The odds of winning a Powerball lottery is roughly 1 in 292,200,000. The chance is so tiny, you’re more likely to get struck by lightning, which is 1 in 700,000.
But luckily, there’s one lottery where there’re no losers. The food lottery is a worldwide, free-of-charge game purely dependent on chance. While in the worst-case scenario, you get everything but nothing extra, in the best, you get double, triple, or even more of what you paid for. The edible lottery is either sponsored by Mother Nature or is provided by "stuff happens," aka occasional human errors.
Bored Panda has compiled a list of the best food prizes that may inspire you to spin that trolley wheel of fortune harder next time you go shopping. Psst! Check out our previous glorious list of edible prize winners right here.
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Found A Wizard In My Gummy Bear Pack
maybe you get a prize for finding the wizard? I had a pack and you got a prize if you found a certain type of gummy
me too! Just saw someone else found a flying pig. I need answers!
Load More Replies...Ugh, that’s just wrong, on so many levels. Hope you’re getting the proper treatment for the PTSD. And I don’t mean that as a joke. Finding a fried rat in my KFC would traumatize me and make me paranoid about eating anything.
Load More Replies...This Incredible Carrot Hand Was Found While Digging Juice Carrots At Our Farm Today
Like the cloud in Trolls... "Little slappy, make daddy happy"
Load More Replies...Boring comment coming: this happens when the nutrients for carrots are spread un evenly through the soil.
Not boring at all, interesting! I'm always curious as to how certain fruits and vegetables end up looking different sometimes.
Load More Replies...Jackpot
Pit free avocados are actually a thing. They're bred to be this way, this wasn't a fluke.
nope. this is a lie. someone just sliced two sides off an avocado just outside the pit depth. Nice try though. Your 5 seconds of fame is not worth the stain on your honor.
I agree, they wouldn’t be sitting flat if they were not sliced..
Load More Replies...According to the Department of Agriculture, billions of pounds of fruits and vegetables go to waste every year, which is a whopping 30 to 40 percent of the food supply chain in the US. The USDA estimates that 1/3 of all produce from local farming sources is left uneaten. This equals 161 billion dollars’ worth of waste.
There are many reasons why this estimate is so huge. One of them has to do with aesthetic reasons: when food is deemed unattractive, it’s not being sold. Think of a bruised apple, a quirky-shaped carrot, and odd-looking bananas. These odd "creatures" of nature are known as "ugly produce" and apparently it’s a big hit at the moment.
Today's Clementine Had An Almost Perfect Mini Clementine Inside
How i missed my Clementine..'til I kissed her little sister and forgot poor Clementine. That's the sister!
Family photo of Clement and Clementine proudly showing off their toddler Clemmie
My Nonna Wanted Me To Post This On The Internet So That "Everyone In Italy Can See How Big My Tomatoes Have Gotten"
beautiful. it must be hard to look after tomatoes but they are so big and look amazing! well done
Actually, those are quite reasonable size for this variety of tomatoes, in France we call it bullheart variety. But you won't see it much in supermarket because of their ugly shapes. But much more tasty than the ones imported.
in italy they are called the same "cuore di bue" (bullheart) but the tomatoes in the picture are a different tomato breed and it's a lot smaller: we use them to make tomatoes stuffed with rice. i can't remember their breed name 😅 bullheart tomatoes are light red and aren't a sphere, they have bumps that make them look like an heart :)
Load More Replies...I still remember eating the tomato, straight from the vine, sitting on the sun-heated earth in my grandma's garden, the smell of green all around, the warm tomato with its dusting of dirt. Sigh
Load More Replies...This Pearl I Found In An Oyster I Was Eating
oh, that's so nice! i once read some boy or something found a pearl and it was really valuable and worth a lot. but i would just be really happy to find a pearl like that
If you mean 'The pearl' by Steinbeck; that didn't end well.
Load More Replies...I opened a pearl oyster and found TWO, not one pearl inside! not stuck together, and both a reasonably good size!
