10:57 am