MoFA: The Museum of Food Anomalies

The Museum of Food Anomalies™
An online exhibition of the Art of Regular Food Gone Horribly Wrong. The galleries are updated as new works arrive; visitors are encouraged to share their anomalies.

Viewing: 'Indescribable' Food Anomalies

chilipeno_tumor.jpg

  • Title: “Chilipeno Tumor”
  • Media: Chilipeno. Radiation?
  • Submitted by: Luke (Seattle, WA)
  • Luke writes: "Long have I dreamed of discovering something worthy of submission to the Museum of Food Anomalies, and today that dream came true when I absent-mindedly reached in to a bag of Penny's Chilipeno Corn Chips and found a fried cornmeal tumor almost the size of my palm."
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heart_of_tomato.jpg

  • Title: “Heart-Warming Tomato”
  • Media: Tomato. Hurt feelings. Time.
  • Submitted by: Sergio V.
  • Sergio sends in this tomato in the shape of a heart. It looks as if it had been broken at one time, but is healing nicely. Hearts are like that.
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Strawberry Fan

  • Title: “Strawberry Fan”
  • Media: Strawberry. Novel concept.
  • Submitted by: Silvia S.
  • Oh sure, strawberries seem particularly prone to malformation, but this distorted berry presents an idea for the untapped market of berry-based household products. This version is an edible fan. See it now? Yes, it will be a brilliant product.
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strange cherry

  • Title: “Strangely Strange Cherry”
  • Media: Cherry. Oddity.
  • Submitted by: YuYu
  • I don't even know what to make of this cherry. It's not especially odd, but something about this seems just bizarre enough to make it into the MoFA. Maybe, one day, I'll unlock the secrets of this image... just maybe...
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Valentine's Day Heart Crisp

  • Title: “Crispy Heart”
  • Media: Potato. Valentine's Magic.
  • Submitted by: JM
  • JM writes: "Two years ago, depressed and dateless on Valentines' Day, I opened up a packet of McCoy's Thai Sweet Chilli Chicken Crisps, and this Chipped Heart was the very first piece I took out. It filled me with warmth to know that somewhere out there, there was a crisp fryer in a McCoy's factory that was thinking of me. Then I ate it. Mmmm."
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Hideous Strawberry

  • Title: “Hideous Strawberry”
  • Media: Strawberry?
  • Submitted by: Karyn B.
  • Karyn discovered this hideous excuse for a strawberry then made a terrible mistake: she tried to consume it. Last I heard, she was recovering well.
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lovely cheerios

  • Title: “Lovely Cheerio”
  • Media: Cheerio. That thing called "love."
  • Submitted by: Dagny
  • Dagny believes this is an attempt of a skillful marketing department to really sell the whole "heart-healthy" nature of the cereal.
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Heart of Coffee

  • Title: “Heart of Coffee”
  • Media: Coffee. The International Language... you know, LOVE.
  • Submitted by: Luty
  • Many search for love. Every once-in-awhile it shows up in the strangest places. Not unlike my keys.
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crazy cucumber

  • Title: “All-Kinds-of-Crazy Cucumber”
  • Media: Cucumber. Craziness.
  • Submitted by: Penny S.
  • Penny grew this cucumber and reports that it "looks like it has babies." Yes, Penny, there is that... and the fact that it's curled upon itself as if it's cradling those "babies." I'm creeped out and very confused. Why do I run this museum?!
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