The Virgin Mary Grilled Cheese Sandwich and Fish Stick Jesus have been joined by potatoes with the likeness of crosses in their centres.
Online bidders may now buy two potatoes containing likenesses of crosses in their centres. One was found by an Iowa family and the other by a police detective in Ohio.
Jim Gross of Marion, Iowa, says his wife was peeling their potato on New Year's Eve when she found the cross shape. The spud is on sale on eBay, with bids starting at $2.
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Dennis Bort of Brunswick, Ohio, says he found the cross shape in his potato on Christmas Day.
Bort listed his spud for $1,000. He hasn't found any bidders yet.
Bort says the potato with the holy cross symbol in the centre was found during preparations for Christmas dinner. He is keeping it wrapped in foil and in a bowl of water until he finds a buyer.
In the past, collectors have paid big bucks for items deemed to have been blessed by the appearance of a religious symbol, including $US28,000 ($A30,600) for a partially eaten grilled cheese sandwich with the likeness of the Virgin Mary.