Bored Panda contacted Sarah Phillips, the CEO and founder of Ugly Produce Is Beautiful, to find out more about the ugly produce movement.
“Every year, some 2.9 trillion pounds of food never gets consumed and it’s enough to feed nearly 800 million people worldwide.” The ugly produce movement is not just about consuming imperfect fruits and vegetables, but rather about minimizing food waste.
Sarah says that the ugly produce movement seeks to invoke change in the way people eat food.Her advice is to “ask your local grocer to bring in uglier produce to sell at a discount and support local farmers.” Sarah assures us that “farmers by nature aren't wasters and they feed ugly produce to livestock, cook with it, and give it away, or sell it at farmers' markets.” And we could take an example from them.
I For One Welcome Our Mutant Carrot Overlords
Possibly too many carrot seeds planted too closely together and also may not have had enough depth for the roots.
Load More Replies...These Gummy Bears Came Stuck Together In The Bag
I Had A Quadruple Mini Banana This Morning
Meanwhile, in the supermarkets, people see perfect apples, oranges, and bananas that are designed in a way that’s attractive to people. Abhi Ramesh, the CEO of another ugly produce start-up named Misfits Market, told Vox that “historically, grocery stores haven’t wanted to stock anything that isn’t attractive, and so people have gotten used to produce looking a certain way.” And consuming imperfect-looking produce is a way to break such a habit.
The Way My Cheese Melted On My Burger
-one without wrinkles cuz my blankets always end up with wrinkles lol
Load More Replies...That's A One Big Squash
I bet ya he was doing karate moves with it, sounds and all
Load More Replies...I can tell they have a cat, lol. No cat owners can have blinds that aren't mangled, lol.
This Giant Clove Of Garlic
When a recipe says '1 clove' it should mean this much.
Load More Replies...I can't stop thinking about how big the whole garlic bulb was.......and where can I buy these?
This must be elephant garlic. It is not a true garlic, but actually a variant of the garden leek.
That's called "elephant garlic." I've found it a few times at the market. Fun and delicious!
Elephant Garlic YAS... we grew 1 almost as large, here in Portland, OR on our porch. Was wonderfully used for 2 weeks 😜😷
This Nearly 2 Kg Avocado From My Grandmother's Place
holy guacamole! look at that avocado. it is half the size of a house cat. wow.
Daughter Found The Largest Blackberry I’ve Ever Seen
These are called thumb blackberries or sm. They are an actual variety of blackberries that are this size, and they are delicious!
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Absolute Unit Of A Collard Green
What are they like? We don't really get them in the UK. Are they similar to anything, say, like cabbage?
Load More Replies...Oooh...now I’m hungry for collards; haven’t had any since my dad passed away in 2017. Learned to garden watching him, but I’ve never grown them myself. So good when they’re simply sautéed, or boiled with nothing more than salt, pepper, and some Cajun Chef vinegar sauce splashed on them (at least that’s how I like it, although my parents always added bacon drippings or a ham hock added)
They taste weaker and they're tougher, like growing okra too big.
Load More Replies...My Friend Grew A Gigantic Cabbage In His Garden
Beat me to it! My second best-"Looks like Carl doesn't know how to properly use that face peel mask after all!"
Load More Replies...One Of Our Chickens Laid A Really Big Egg Today
Fortunately, the shells don't fully harden until they've been out for a few mins
Load More Replies...I'm so glad that eggs aren't solid when they come out, otherwise ouch!
But... eggs are hard when they come out. What kind of new conspiracy theory says they are not?
Load More Replies...Breed and diet affect egg color. Nothing to worry about.
Load More Replies...We had one like that. Inside it was another, perfectly formed, complete egg.
This Apple, Which Has An Apple Growing Out Of It
“What you mean, you don’t eat meat?? Ok, I make you lamb”
Load More Replies...These Huge Blueberries I Found
I was reading the original reddit thread and was about to call the pic BS but then someone found an actual blueberry variety grown in New Zealand that is called "Jumbo" and they really are that huge.
