On Sat, 06 Sep 2008 14:19:02 -0700, Mark Thorson >
wrote:

>A foodiform tool is any tool shaped like the food
>it is used with. For example, a mushroom brush
>shaped like a mushroom. Or a lobster cracker
>shaped like a lobster claw. Or corncob holders
>shaped like little corncobs.
>
>Can you think of any others?
>
>I think foodiform tools appeal to people who lust
>for a peculiar form of consistency in their lives.
>All of their tools would be foodiform tools, if
>such were available. They would cook hotdogs in
>a cooker shaped like a big hotdog. They'd store
>milk in a bottle shaped like a cow. Their coffee
>grinder would be shaped like a big coffee bean,
>and their coffee brewer would be shaped like a
>coffee cup.
>
>I call this form of insanity foodiformia.

I must really be insane then. I have some foodiforms and they have
faces. <yikes!!!>
One is a potato brush shaped like a pototo and a powdered garlic
shaker shaped like a head of garlic.
I use my little egg heads all the time, perfect for a single sunny
side up egg. Also there is the crying onion that does absolutely
nothing but make me happy.
http://i34.tinypic.com/33xjwo3.jpg

koko
There is no love more sincere than the love of food
George Bernard Shaw
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