It's been some time since I've done a grilled cheese man or any type of grilled cheese artwork. Way back at the end of October I came up with the idea of making a grilled cheese man and then letting him go bad so I could have a moldy grilled cheese zombie for Halloween and something for the
zombie blog I do with
Middle Aged Woman. Unfortunately, this led to that and I didn't have one made up for the Halloween deadline. Still, it was a good idea so during the first few days of November I grilled up my sandwich, cut out my future zombie and stuck him on a skewer. Remember the first week of November bit.
This picture was taken on January 24th. Rounding the numbers out, this guy is approximately 75 days old now and looks almost identical to the day I made him. Seventy-five days. Processed cheese and margarine. When we're dug up by some future species of humans or cockroaches or whoever takes over after us, those archeologists won't find bones, they'll find fossilized stomachs.
*I'm looking for two answers today, the book and the movie.
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I am shocked and horrified by firstly, the fact that the grilled cheese is in recognizable condition and secondly because YOU KEPT A GRILLED CHEESE MAN FOR 75 DAYS?!?!?!
ReplyDeleteroflmbo ummm so apparently you were not awaree that margarine is ONE MOLECULE away from the plastic tub it is contained in.. I might also point out the lack of insect or critter activity on the man.. that right there speaks volumes to me lol.
ReplyDeleteScary as it is? It doesn't surprise me.
ReplyDeleteIt's not getting older, it's getting better! :)
ReplyDeleteserve it up with a dry Chianti
Peace ~ Rene
That really is scary. I am more scared by how well the bread held up, actually.
ReplyDeleteThe thing I am most surprised by, though? I figured you for a BUTTER man!!
I feel betrayed.
That chap lives in the garden? Or at the foot of your bed?
ReplyDeleteWow! How did that happen? Are you sure you're not trying to fool us by showing a fresh GCman?
ReplyDeleteI see the birds have pecked his eyes out, but I'm surprised the insects haven't mutilated his body parts!
ReplyDeleteOh that is gross. Not that you've had him for 75 days but that there's nothing wrong with him after 75 days. See this is why we are switching to organic crap. After 75 days I want mold!
ReplyDeleteSheesh! I wish I looked that well-preserved after 75 days... ;)
ReplyDeleteApocalypse Now/ Heart of Darkness... please. I ain't afraid of no zombie grilled cheese man.
ReplyDeletenow what do I win?
Damn! Wendy beat me. I KNEW this one.
ReplyDeleteWhat if you let the bread mold first, then fry it up?
First Twinkies, then the McDonald's hamburger and now the Grilled Cheese Man. Hooray for preservatives!
ReplyDeleteI read a story once about how they dug up Napoleon years and years after his death only to find that he looked as good as the day he was buried. It had something to do with the massive amount of arsenic in his system. Makes you think doesn't it?
ReplyDeleteNow, throw that nasty thing away. It can't be good for the children.
Dare you to eat it.
ReplyDeletethat was ana amazing idea. scary that he has "survived" so long...wonder if they smear cheese all ove rmy body if it would preserve me. hmmm...
ReplyDeleteYou may have to resort to using natural ingredients.
ReplyDeleteOk others said it first - I think you have stumbled on a fountain of youth - if you don't mind plastic cheese and margarine smeared all over you.
ReplyDeleteIf nothing else, you could use it as a weapon at this point against zombies should the need arise. And you have a good story. Zombie killed with petrified grilled cheese man...think about it.
ReplyDeleteI just know the book, the hear of darkness.
ReplyDeletea 75-day old grilled cheese? dare you to eat it.
hahhhhaah that reminds me of an interview I once saw with jane fonda, she said when they dig her up all they will find was bones and boobs(silicon) haahahah
ReplyDeleteAh, rats. Someone got there first (Ok, probably hours ago). I knew the answers to both. Rats. Sorry, I'm not getting up before the sun to blog.
