What The Fruit?

I watch the show Chopped on the Food Network. I like to pride myself in how many of the strange and exotic foods that I can actually recognize. If you know me personally at all, you know that the fact that I'm familiar strange or weird things is no shocker.

I actually like to think a lot about the things we eat that are well known despite how strange they are or how odd their preparation processes are. I mean, some putz was moseying down the side of some shallow body of water thousands of years ago and saw what appeared to be a rock. Somehow Mr. Putz was able to wedge something through the center of the rock and pry it open.
::Side Note:: If Mr. Putz didn't ram a hole through his own hand while trying to pry the rock open, he got lucky. If he did impale his palm... Mr. Putz went back and tried again to open up the rock.
::End Side Note::
Mr. Putz pried the rock open and found sitting there before him nestled in its own little compartment...

A loogy.

We have the oyster.
And not only did this guy say to himself, "YUMMY! This looks like it's going to taste so good, I'm not even going to cook it. This is going to happen raw," but Mr. Putz's putz friends said, "HEY! Great idea, Putz! Let's dig in!"
Now, I've come to find a love for oysters when fully cooked, preferably fried... but that doesn't make getting into them in the first place bat crap crazy.

Today Mamma McMillen and I went to the grocery store and I stumbled upon something in the produce department that brought me to a screeching halt.

 

... the hell?--

This damn thing looks like it came from a coral reef on Mars. 

Granted, you never know when you're going to find your next favorite food by tasting something new... However, I think the way this monster is the most beneficial is by acting as an appetite suppressant. 

Speaking of monster, if you recall the movie Monsters Inc. there is a scene when Mike and Sully are walking to work and grab a couple of fruits from a friendly vendor. I have been under the impression until today that the fruit the vendor offered was "monster fruit," completely fictional and fantastical. 

 

I was wrong. 

I don't even know who to dedicate this one to... Mr. Putz?

-k