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Here's another "guess the subject of this photo" post. As always (or at least the one other time I did one of these), the item in question is a type of food. And I do believe that this one is more difficult than the last one.
Happy guessing!
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It's a veiny grape, really close up.
Posted by: Cathy Resmer | June 03, 2007 at 04:47 PM
A grape with blood poisoning...
Posted by: Cathy Resmer | June 03, 2007 at 04:47 PM
A fresh Brussels sprout?
Posted by: Ann | June 04, 2007 at 09:48 AM
Squash blossom?
Or maybe I'm just projecting, weary of paying 1.49/lb for sorry-looking grocery store zucchini and praying for abundant hills of local summer squash...;-)
Posted by: Lisa Crean | June 04, 2007 at 01:42 PM
It looks like a pitcher plant. Are pitcher plants edible?
Posted by: Molly | June 05, 2007 at 11:50 AM
Not a grape with blood poisoning, nor a squash blossom, nor a Brussels sprout...
I'm also not sure if pitcher plants are edible. I think of them as eaters rather than eatees, but that doesn't mean they're not!
Here's a clue...the part you can see in the photo isn't the part we typically eat.
Posted by: Suzanne | June 05, 2007 at 01:20 PM
It's one of the pods from the 1979 remake of "Invasion of the Body Snatchers".
Posted by: Molly | June 06, 2007 at 09:15 AM
It's a nubbin. Some kind of nubbin.
Posted by: Cathy Resmer | June 07, 2007 at 04:33 PM
Molly -- You're getting warm. Really. Although a botanist might not consider this to be a pod, the part of the plant that you can see in the photograph does encase the edible portion of the plant. So it's a pod as far as I'm concerned! However, it doesn't contain anything scary...
Cathy -- What's a nubbin??? The dictionary definition is "a stunted ear of corn." Is that what you meant?
Posted by: Suzanne | June 08, 2007 at 04:30 PM
Cocoa?
Posted by: Molly | June 08, 2007 at 06:38 PM
Husk of a tomatillo?
Posted by: arm | June 11, 2007 at 04:55 PM
We have a winner -- way to go ARM!! It is indeed a tomatillo husk.
For those of you who are really interested in botany, here's some additional info about the tomatillo...
It's in the Solanaceae or Nightshade plant family, along with tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, potatoes etc. Other, closer relatives are the Cape Gooseberry and the ornamental Chinese Lantern.
I'll try to find another fun photo soon!
Posted by: Suzanne | June 11, 2007 at 06:17 PM
I don't believe you. I think you made it out of papier mâché just to torment me.
Posted by: Molly | June 15, 2007 at 11:25 AM