Rockin' 'FOOD'

Welcome to my table!

Have a seat and I'll see what I can 'whip up'.

I am fascinated by rocks that look like FOOD!  I get a kick out finding  them - gives me a little giggle.  :)   The following is a collection of photos that I have found on internet from time to time. When I come across one, a split-second identification happens in my brain and I'm thinking, "hey, that looks like  ........"  I'm struck by how closely the rocks truly resemble food.  

I have included all information that was available with each photo, so if some are incorrectly identified, sorry - it wasn't me.  If you know what the correct identification is, please leave a comment to let me know, thanks!  Also, I have added my own take on what the rock(s) look like.

OK, belly up - but remember, this ain't no fast food!  These dishes took eons to prepare so take your time and enjoy.   :)

Shall we start off right with a good breakfast?
We have.....

Pancakes

Datolite, Isle Royale, Keweenaw County, Michigan

Scrambled Eggs

Sulfur Crystals

Hash-Brown Oval (frozen kind)

Carved Moonstone

Ham Slice

Dendritic Agate, Trapper Creek

Egg, Sunny-Side Up

Fossil Coral Cytiphyllum Superbum Devonian

Creamed Grits

Apophyllite on Stilbite

Marmalade on an American Biscuit

Orpiment Crystals, El'Brusskiy Russia

Bacon

Rhodochrosite

Eggs

Possibly Agate, Onyx, Marble or Alabaster

Shredded Hash-Browns & Cheddar Cheese

Druzy Quartz and Mimetite on Barite Crystals

Baguette Toast

Fossil Coral Cytiphyllum Superbum Devonian 

Peeled Boiled Egg

 Fluorite Ball on Amethyst Mountain

Potato Latkes

Limonite

 Jelly on a Crust of Bread

Orpiment Crystals on Matrix, Russia

Cornflakes

Wulfenite, Los Lamentos, Mexico

Corn Pops (cereal)

Stilbite

Cream of Wheat with Brown Sugar Crumbles

Sphalerite Crystals, Penfield, New York

Coffee Cake Crumble

Stilbite

 Blueberry Muffin

Boleite crystals on matrix, Baja, Mexico

Maybe you'd prefer lunch?

Chunk Tuna

Stilbite

 Cottage Cheese on Iceberg Lettuce

 Scolecite Ball, Apophyllite

Jello Fruit Salad

Manganoan Vesuvianite Crystals on Matrix

Pastrami

Australian Mookaite Jasper

Cut-loaf of Marble Rye Bread

Faced Rhyolite

Pistachio Salad

Datolite Crystals, Inner Mongolia, Huanggang Mine, China

Peanut-Butter on Toast

Opal Chunk, Payson, Arizona

Crushed Pineapple & Cottage Cheese

Mimetite and Dolomite Crystals, Tsumeb, Namibia

 Kumquat

 Calcite

Ham Hock

Geode, dyed

 Egg Salad

 Mimetite and Calcite Crystals on Limonite Stalactites, 

Santa Eulalia, Mexico

Blackberry Custard

Sphalerite and Calcite Crystals

Canned Corned Beef

Octahedral Spinel Crysta,l Morogoro, Tanzania

 Butter-pats on Whole Wheat Roll

Wulfenite Crystals on Matrix, Ojuela Mine, Durango, Mexico

Cranberry Chutney

Proustite Crystals, Morocco

Cured Ham

Multicolored Quartz

Potato Salad

Apophyllite-Stilbite

Dollop of Crushed Pineapple

Rare Locality, Autunite Meta-Autunite, 

Triple H & J Mine, Washington

Maybe a salad?

