Fruit and vegetables are boring, right? A carrot is a carrot and will look like a carrot, and a strawberry is a strawberry and will look like a strawberry.
Actually, that’s not true. While they may have an expected shape, many things, including the environment they grow in, can impact their shape.
Just as we humans come in all shapes and sizes, so can our food. And sometimes, our food can look like something else entirely.
We’ve put together a list of 75 foods that look like something else. And in doing so, realized that our food is often quite rude!
1. Dad! You’re home!
First thing that came to mind is kids hugging their dad. That kind of run and hurl themselves into a hug that kids do. What about you? What do you see?
2. Hi. I’m shy
This reminds me a shy, insecure person you meet for the first time. They just give you these scared little smiles as if they think you’re about to bite them.
3. Fruit or vegetable?
Does it matter? It’s all heart and full of love. It even has something like starburst happening there. Maybe representing how it pulses with life?
4. I’m sad and crying
That’s only fair right? After all, how many of use have been moved to tears because of an onion? They should be sad.
5. Love your body
This poor guava looks like a butt with some serious cellulite. Sometimes you just have at accept reality. But seriously, everyone doesn’t need to see it.
6. Hold me
This couple is tight. Because this looks like a full body snuggle, doesn’t it? What about you? Do you see something else?
7. Swim!
Shark! It’s looking at me! Yes, this totally makes me think of a shark’s mouth and eyes. Those dark, empty looking eyes of a shark that you won’t see before it comes from below and chomps you in half.
8. That’s gotta hurt
Hey, readers. Can any of you do the splits? Can you explain to me how that doesn’t hurt like hell? But this carrot makes it look so easy.
9. Identity crisis
This poor lemon. Does it even know it’s a lemon? Does it think it’s a banana? Perhaps a chili pepper? Can you think of what else it might be?
10. Smiley
Remember the days before emojis when we had to draw our happy faces? The curve for the mouth under to eyes. This tomato has it down pat.
11. Very dangerous
Did you know that the hippo is one of the most dangerous animals in the world? They are aggressive and unpredictable. But I think Mr. Potato Hippo-Head here might be slightly less dangerous.
12. Quite the pair
You have to wonder if these two came together by accident or by design. Did someone pick through the produce and find them or match them, or did they meet by mistake?
13. Don’t worry
I think this pepper is happy, don’t you? It’s smiling another old-school happy face at us. Maybe there’s a reason they call these sweet red peppers.
14. It’s a mutant
It’s The Claw! That is the weirdest shape papaya I have ever seen. And if you look in the background, there’s another deformed papaya on this tree. What’s going on?
15. Huddle
This reminds me of two football players. All padded up in their uniforms and in a huddle, discussing the next play. What do you think? Do you see something else?
16. Gene?
If anyone is old enough, or into classic rock, they may remember Gene Simmons. He would stick his tongue out and it would look much like this. But then again, it could be a ponytail.
17. Hot seat
It’s a big, fiery red bum! And it must be a lady bum, because it even has a tramp stamp above it.
18. Scary
So, apparently this is a tomato. Personally, I see little resemblance to a tomato. What I do see is some kind of evil masked outlaw.
19. Aww
I think baby elephants are so cute, don’t you? They are so enormous, but still manage to remind me of puppies. Who cares that it’s actually a pepper?
20. Are you blushing?
Check out this apple bum. Kind of cheeky, don’t you think? Showing all that bare butt to the world? I’d blush too!
21. Sit like a lady
Did you know that they used to say—and I bet some still do—that’s it’s unladylike to sit with your legs crossed? You should have both feet on the ground and your knees together, or something like that. Does this mean this carrot is a ho?
22. Help me
I’m so sad and worried and stressed. The organic tomatoes keep making fun of me. They say no one will love me if I’m not like them.
23. Hmm
Well, I could try to convince you that all I see is a nose. A Pinocchio like nose, sure, but a nose. But you would know I was lying right? You think I see something else, right? Because you see something else, don’t you?
24. Ahem. Wow
Who would have guessed that persimmons were so risqué? So… raunchy. And that first one! That’s more than most of us want to see! And can I suggest a little grooming down there?
25. Gherkin or dill?
Either way, someone seems to have found themselves in a bit of a pickle. And I mean that quite literally. Someone is in that pickle.
26. Here, birdie.
This really looks like some kind of exotic bird to me. The beak. The plumage. What about you? What do you think this tomato looks like?
27. Space man
I don’t know about anyone else, but this carrot is defiantly an astronaut. Did it arrive here from a galaxy far, far away? Or is it heading to a galaxy far, far away?
28. My eyes!
Fortunately, I don’t eat butternut squash. And if I did, I would probably never eat it again. Remember, I said some veggies are rude?
29. Shake your booty
Poor dancer is missing an arm but look at this carrot shake it’s thang. It definitely has the moves!
30. Fish outta water
This potato looks like a fish that’s starting to dry out and get flakey. Like my skin does in the winter. An excellent moisturizer helps!
31. Hoo, hoo
Look at this baby owl. I mean lemon. Seriously, how does a lemon end up looking like that? What about you guys? Do you see something other than an owl?
32. Quack, quack
“Rubber duckie, you’re the one. You make bath time lots of fun!” Who’s with me on this one? This tomato looks like a duck, doesn’t it?
33. Morning run
Okay, this carrot could be a few things. It could be running and be a creature with a tail. Or it could someone out running with their dog, and they’ve dropped the leash and the dog is taking off? What do you see?
34. Hmm
I’m torn on this one. Frankly, the first thing I see is a devil. But I also see rabbit ears. Maybe even the round face of a cat with it’s ears up. Help me decide.
35. Young love
Assuming this green tomato is an unripe red tomato, would you say this represents unripe love? Infatuation even? Or just young love. Assuming you understand the nuances, of course.
36. Monster madness
Honestly, I didn’t even know this was a tomato. Was someone trying to come up with a hybrid and came up with the FrankenTomato instead?
37. Duckman?
Actually, no. This tomato looks far too sweet to be the Duckman. If you’re old enough to remember him, he was sarcastic, rude, and likely deranged.
38. Extinction
I’m not a big fan of horseradish. So while this also looks like a giraffe, I’m going with brontosaurus. Because they no longer exist.
39. Duckmato
Did you know there is a hashtag for #duckmato? That’s right. This is so common there is a hashtag. Who knew? And this one is so perfect, isn’t it?