Peasant Diet, Day 2

Among the fun things about shopping at a farmers market is you sometimes get vegetables that major grocery stores would reject. I like the Cthulu carrot, but I'm curious about the other. They must've come from a fairly conventional plot. Why would one grow a little, then say, "I'm bored" and take a right angle, then head down again? Okay, it's probably something as boring as encountering a