
Here’s a cool replacement for straws.
Duda Farm Fresh Foods in Florida has engineered celery stalks with hollow centers. These "celery straws" can flavor Bloody Marys through sipping or hold a hidden cream cheese or peanut butter surprise.
Link & Image: Iconoculture via Neatorama
Tags: Straw | Celery | Vegetable
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First of all, our DANDY celery straw is not engineered in any way. It is a naturally-grown celery stalk with a hollow core. Using traditional plant breeding methods, we cross pollinated one of our own celery varieties with a hollow-stemmed wild celery – found on one of our farms in Texas. The results of this cross were selected again and again and re-crossed with traditional celery until a larger, more mild-tasting, hollow-stemmed celery was produced. It has taken a number of years to develop the celery straw we have today.
While we are very proud of our celery straw, it is by no means as sleek as the photos we have seen floating around on various blogs. Our celery straw still resembles a stalk of celery – just a hollow stalk. Photos are available if you would like to post them on your site.