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The World’s Two Most Beautiful Vegetables

December 10th, 2007 21 comments

I guess after yesterday’s veggie post, I gotta keep the edible theme going.

Below you will find 12 pics; 6 of them feature the Romanesco Broccoli and the other 6 showcase the infamous Purple Cauliflower.

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Categories: Amazing, Cool, Edibles, Plants, Wow

Blue Agave

November 24th, 2007 No comments

Unfortunately there is no sound with this clip, but it is about 1 minute of a guy butchering a blue agave plant with first a machete and then with a shovel.

What is Blue Agave? Blue Agave is a succulent plant that grows primarily in mexico and according to wikipedia it likes “high altitudes of more than 1,500 m and sandy soil”. Blue agave also happens to be the Agave used for making tequilla… while tequilla tastes like crap and generally makes me a mean person, Read more…

Categories: Edibles, Plants

Mexican Mega Mushroom

July 10th, 2007 1 comment

mega mushroom from mexicoA picture of a GIGANTIC mushroom found in Mexico!  The news paper article i found this picture on stated the following:

A more than 20-kilo (41-lb) mushroom has been picked in a forest in Mexico’s southernmost state of Chiapas, university officials said Tuesday.

The white mushroom, macrocybe titans, measured a towering 70 cm (27 in) tall, was found near Tapachula, near the Guatemalan border, according to the Southern Border University Center.

Categories: Amazing, Earth, Plants