Bad snacks- Collecting food anomalies

A few years ago, Michael Hanttula was pouring a bowl of Honey Combs when he noticed something staring up at him.

"It was a bit disturbing, especially for the morning." he said. "This little face looked like Edvard Munch's 'The Scream."'

So he took a picture of it, and the Museum of Food Anomalies was born. For a while, Hanttula, a graphic designerin Los Angeles, posted photos of his own weird food shots on his site www.hanttula.com.

"I just looked around the house, finding food that didn't turn out quite right after I cooked it, or in the grocery aisle," he said. "It's amazing how much you notice when you're looking for it."

Soon readers were sending him their own strange food shots. Now, Hanttula gets hundreds of shots per month. He's always adding pages to his gallery. But he has a few rules: The image must be naturally occurring -- no doctoring the food items yourself. And the photo has to be of good quality.

So far, he's refrained from putting up, ahem, photos resembling parts of the human anatomy.

"Trying to keep it a family site for now," he quipped.

Photos must be good examples of "food gone wrong."

Some examples: A fried egg in the shape of a bunny, an exploded eggplant that looks like it's being crushed by an octopus.

and a lemon that appears as if it has really ugly, angry teeth.