Huckleberries and bilberries also look like blueberries and are larger than most blueberries.
Harvested My Zuccini. Happy Gardening
Are these still tasty? Totally incredible, would hate if they were inedible.
yep, nothing worse that overgrown Zuccini or cucumbers
Load More Replies...Please post a marrow recipe. This is the first I've heard of it and all I'm finding are bone marrow recipes when I search. I can't tell you the zucchini I've thrown out because it's gotten too large. I have no idea how to fix it.
https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/collection/marrow - my mother used to just lightly steam cook marrow and serve as a plain vegetable. Peel, remove seeds, add salt to taste and cook until tender. Hope something there is of interest.
Load More Replies...You know zucchini are no good when they get this big - except for the seeds.
My Popsicle Has An Entire Oreo Cookie Inside
I Found A Single Piece Of Bicycle Shaped Pasta In My Penne
They do make pasta in any form to entice kids to eat. It just happen they are making it in the same factory.
why do kids need to be enticed to eat pasta? don't most kids like pasta?
Load More Replies...This Absolute Unit Of A Lemon My Girlfriend Grew (Regular Sized Lemon For Reference)
Wait a minute, that's not any lemon...THAT'S LORD LEMONGRAB'S DECAPITATED HEAD
Looks like the large yuzu fruit that Japanese put in their homes and businesses for good luck
I Found A Triple Banana
Absolute Unit Of A Grape Branch
I think a combination of a long difficult period followed by an excellent one... First the branches grew too little apart, OK as they expected tiny/failed grapes; then the grapes did really well (much sun+rain) and filled up all space.
Load More Replies...I Opened A Yogurt With No Yogurt On The Lid
XDD Love the Princess Bride reference
Load More Replies...You have reached the pinnacle of life. Nothing else you ever do will top this.
This Extra Large Chocolate Chip
I'm guessing that HAS to be 'Black Raspberry Chip' from Greaters Ice Cream in Cincinnati Ohio. My hometown and my soul ice cream! Well worth the trip to Ohio for a pint.
I get their black cherry chocolate chip all the time (the best), wish I'd gotten a chip like this.
Load More Replies...It's Graeter's from Cincinnati and it's awesome. You can order it online or at Kroger/Ralph's.
Load More Replies...Lol this one and the Oreo are ice cream FAILS. I make ice cream for a living, and it is bad to get chunks! :)
Not for Graeters. They use the French Pot method, pouring liquid chocolate into chilled pots with cream. The chocolate breaks off in chunks and has long been a fan favorite. It's made in 2-gallon batches at a time and hand packed into containers. Their signature flavor is Black Raspberry Chocolate Chip (chunk), but there are other flavors that get the same treatment. Not a fail at all. It's Oprah's favorite ice cream.
Load More Replies...This Grape That Looks Like A Pumpkin
My 61g Pack Of Skittles Is Crammed Full And Actually Weighs 103g
Makes up for all the bags you got where you didn’t realize you were shorted a Skittle or two.
My Grape Is Long
Yeah was just about to say...these ones are always in my local supermarkets. We call them jelly bean grapes. They are really tasty too. Nicer than regular grapes imo
Load More Replies...This Absolutely Massive Piece Of Chocolate I Poured Out Of This Special K Box
Yep - kind of defeats the whole reason Special K was created for!
Load More Replies..."Naturally flavoured with other natural flavours" has to be one of the most confusing sentences I've read.
I personally think the "chocolate" in that cereal is quite gross.
Load More Replies...Either an unbroken piece fell in at the factory, or the box was shipped in summer and sat in the heat long enough for a pile of chips to melt into a blob. My wish is for the former.
This Is Like A Monster Of Some Sort
Now soak it in salt water and see how many bugs come out you'll thank me later
I don't care, I'm never eating another strawberry again. The bugs video totally put me off.
