Mark Thorson wrote:
> A foodiform tool is any tool shaped like the food
> it is used with. For example, a mushroom brush
> shaped like a mushroom. Or a lobster cracker
> shaped like a lobster claw. Or corncob holders
> shaped like little corncobs.
>
> Can you think of any others?
>
> I think foodiform tools appeal to people who lust
> for a peculiar form of consistency in their lives.
> All of their tools would be foodiform tools, if
> such were available. They would cook hotdogs in
> a cooker shaped like a big hotdog. They'd store
> milk in a bottle shaped like a cow. Their coffee
> grinder would be shaped like a big coffee bean,
> and their coffee brewer would be shaped like a
> coffee cup.
>
> I call this form of insanity foodiformia.

I think I have seen cheese knives with "cheese" handles.

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Jean B.