When the groceries hit the ground…

Glass bottle of oil broken on concrete - How to clean up oil

Then it’s guaranteed to be the only box with a glass bottle of oil in it.

Spilled groceriesDropped a box of groceriesPiles of paper towels - Just how much oil can they soak?

And the rest? Oh yeah, those groceries are going to go FLYING. Have you ever seen projectile ice cream cones? How about peanut butter jars who actually coordinate to roll in different directions?

Yeah, me neither.

Oil soaked paper towels to clean up a mess - Art?

I don’t take pictures of oil soaked paper towels because they “look cool” either. And most definitely not when there are a dozen boxes that still need to be brought in because some genius thinks it’s a good idea to shop a month at a time.

Nope, that’d just be silly.

Porcupine meatball raisin band

Porcupine meatballs with rice, cheese, ground beef shaped to look like real animal
 
Those little guys started off as porcupine meatballs. Go on, google what they’re supposed to look like. Or here, let me do that for you: LMGTFY
 
Mine obviously weren’t as spiky as they could’ve been, though, so then the toothpicks were added…
 
But porcupines need faces, too, right? Not just mohawks apparently.
 
So by the end, I had a band of California raisin guys instead.
 

California raisin guy dude band toys with saxophone, guitar, sunglasses

Porcupine meatballs with rice, cheese, ground beef with faces made of raisins and cranberries

 
Oh yeah, rock it you little rice, cheese, meatballs…. Ok, maybe not.
 
But you’ve gotta admit they look better than this did:

Rice and meat cheeseballs with toothpicks

 
And no, I can’t even tell you if that was the creation pre-face….or simply me taking pictures of the raisin dude butts. Does it really matter? No, of course not.
 
Also, this special closeup shot here is for the people who often ask how I get various faces to stick to random textures. Here’s an example of what happens when things don’t go as planned and I need a little extra duct tape toothpick help.
Stab your eyes out with toothpicks - Recipe for porcupine meatballs
In case you’re wondering, yes, they were quite delicious. But please, if you’re going to hide toothpicks in the eyes, at least warn the kids before they bite into them…

I would like them in a house, with a mouse? – Cheeseball mouse

Cheeseball with cream cheese, cheddar cheese, walnuts, pecans shaped like a mouse with a toothpick nose

I might have a thing for cheeseballs.

Cheeseball with cream cheese, cheddar cheese, walnuts, pecans shaped like a mouse with a toothpick nose - Edible food art look-a-like

And really, if I’m going to shape something made of cheese, doesn’t a mouse seem perfectly logical?

Cheeseball shaped like a mouse

Right, because I make my food choices based on logic.

Cheese ball recipe with raisin eyes 
That’s kinda like saying that I didn’t feel bad when I popped his little nose off.  

Inside of a cheeseball with nuts and peppers

And sliced him open…

*cries…and then digs in with a cracker* Mmmm.