This Garlic I Found In My Garden. The Entire Head Is One Clove
I came here to say this, but knew in my heart it had already been said
Load More Replies...What a pie that would make! Have to use brown sugar, extra butter, and two eggs...
Mushroom My Dad Found In The Forest. Egg For Scale
One? 100-Up! If you manage to jump high enough
Load More Replies...FYI: Don't eat random mushrooms. Many are deadly. Here's some cheery reading for reference, after eating many mushrooms, how many hours you'll have until you die: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mushroom_poisoning
Nope, this is how boletus satanas looks like: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubroboletus_satanas
Load More Replies...Looks like it could be a king Bolete, more commonly known as Porcini! Yes, THAT porcini that's mega expensive at the store. It might also be a different bolete, so no tasting till you're certain!
It is. The Holy Grail for the average mushroom picker in Europe, but there are experts who go for more elusive stuff.
Load More Replies...A Giant Cabbage
Holy Toledo you can make enough sauerkraut or kimchi to feed the whole village through the winter
You sure that's not a toy truck? And whatcha gonna do with that toilet paper?
Imagine all the sauerkraut you could make with that mammoth cabbage.
My School Gave Me One Long French Fry For Lunch
If your school makes edible food that tastes good, (which I doubt) then that's a win!
My school food was nasty! Glad I've graduated so I don't have to eat it anymore
Load More Replies...Years ago, I read about someone who got one of these at a Wendy’s, preserved it, and put it on eBay. I think someone bought it for close to a grand.
It’s probably got about as much potato in it as I do that’s why. School food is horribly processed.
My Dad Just Discovered This Enormous Sweet Potato That Had Been Growing On The Side Of Our House
Is anyone else picturing a house with a huge kumara growing out the side?
Cut into chunks, put in oven tray, add olive oil and salt and roast. Yum.
A Friend Found A Very Long Cheerio
I don't know what it is but that is not milk. It's so thick and has a rounded edge before it meets the bowl on the right side. Glue? Slightly soft yogurt?
Some people eat cereals with yoghurt - my mother in law doesn't like plain orld milk so that's how she does it.
Load More Replies...(Sherlock exe. has been activated) I can see that the Cheerio is wet , And that means you put in milk first then the cereal because if you have put the cereal in first you would've noticed the long cheerio and wouldn't have added the milk. THAT IS CRAZY, NO YOU'RE FRIEND IS CRAZY!
Can we like take a moment to appreciate this person's fierce manicure
This Is A Four-Foot-Long Tromboncino Squash
I love squash, but I am rather concerned over the number of coffee making appliances pictured here.
Why is the first thing I'm thinking of, a photo I saw of a giant snake crawling up the counter in someone's kitchen??
Got A Vitamin Water With Zero Air In It. Just Pure Beverage
But probably lost a good amount of it just trying to get the cap off.
This Ridiculous, Nearly Five Pound Lobster Claw
This one must have been at least 100 years old. They grow until they die, the size most have when they're tortured to death is like a foot or so ... according to the claw, this one must have been way above a meter!
I'd prefer the claw to be attached to the lobster and it still roaming the sea floor...
Interestingly, lobster was once regarded as poverty food because they were so plentiful. In fact, prisoners once rioted because they were tired of lobster! That was then...
Well, they can’t help which lobsters end up in their traps! What’s sad is they didn’t release it to live out its life!
Load More Replies...That lobster should have gone to an aquarium instead of being cooked. Murderers!
3 Bananas In 1 Banana
This Giant Carrot Made My Day
There Was A Tiny Hamburger Bun Embedded Into My Full Size Hamburger Bun
Yeah, "slider buns", but I don't know if this looks like that though.
Load More Replies...This Massive Apple My Coworker Brought In. 1,2 Lbs
Erm... did you see Snow White? That apple wasn’t perfect, it was poisoned!
Load More Replies...I've had gargantuan apples before and the flavor was really weak. Mostly water.