Frisee Lettuce

Pyromorphite

Bacon Bits

Vanadinite on Barite. New Pocket Mibladen, Morocco

Shredded Carrots

Barite Crystals with Cerussite over Galena

Blue Cheese

Yellowstone River Agate with Moss Stringers

~ OR ~

Sliced Deli Meat

Agate

Macaroni Salad

Dolomite Crystals with Pyrite

Applesauce

Mimetite, Mexico

 Pork Cubes in Mashed Potatoes

 Willemite Crystals in Calcite, 

Sterling Hill Mine, Ogdensburg, New Jersey

 Cheddar Cheese Curds

  Stilbite with Laumontite

Green Grapes

 Carved Marble Jade Soapstone

Corned Beef Hash

Sylvite and Halite, Esterhazy, Canada

 Mac & Cheese

 Stilbite Crystals

Pomegranate Fruit Seeds

Pyrope Garnet

Deviled Ham

Cobaltoan Dolomite Crystals

Chopped Celery

Pyromophite, Daoping Mine, Guangxi, China

Dill Dip

Hornblende Fels Gneiss

 Tapioca Raisin Pudding

 Axinite

Time for Dinner!

Grilled Beef

 Faced Rhyolite

Baked Potato

Emimorphite Crystals

Whole Grains Dinner Roll

Sedimentary Breccia Stone

 Grilled White Fish Fillet

Lake Superior Agate

Pearled Onion

White Onyx

Lettuce Leaf

Tektite Moldavite, Czech Republic

Prime Rib

Plume Agate

Mashed Potatoes & Fresh Chives

Vietnam Pargasite Crystal on Matrix

Caviar on Rock Salt

Uvite and Magnesite Crystals

BBQ Buffalo Wing

Oregon Carnelian Agate Peach Nodule Geode

 Pickled Egg

 Fluorite with MM Quartz, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India

A toss-up between T-Bone or Pork Chop

Petrified Rainbow Wood,  Arizona

Baby Peas & Large Carrot Chunks

Wulfenite on Mottramite, Mexico

Pork Meatball

Calcite Sphere

Baby New Potatoes with grated Cheddar Cheese

Crocoite Crystals on Balls of Dundasite, Red Lead Mine, Tasmania

Cooked Spinach

Tektite Moldavite, Czech Republic

Cooked Mussel on the Half Shell

Carnelian Agate, Geode

Raw Oysters on the Half Shell

Oco Geode pair, Brazil

Half shell Oyster

Montana Agate Dendrite

Quinoa Pilaf

Chalcedony with Apophyllite, India

Steak

Northern Arizona Petrified Wood

Cheddar Cauliflower

Botryoidal Mass of Mimietite Crystals, Mexico

Broccoli

Botryoidal Conichalcite Crystals , Ojuela, Mapimi , Durango, Mexico

* We've got a tie here, with a possible runner-up:

 Calzone or Pot Pie.  Maybe an AppleTurnover?

 Dogtooth Calcite Crystals on Dolomite

Peas

Chrysoberyl Cats Eye

Baby Carrot

Papaya Quartz Crystal, Tessin Habit, 

Super Rich Saturation of Orange Amphibole

 Salmon Steak

 Petrified Wood

Scalloped Cheesy Potatoes

Wulfenite, Glove Mine, Santa Cruz County, Arizona

Cooked Broccoli

Zincite Druzy

Ham Steak

Arizona Rainbow Petrified Wood

Twice Baked Potato with 3 Cheeses Topping

Wulfenite and Mimetite,  Rowley Mine, Arizona

Cauliflower with Garnish

Apophyllite with Stilbite Crystals, India

BBQ Ribs

 Michigan Super Red Jasper Silver Hemetite

 Russet Potato

 Michigan Pudding Stone

Oven-Baked Chicken Breast

Rose Quartz

 Deep Fried Chicken Breast

 Petrified Rainbow Wood, Arizona

Herbed Green Beans

Pyromorphite Crystals

 Liver

 Red Jasper

Diced White Onions

Trona Crystals, Inyo County, California

Green Pepper

Pyromorphite Hoppered Crystal

Stuffed Calamari (boiled squid) 

Calcite Scepter covered with Quartz

White Fish Fillet - Sushi

Mexican Onyx

White Rice

Stilbite crystals

Caviar on Crushed Ice

Fluortie Balls on Quartz Matrix, Nasik, Maharashtra, India

Cajun Style Grilled Fish

Faced Rough Rhyolite

Chopped Asparagus

Terminated Vesuvianite Crystals, Asbestos Quebec

Crumbled Sausage Pizza

Vanadinite Crystals on Matrix

Bowtie Pasta

Stilbite

Chopped Garlic Cloves

Euclase Crystals on Matrix Oldie Brazil

Grana Padano, Parmesan Cheese 

Petrified Wood with Semi-Translucent Fortification, Wyoming

 Red & Green Grapes

Jade and Marble

Marbled Steak 

Faced Rough Red-brown Glaucophane with Quartz lines

  Cooked Yam Cubes

 Orpiment, Twin Creeks Mine, Nevada

Crystallized Ginger Spice

Octahedral Scheelite on Muscovite

We can't leave out one of the most 
popular dinner combos ever.....


