Good afternoon, class. Today’s lesson is on the importance of looking at your food before consuming it. To illustrate, we have a special guest appearance. This cheerful green pepper was sliced open by one of my coworkers during dinner preparations last autumn. Like the Virgin Mary Toast, all evidence of this miraculous occurrence would have been lost had she tossed the pepper core without a glance. Let us all have a moment to pause and reflect on the tragedy and waste so narrowly averted.
Thank you. I hope each and every one of you now understands why it is important to always look before you eat, or slice, or throw away your food. Any questions? Good. Class dismissed.
Now the details, since I know some will ask. First of all, I can vouch for the picture, since I’m the one who took it. That’s my desk underneath it, and my Christmas cactus blooming in the background. How could I not capture it on, uh, pixels, when presented with such a spectacle on a day when I happened to have my camera at work with me? The only retouching consisted of adjusting the lighting (too dark), sharpening (too blurry), rotating (too vertical), cropping (too big), and resizing (again, too big). You can trust me. I’m a writer. I may exaggerate, but I never lie. And, finally, if you’re having trouble getting your bearings, click here for a larger version of the above photo, or here to see the opposite side of the slice.
Ooo. I think yours is better than the toast.
Icon worthy.
Had I but known, I would have taken a closer look at the apple core I threw away this evening after cutting slices for the kids. Perhaps a miracle was missed…
wow. now I’ll have to look at food that I discard.
I feel fairly certain that the lentil soup I had for lunch was without cosmic meaning, but I guess you never know. That’s a great pepper, Caryn!
De-lightful, de-licious, and absolutely de-lovely. I once again stand in awed silence at both your prose and your produce.
Ilana, I’m probably biased, but I like it better, too. 😀 I couldn’t believe it when my coworker brought it in to show it to me.
Now you know, Dru. Now you know. 😉
Katie, maybe you should have drained it and looked at any of the herbs remaining at the bottom, the way some people read tea leaves. Perhaps there was meaning there, and you simply washed the bowl too quickly.
LOL, Pam! I’ll have to pass on your awe to my coworker. 😆
It just looks so happy. Nice 🙂
The other side is priceless! Now don’t ask me why, but the song “Don’t worry, be Happy.” comes to mind. That and Dutch apple pie.
You could have made millions had you guys sold that pepper on eBay!
Have a great day!
The veggie face is cute!
Cute pepper.
Oh my gosh! I’ll never look at a pepper the same way again. Thanks for the lesson in stop, slow down and Look at your food. And like Pam, I’m once again awed – with a smile on my face. 🙂