On Sep 6, 5:19�pm, 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've got an egg piercer shaped like an egg.
I've got a holiday gravy boat shaped like a turkey.