Frozen Hamburger Patty

Brecciated Porcelain Jasper

 Grilled Hamburger Patty

Northern Arizona Petrified Wood

French Fries 

Stilbite, Sharp Terminated Crystals

And of course, every entree comes with a sprig of....

Fresh Parsley

Atacamite Crystals, Australia

Lastly, for that refreshing drink with which to 

'wash it all down', we have plenty of.....

Ice

Natural Pale Blue Topaz Double Crystal

Save room for Dessert?  How about some pie?


Apple Pie a la Mode

Scolecite Mordenite Balls & Peach Stilbite Crystals

Key Lime Pie with Meringue

Apophyllite Crystal, Australia

 Mousse Pie, Pumpkin or Peanut-Butter, you choose.

 Rock Fossil (that's all the info that came with the photo)

 Baked Alaska

Milky Quartz Crystals

Sugar Plum Tart

Sphalerite Crystals on Quartz Matrix

Peanut-Butter Chocolate Mountain Dessert

Odd but natural, Quartz Crystals

Crumb Cake

Citrine Quartz Crystals

Marbled Brownies

Fossil Squid Bellamitas

Brownie Sundae Parfait

Calcite

"Moose Tracks" Ice Cream 

Sphalerite on Rhodochrosite, Peru

Butterscotch-Caramel Revel Ice Cream

Thomsenolite with Cryolite

 Peach Sherbet Ice Cream & Coconut Granola

 Thomsonite Balls on Matrix, Jalgon, India

Powdered Sugar Dates

Sphalerite Crystals

Pineapple Cheesecake Cookie

Mimetite Crystals on Matrix, Tsumeb, Namibia

Marshmellow-White Chocolate Cookie Bar

Druzy Sugar Quartz Plate

 Milk Chocolate Chunk Cookie

Andradite Garnets, Graham County, Arizona

Dark Chocolate Chunk Oatmeal Cookie

Muscovite Crystals on Albite

Sugar Cookies

Sand Dollars

Swedish Snowball Cookies

Twin Okenite Orbs in an Amethyst Geode

Snacks or Sweets for the Sweet-Tooth

Chocolate Covered Peanut Cluster, with Milk, White and Dark Chocolates

Sub-Botryoidal Psilomelane

 Divinity with Nuts

Vesuvianite (Idocrase)

Divinity Candy

Mordenite Snow Ball

"Muddy Buddies"

Red Apophyllite Natural Crystals, India

Milk Duds

Brown Sapphire, Africa

Peppermint Bark

Ruby Cinnabar

 Marzipan

 Orpiment Crystal

Black Licorice Gumdrops

Merlinite Druzy Quartz with Psilomelane

Lemon Drops

Botryoidal Mimetite Crystals, Ojuela, Mexico

Blueberry Drops

Hemimorphite

Snacks anyone?

Popcorn

Stilbite Crystals

Craisins

Tourmaline Rubellite Crystals

Fresh Coconut

 Quartz Crystal Geode

 Molasses Granola

Wulfenite Crystals on Matrix, Los Lamentos Mountains

 Raisins

Pyrope Garnet

Dried Fruits & Roasted Nuts

Garnet Crystals Red Pyrope Almandine, Mexico

 Dried Cranberries

 Arizona Chrome Pyrope Ant Hill Garnet

So, was it good?  Are you full?  

<burp>  oOP!  'skuze me.  ;)

Thank you for joining me for a meal, come back again soon and please don't forget to fill out the comment card.

Then, go brush your teeth.  ;)

Please

Thank you!