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Saturday, January 29, 2011

Pareidolia Project Day 29

"Job Interview Potato Salad"

Thursday, January 20, 2011

Pareidolia Project Day 18


"Clown Salad with Beety Eyes"
January 12, 2011

Ingredients:
Cottage cheese
Onion
Turkey cold cuts
Jalapenos
Shredded Mexican cheese
Chopped black olive
Beets
Mixed greens
Salt, pepper
Kosher dill pickle

Clowns staring at you is far worse than humans staring at you. At least I think so.

This was noticed, dinner's pareidolia was not. Meet "The Beev":




"Beaver in Tuna Rice (With Vegetables)"
January 12, 2011

Ingredients:
Instant rice (like Rice-a-roni or something)
Frozen mixed vegetables
Tuna
Sour cream
Green olive


This could be considered kind of half-assed. Whenever I make a uni-dish, like Rice-A-Roni with some meat and veggies thrown in, it's because I only want to use one pan and I don't feel like cooking but have to anyway. In my defense, however, this is one of my more subtle pieces. You don't probably had no idea what it was until I pointed it out, and then the image became clear as day.

Pareidolia Project Day 13


"Pickled Cthulhu Rising From Potato Salad R'lyeh"
January 7, 2011


Ingredients:
Potato
Ham
Onion
Whole grain mustard
Sour cream

Cthulhu:
Kosher dill pickle
Pepperoncini
Chopped black olive and pimento from green olive (eyes)
Mixed greens (wings and arms)

Here's the thing about Cthulhu: either you know about him or you don't. If you don't the unspeakable horror that is him is best left from your mind's eye. If you do, his presence is truly everywhere and it's only a matter of time before it drives you mad. My mom saw "something" here, but she couldn't describe what.

Later that evening, dinner brought another inspiration. Behold! His noodly appendage...



"Lounging Spaghetti Monster"
January 7, 2011

Ingredients:
Spaghetti
Spaghetti sauce
Pearl onions and chopped black olives (eyes)


Okay, so you know how Jesus is always appearing in a tortilla or a moldy orange or something stupid? Well, that's pareidolia. Alternately, when Pastafarians think they see the Flying Spaghetti Monster in a bowl of noodles, they actually ARE seeing it! Praise be unto his noodly appendage, ramen!

Mom did not notice this.

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Pareidolia Project Day 6

"Angry Monster Fish"
December 31, 2010. New Year's Eve

Ingredients:
Battered deep-fried fish
(tilapia battered in seasoned flour and corn starch/Sprite batter)

tartar sauce
(Mayonnaise, dill pickles, Tabasco, Worcestershire sauce, lemon, chipotle powder)
Cottage cheese
tomato
onion
Dill pickle
Green olive
Cilantro.

This was going to be the final part of the project. I was sure she wouldn't see the face, so I made it as obvious as I could. It worked. She had seen the face for the first time. I decided to continue the project.