Comments on: Nature Is Wonky: Discuss https://ecosalon.com/nature-is-wonky/ Sun, 29 Nov 2015 15:51:01 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.8.25 By: Mike Sowden https://ecosalon.com/nature-is-wonky/#comment-2539 Wed, 08 Apr 2009 10:10:52 +0000 http://ecosalon.com/?p=13143#comment-2539 I agree, folks, that’s the problem with unique, one-off veggies. It’s easy to bond with them, because yes, they *are* quirkily beautiful. I remember my uncle on his allotment digging up a carrot that was the same shape as his nose. He treasured it. 🙂 And I don’t think I could ever chop up that zucchini duck Sara links to there.

Maybe it’s all about objectifying food. Maybe if our food is more lovable, we don’t want to chop it up, as Sarah says. And maybe that’s part of the reason behind these measurement regulations, and something the big food traders are afraid of…

]]> By: Sara Ost https://ecosalon.com/nature-is-wonky/#comment-2538 Fri, 03 Apr 2009 18:24:21 +0000 http://ecosalon.com/?p=13143#comment-2538 If it looks like a duck… http://www.flickr.com/photos/alexgee/271321325/

]]> By: Sarah I https://ecosalon.com/nature-is-wonky/#comment-2540 Fri, 03 Apr 2009 03:08:24 +0000 http://ecosalon.com/?p=13143#comment-2540 My first vegetable garden ever was a small plot of carrots, and it just so happened the soil was sorta rocky. Well, the carrots grew wonderfully, they were huge! But boy, they sure looked funny, after dodging pebbles, rocks and gravel in that sandy Florida soil. Two legged, three legged carrots. I loved my strange and delightful creatures. I took pictures of them, hardly wanted to eat them! But then…of course I did. 🙂

]]> By: amyd https://ecosalon.com/nature-is-wonky/#comment-2537 Thu, 02 Apr 2009 13:09:18 +0000 http://ecosalon.com/?p=13143#comment-2537 I’m with you Mike. Bring on the crazy veggies, I’ll have my own beauty contest for them with the kids.

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