June 11th, 2009 Potato love Posted by Melitsa in play activities

When I was a lass, I remembered finding odd shaped fruit and veg all the time. I found mostly carrots. With supermarkets  and regulation this fun game of find the funny fruit, at the market all but disappeared.

Imagine my luck then when my MO opened a bag of potatoes trying to get out the 5 I’d asked for and pulled out this one. He counted 5 and arrived with 4 because he didn’t see the heart. Once put on the table he was so excited to see the heart he took off with it to find his brother.

When I turned around all I saw was 4 potatoes and figured he’d miscounted. I got another potato and carried on with dinner.

A few moments later, both boys came rushing around the corner and presented me with the heart potato and asked what it was…  The MO was convinced it was a potato but the BG knew that potatoes don’t come like that even though it looked like one.

I got to tell my childhood stories of finding tomatoes, odd shaped aubergines and double strawberries.

We decided not to eat this potato. It gets shown to everyone that comes to the door.

I think we’re in another change….the BG ate a double strawberry the other week. Even with regulation more mishapen fruit and veg is getting through. If we grew more of our own ( or if more grew despite our lack of a green fingers/ thumb) I’m sure we’d see more mishapen fruit.

What was the last mishaped fruit or veg you found?

Just for fun…………

•  Pictures of funny fruit/veg
• Remember the straight bananas- or not?
• Where is the ugly fruit?
• Funny supermarket rules on fruit and veg

Thanks for stopping by my Tell me Thursday post explaining the story behind my Wordless Wednesday photograph. Find other TMT posts here.

Melitsa Avila is a former teacher, mother of three boys and military wife who talks about living an intentional play lifestyle using practical and everyday play activities to do with the under 5s. She publishes related ebooks & newsletters. Melitsa is the host and producer of a weekly Early Childhood radio show: Raising Playful Tots bringing parents and carers together with Early childhood practitioners. Thanks for reading!

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