What does a painter do with food that he doesn't want to eat?

Saw this in a local sweet potato bin many years ago. I didn't buy
this one to eat but to turn into an art project. Funny
one...looked like a duck(?)

Took it home and got out the paint and artist brushes.
I did turn it into some kind of bird and used shishkebob sticks
for legs. heheh

Here's before and after picture. Sorry for the tiny size but put
the pic on an ancient computer with 600x800 resolution and made
it small for even that screen. You get the idea though. It was
fun to do at the time which was about 22 years ago.

http://www.hostpic.org/images/1808051627360096.jpg