ReplyDeleteAnd we shall now replace embalming fluid with a last meal of kraft singles, "I can't believe it's not embalming fluid- I mean butter" and twinkies. Should cut the cost of a funeral by a few hundred $$, no?
Does this grilled cheese man smell really bad? The Supreme Leader is ok with this hanging around?
ReplyDeleteMargarine?? That stuff grosses me out. Even more so then a 75 day old grilled cheese man!
ReplyDeleteI looked at the challenge and couldn't think of the book or the movie… but I did think of a song The Female of the Species by Space:
ReplyDeleteThe Female of the species is more deadly than the male.
Shock Shock Horror Horror, Shock Shock Horror
Dammit...Apocalypse Now is one of my favorite movies, Heart of Darkness one of my fave books...and Wendy beat me to it.
ReplyDeleteI say leave him up, see how long he lasts. Some scientists somewhere should be interested in this!
There are so many preservatives in things that it will probably stay good forever. You can leave ketchup at room temperature for about 6 months before it goes bad lol
ReplyDeleteI guess I need to eat more cheese and marg. so I can stay healthy???
ReplyDeleteCreepy really
Oh well crap, do you know how many grilled cheese sandwiches I have eaten?? My stomach is here for sure in a million years!
ReplyDeleteMmmmmm....zombie grilled cheese. It's what's for dinner.
ReplyDeleteHe looks awesome and totally edible. Either he's well-preserved or my standards for food are rather low.
ReplyDeleteAnd we feed that to our children. Gak.
ReplyDeleteNow we want a post where you video yourself eating it!
ReplyDeleteI'd like to think that the grilled cheese man is actually a woman who has undergone quite a bit of *maintenance* because this is a tough town and it's important for her to look her best because lately all the roles that had previously gone to her are now handed out to a young up and coming panini. Just sayin''.
ReplyDeleterun run as fast as you can, you can't catch me...I'm the grilled cheese man.
ReplyDeletehe's really kinda cute.
"Processed cheese and margarine" -- I think you're underestimating your bread.
ReplyDeleteEllie
Okay, that is seriously funny and nauseating at the same time.
ReplyDeleteApocolypse Now
ReplyDeleteI'm going to eat a grilled cheese every day and live forever!
ReplyDeleteScott fixed my computer! Yay me! And... SODOMY.
ReplyDeleteThat's impressive and scary at the same time. I would have thought the cheese would have at least aged into something better.
ReplyDeleteperhaps the'll assume he's been living off of the twinkies all that time
ReplyDeleteI use real butter and New Yorker cheese....I wonder how different that would be?
ReplyDeleteMy husband knew a professor at U Penn that took a McDonald's French Fry and kept it in his class to see when it would go bad along with some other specimens. Well by the end of the semester, it was still the same. So he put it up on top of the chalk board for the next semester. Years went by. Still no change. Then he moved and had forgotten all about it. I am not lying....50 YEARS went by and the thing looked just the same, all petrified and hard. I am so glad I don't eat McDonald's anymore.
I find that disturbing on so many levels. And now I feel vindicated in my refusal to purchase anything that claims to be "cheese food".
ReplyDeleteI would say test this against a twinkie man ... and we'll see where we go, but obviously ... they'll both outlive the cockroaches!
ReplyDeleteIt kind of looks like a donut... on a stick. I think I just found a new business venture...
ReplyDeleteI can't believe you stuck a skewer in a grilled cheese man's heinie. You are a BAAD person.
ReplyDeleteKiiiinda scary...like McDonald's french fries. They never die.
ReplyDeleteThat will make me think twice the next time I plan to eat a grilled cheese.
ReplyDeleteThat is gross and scary. Eat it and tell us how it is.
ReplyDeleteAwesome! I can't believe no one will hire you just for your mad grilled-cheese making skillz! You know...maybe you should start a business where you can utilize those skills...like some MythBusters kind of thing but with food?
ReplyDeleteStill sending job finding thought waves your way...
Mmmm....old man.
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