From PotatoZilla to Carrot-Kong: 20x we got much more than we asked for

We never really stop to think about it, but the fruit and vegetables on the shelves are the Victoria’s Secret models of their kind: beautiful, shiny, perfectly shaped and wildly attractive. Well… according to (rather debatable) Western beauty standards, that is. Anyway: their “less attractive” brothers and sisters are thrown away, fed to animals or end up—as long as they’re lucky—in a ‘Buitenbeentjes’ bag. And sometimes, very occasionally, they still slip through the net and make a big impression.

That was also the case with Twitter user Naomi. She ordered 1 kilo of sweet potatoes. And received… 1 one-kilo sweet potato. Hello there! She affectionately named her new housemate ‘PotatoZilla’ and proudly shared him with the rest of Twitter.

Had anyone else ever ended up with such a whopper at home? Absolutely. A series of mega vegetables, fruit and one (dino?) egg followed:

1. It started with this tweet

I ordered 1kg of sweet potatoes from the Wholesalers. They sent one single mutant potato -behold PotatoZilla pic.twitter.com/pWXyXOtAa8

— Naomi (@khaleesi_101) April 30, 2020

2. Soon, more—and even bigger—potato photos followed.

This was 1.3kg pic.twitter.com/kdxoS3ZaTg

— Ms Friz (@mmollymoonshine) April 30, 2020

3. Potato or…

Same. Although I’m not sure if mine can be classed as a ‘sweet’ potato. The veins are quite off putting ??‍♀️? pic.twitter.com/Spw7YRXyTc

— Sophie Prigent (@sophie_prigent) May 1, 2020

4. A handful of strawberries.

Was gonna be like, wow, I’ve never seen one that size and checked my veg basket… turns out I have ? and got a huge strawberry the other day too ? pic.twitter.com/WHQP7g9tF0

— MKW Publishing (@MKWPublishing) April 30, 2020

5. Heavyweight carrots.

I got five pounds of carrots from a restaurant supplier. It’s four carrots. pic.twitter.com/2EqlAXepxP

— [object Object] (@zeigenvector) April 30, 2020

6. You’ll be set for a while with this onion.

I got a giant onion recently, apocalypse is coming https://t.co/P67guKQ9QE

— Tonks (@Drachenrose97) April 30, 2020

7. It looks just like a broomstick.

I had a similar experience with a leek! Couldn’t fit it in the fridge! pic.twitter.com/Jg6yqfaNyd

— Jo Berridge (@JanaElbie) May 1, 2020

8. If we’re to believe Mary, this onion was as big as a baby’s head.

I have its onion sibling; size of a baby’s head! pic.twitter.com/Rpl9IffuiD

— Mary Branscombe (@marypcbuk) April 30, 2020

9. And from a baby’s head, we move on to a dog’s head

10. Fancy a banana?

11. And another arm-length specimen.

12. When you compare apples with giant berries:

13. Father, mother and potato baby are doing well.

14. Which chicken laid this dino egg? We feel sorry for her.

15. If you thought you couldn’t get full on just one asparagus:

16. Recipe: ‘take one clove of garlic.’ Us:

17. And then just hope it’s not all stone.

18. When your pear would rather be an aubergine:

19. Borscht for a year!

20. ‘Could I have a metre of cucumber, please?’

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