Give Me Your Best Food Pun, Win a Giant Bag of Locally Produced Groceries

Give Me Your Best Food Pun, Win a Giant Bag of Locally Produced Groceries

Ahem, local foodies: I've got a contest for you, but you'd better act quickly.

Whole Foods Poplar has given me a gigantic bag full of locally-produced groceries to give away to one lucky I Love Memphis reader. All of the items in the (very full) bag come from within 200 miles of Memphis.

Whole Foods Gift Bag

Here's what's in the big, thermal tote bag:

- Giadella's pizza (Nashville, Tenn.)
- Lucchesi's gorgonzola spinach ravioli (Memphis, Tenn.)
- GrowAgra organic wheatgrass juice (Paris, Tenn.)
- Daily Blessing goat milk soap (Hernando, Miss.)
- Thistle Farms body balm (Nashville, Tenn.)
- J. Brooks Coffee (Memphis, Tenn.)
- Lucchesi's marinara sauce (Memphis, Tenn.)
- Kalli's baklava (Memphis, Tenn.)
- International Foods Tahitian bon bons (Smyrna, Tenn.)
- OC Vegan Green Goddess Popcorn (Memphis, Tenn.)
- Aquation water (Nashville, Tenn.)
- Memphis Marinades chicken seasoning (Memphis, Tenn.)
- Nikki's Hot Seasoning (Memphis, Tenn.)

If you combine the pasta, sauce, water and baklava, that's pretty much dinner.

Want it? Here's the deal:

1. You must leave a comment on this post that includes some kind of food-related pun by 5 p.m. today (April 18th, 2013).

2. You must be at least 21 years old.

3. You must be in the Memphis area (because this thing is way to big to mail).

I'll pick a winner based on the quality / groan-worthiness of the pun, based on my own silly whims. If they're all so awesome that I can't choose, I'll enlist the help of a stranger (likely a derby girl). Ready, go!

***We have a winner!***

Congrats to Brooke, who won for this pun:

"A hungry traveller stops at a monastery and is taken to the kitchens. A brother is frying chips. 'Are you the friar?' he asks. 'No. I'm the chip monk,' he replies."

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Kristin
A nosy pepper gets jalapeño business.  Bwahahahaha!!! That's so funny... err, punny! 
April 18, 2013 3:04pm
Christian
Ms. Tomato blushed because she saw Mr. Green pea. 
April 18, 2013 3:05pm
Brooke Hudsmith
A hungry traveller stops at a monastery and is taken to the kitchens. A brother is frying chips. 'Are you the friar?' he asks. 'No. I'm the chip monk,' he replies.   I decided that becoming a vegetarian was a missed steak.   Her company distributes gift boxed cashews and she has a delivery guy that drives her nuts.
April 18, 2013 3:06pm
Kristin
I like Tricia's pun.  Holy crepe... Knead more dough. My vote is for her. 
April 18, 2013 3:08pm
Allison
My roommate uses a kitchen implement to shred garlic and parmesan cheese, which I hate. It really is the grater of two evils. Pie don't know why!
April 18, 2013 3:08pm
Toni
Even if I do not win, I'll still love this blog - kumquat may
April 18, 2013 3:11pm
Ken S
Old colanders never die, they just can't take the strain anymore.
April 18, 2013 3:14pm
Jessica
I'm all souped up and bready to go!
April 18, 2013 3:26pm
Robbie
Did anyone hear about how I got hit in the head with a can of soda today? Thank goodness it was a soft drink....
April 18, 2013 3:31pm
Bonnie B.
Do you even "carrot" at all to eat and buy local products!?  ;)
April 18, 2013 3:32pm
Tiffany Cadenhead
What did the British cannibal eat for supper? fish and chaps
April 18, 2013 3:35pm
Dan
I'm rather fond of pan sauces.
April 18, 2013 3:35pm
Claire
My favorite Boston Celtics Champion?  Kevin McKale!
April 18, 2013 3:36pm
Sam Tickle
Away in garde manger, no crab in its stead, a poor little shoat lost his pink head. The terrines in their pans looked down where it lay- a little head cheese is asleep in the hay. Grim, but original.
April 18, 2013 3:39pm
Jessica
what did the pickle say to the cucumber?  i'm kind of a big dill
April 18, 2013 3:44pm
Amanda W
Curry, we need to ketchup! 
April 18, 2013 3:48pm
Ryan
Don't worry if your favorite dinner becomes unfashionable - at least you'd have one square meal.
April 18, 2013 3:50pm
Barton
The frustrated cannibal threw up his hands.
April 18, 2013 3:52pm
David q.
Time to party and get the "turnips" on!  
April 18, 2013 3:55pm
Natalie Garber
Feta doesn't get my goat.
April 18, 2013 4:01pm
Allie
Why was the potato lost? It was for gratin.
April 18, 2013 4:03pm
Sam Tickle
On a lighter note- What did the waiter do when Romaine came to the table undressed? He seized her salad.
April 18, 2013 4:03pm
Sam Tickle
Which fish did not get an invitation to the palace ball? Salmon-ella.  
April 18, 2013 4:05pm
Stephanie Peck
What's a Memphis basketball's fan favorite part of a steak?  The Grizz(tle)....because we know our Grizzlies are tough...and they bring the flavor to the court!
April 18, 2013 4:06pm
Andrea
"I-tal-ya" I really want to win this basket!!  That was punny, right?!?
April 18, 2013 4:11pm
Andy
I'm bacon brownies!
April 18, 2013 4:16pm
Sam Tickle
Chocolate chips, ginger snaps, and poor little honey jumbles- these are the most dramatic, but every cookie crumbles
April 18, 2013 4:19pm
Peggy Cousar
I can't be bothered to stew over this issue. And, of course, I don't have thyme to come up with anything.
April 18, 2013 4:37pm
Katherine Whitfield
Do I like pasta for dinner? What a fusili question! That's as good as it's gonna getti.
April 18, 2013 4:39pm
Tessa
I decided that becoming a vegetarian was a missed steak.
April 18, 2013 4:51pm
Kim
Makin' groceries, Memphis-style, always makes this NOLA chick smile.
April 18, 2013 4:53pm
Amanda
Lettuce romaine hungry as we flounder trying to milk this nom-test for all it's worth. 
April 18, 2013 4:56pm
Zetaron
Enjoy, eat and drink that life is short.
April 18, 2013 4:58pm
M. Spence
I may be late, but sill willin'.
April 18, 2013 5:09pm
Matt M
Before home games, I heard Gasol gets the "grindhouse salad" at MPC.
April 18, 2013 5:43pm
Devour Catering
That gift basket looks great!
April 18, 2013 6:23pm
Renee
What did the peppermint say to the jolly rancher? I'm kind of in a pickle! ba da bum ding!!!
April 18, 2013 10:21pm
Sarah Hope
The man was ambidextrous, so he could eat sugar with both hands. 
April 18, 2013 10:26pm