At my elementary school, whenever they would have peaches for lunch, they would be massive. Like they were as big as my head. It was crazy!
Tomorrow we have apple pie, apple turn overs, apple sauce and a family reunion.
I Opened A "Fruit By The Foot" And There Were 2 In The Package
That's enough to make the rest of the day good. That would absolutely disperse all negative energy in my life.
I Now Own Two Packs Of Double Crisps
So you call these things “chips”? Instead of crispity crunchy munchie crackerjack snacker nibbler snap crack n’ pop Westpoolchestershireshire Queen’s lovey jubily delights? That’s rather bit cringe, innit bruv
I Found A Giant Hot Cheetos Powder Nugget In My Bag
I bet a middle school kid would dare another kid to take a big bite.
Had something similar in a bag of salt and vinegar once - a large ball of vinegar saturated salt the size of my palm. WHERE were the CRISPS???!!!
There Was An Abnormally Large Flake In My Cereal
I so want to put a picture of Trump on that flake... bwahahahhaaaaa.
Baked Cheeto Chonker
Absolute Unit Of A Sweet Potato
it has eyes and a tiny arm! :D ..and it doesn't like you holding him like that
I Found This Overly Seasoned Chip In My Bag Of Cool Ranch Doritos
With it he can make a tribute to the best meal in the world.
Load More Replies...I Bought A Double Banana At The Store Yesterday
This 3,4 Pound Carrot
Won The Food Lottery
translation: that's just Trump holding a normal size chip
Load More Replies...Absolute Unit Of A Strawberry
I was just thinking that. It was played out so fast it's just annoying now.
Load More Replies...This Fry I Got From Arby’s
Here’s The Biggest Frosted Flake I’ve Ever Seen In My Life
Australia? First thing I thought when I saw it...but a bit compressed.
Load More Replies...A Piece Of Ice Cream I Bought Had An Extra Inside
it is a Russian brand of Ice cream called Dadu... trust me they speak this way.
Load More Replies...I'm guessing it was a packaged cone that had the end of another cone stuck to it.
It was a prepackaged cone. she didn't put the extra part there. it was found when she opened the package.
My best is buying a box of 2 frozen pizzas and finding there were three inside.
The person working at the factory couldn't count? Lol
Load More Replies...I like seeing these unusually shaped or larger than normal foods. It shows that the world is always full of surprises.
I am now hungry after having scrolled through all the photos of gigantic food.
Me too and I am fasting 😭 why do I do this to myself
Load More Replies...I've gotten mini bell peppers inside of normal bell peppers several times.
Most of these are just Trump holding normal sized food in his hand
Many packaged food, had a technological or packing mistake. I bought many yoghurts, one of them was half-filled / or half-empty. Usual problem the weight, instead 250 grams 220-230 grams or 970 grammes, not 1 kilogram.
About 2 years ago a shop assistant fond drugs!! in Germany among the bananas from Columbia. Any question? Of course, he called the police and closed to shop immediately. 6988f-5ec7...3be270.jpg
My best is buying a box of 2 frozen pizzas and finding there were three inside.
The person working at the factory couldn't count? Lol
Load More Replies...I like seeing these unusually shaped or larger than normal foods. It shows that the world is always full of surprises.
I am now hungry after having scrolled through all the photos of gigantic food.
Me too and I am fasting 😭 why do I do this to myself
Load More Replies...I've gotten mini bell peppers inside of normal bell peppers several times.
Most of these are just Trump holding normal sized food in his hand
Many packaged food, had a technological or packing mistake. I bought many yoghurts, one of them was half-filled / or half-empty. Usual problem the weight, instead 250 grams 220-230 grams or 970 grammes, not 1 kilogram.
About 2 years ago a shop assistant fond drugs!! in Germany among the bananas from Columbia. Any question? Of course, he called the police and closed to shop immediately. 6988f-5ec7...3be270.jpg
