The Sad-Face Daikon Radish

Perhaps you recall (there have been many) one of the stories of someone finding the image of Jesus burned into their toast. There was also the case in 2004 when a potato chip bearing what was claimed to be the likeness of Elvis Presley was discovered by a woman in Virginia. The chip was later sold on eBay for $1,000. Only a year later, a Cheeto snack resembling the famous physicist Albert Einstein's profile was found in a bag of Cheetos.

While I can’t contribute another story of finding the likeness of a famous historical figure in my food, I would like to share something first cousin to that. I have posted a photograph of the “Sad-Face Daikon Radish.” I pulled the dejected vegetable from a row of radishes Desiree has been nurturing in her modest garden.

The Sad-Face Daikon Radish

—Mitchell Hegman