Saturday, December 19, 2015

Food that looks like food

There's a Piroshki restaurant on 3rd Avenue here in Seattle. In homage to Captain Obvious, it's called Piroshki on 3rd.
The Captain likes flaky crust and savory filling.
The Captain likes an eatery with a fully informative name.
I'm not sure if the Captain likes yellow paint.
In keeping with the obvious name, Piroshki on 3rd serves obvious food.
Piroshki on 3rd serves Piroshki, on 3rd.
Why did you even bother reading this caption?
Why did I bother writing it?
Obvious food in obvious shapes.
The tasty turkey-filled piroshki are shaped like turkey legs.
The delicious salmon-stuffed piroshki are shaped like salmon.
If they had lickable wallpaper, the snozzberries would taste like snozzberries.
Which got me thinking what the world would be like if every food were sculpted to look like what it's made of.
What if hamburger patties, by mandate, had to be shaped like cows?
What if all chocolate bars had to be shaped like cocoa beans?
What if there were a requirement that hot dogs must be shaped like pigchickengizzardeyeballtongue? Would people stop eating them if they had to constantly confront what they were consuming?
Would the poor French fry meet its culinary end? Because a French fry shaped like a potato is, well, a potato.
 

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