Benjamin L. Haas

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The lord moves in mysterious ways, but how often is artificial cheddar powder involved? Virgin Mary toast was just the beginning of religious visions you can eat. Kelly Ramey of High Ridge, Missouri, was just crunching along when she spotted "Cheesus," the crucifixion-reminiscent single Cheeto she's now storing in a special box. "I looked at that and thought, oh, my, that looks like Jesus...it was just like wow!"

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Life Savers Fruit Splosions, Double Creme Betweens, and Spitz sunflower seeds from paulandstorm.

Doesn't a creme-filled chocolate cookie sandwich just put you in the mood? Eh, never did before, but now that Flickr user paulandstorm mentions it, maybe the Double Creme Betweens wrapper should include a "Parental Advisory" sticker.

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Talk about unintended consequences. I'm sure some candy designer—now there's a job I'd like to have—sat down, looked at a picture of a lighthouse, and did his or her best to render it in the form of a candy mold or whatever it is they use to make gummi shapes. The candy company spends all this money, cranks up production, and when all is said and done, creates a shape that could be interpreted as suggestive, offensive, or both. Don't see the risqué shape in the image at right? See the one below, after the jump. Possibly NSFW or for delicate sensibilities.

Funny movie with a clever presentation, by Josh Weinberg.

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Photograph from giorgiofano1978 on Flickr

It's a loaf of bread shaped like a lobster. Or a lobster that transformed into a loaf of bread. The latter would be more interesting, although I suppose it's a biological impossibility.

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Turn up your speaker volume and let the virtual Jello-poking fun begin: it's Jello Time! Mouse over the shiny red mass and you will be rewarded with realistic hypnotic wigglings. It's quite captivating. Almost disturbingly so.

For more food-related flash fun/strangeness from Dutch artist Rafaël Rozendaal, check out Popcorn Painting (never-ending popping corn) and Unlike the Rest (never-ending sweating watermelon).

Add beets, and you have got an Aussie Burger.

Is there anything greater than the breakfast burger? I love a decent burger, and if you top it with an over easy egg, something magical happens. And that magic is called egg yolk, covering your burger in gooey goodness. Last week I sampled the breakfast burger from Goodburger (a slightly upscale, NYC burger chain) along with some co-workers, one of whom remarked, "Add some beets to this, and you've got an Aussie Burger." Come again? Beets? Now that sounds like something I could get into.