Pears Shaped Like Baby Buddhas

by Sara Bonisteel, Posted Sep 4th 2009 @ 11:30AM

Buddha pears. Photo: WENN.com

Shaping fruits and vegetables as they grow on the vine is nothing new. John Czeski, an Ohio farmer, was harvesting pumpkins with human faces in the 1930s. But these adorable baby Buddha pears take playing with food to a whole new level.

A Chinese farmer been tinkering with modified pears since 2003, and this year he's reportedly grown 10,000 edible Buddhas. But are they too cute to eat? Tell us what you think in the comments below!

Filed Under: Farming, On the Blogs, Edible Gifts, Ingredients
Tags: baby buddha, baby buddha pears, BabyBuddha, BabyBuddhaPears, china, edible gifts, fruit, john czeski, JohnCzeski, modified food, ModifiedFood, pumpkins with human faces, PumpkinsWithHumanFaces

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9-09-2009 @1:42AM Barb said... I'm with hunter !!!
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9-07-2009 @4:22PM Graydonpow said... A haiku for the Buddha pears:

Shaped like the Buddha
Chinese Farmer grows them thus
They are oh so cute
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9-07-2009 @4:47PM Debby said... LOL! Larry I think that would be correct! It would be a happy meal!
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9-08-2009 @12:09AM Mark said... In Japan they are also making square watermelons, they use less room in the fridge.
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9-08-2009 @4:07PM SprinkleCookie said... Well, I think that if there were more fruits shaped like this, you could maybe tease children into eating more fruit--that is, instead of chocolate bunnies they could eat interesting looking fruit. (Just a thought--what do I know? I'm hooked on Twizzlers.) But they are cute. I love stuff like that.
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