Man Raises Over £30,000 On Kickstarter To Make A Bowl Of Potato Salad
OHIO, USA: Last week an American man called Zack ‘Danger’ Brown started a Kickstarter page, in order to crowd source a bowl of potato salad for $10.
‘Not, let’s be clear, an artisanal potato salad company. Not a new line of potato-salad flavourings influenced by his global travels, or a documentary about the history of potato salad. He just wanted to make a tasty side, but lacked the cash for basic ingredients.’ – reports the BBC.
The internet lol’d and the page went viral, and currently Brown now has over $40,000 pledged to make that potato salad dream a potato salad reality. A really big potato salad.
The Guardian continues: ‘To justify the amount of money that’s been raised, Brown has created a slew of potato salad-themed activities to put the funds toward. This includes renting a hall in Columbus for a potato salad party that the “whole internet” is invited to.
“The internet loves potato salad! Let’s show them that potato salad loves the internet!!” Brown wrote.
The rapid success of the campaign also means Brown has to figure out how to fulfill promises he made such as giving a bite of the potato salad to each person who pledged at least $3.
Four special people who made a $20 donation will receive a signed jar of mayonnaise and a personalized potato salad-themed haiku written by Brown, and their names will be carved into a potato that will be used in the salad.
“I think the thing people are responding to is the opportunity to come together around something equal parts absurd and mundane,” Brown said in a Reddit AMA (Ask Me Anything). “Potato Salad isn’t controversial, but it seems to unite us all.”
What will your pledge get you
$1 – A ‘thank you’ posted to the website and Mr Brown will say your name while making the potato salad
$2 – A photo of Mr Brown making the potato salad
$3 – A bite of the potato salad
$5 – Choose a potato salad-appropriate ingredient
$10 – Hang out in the kitchen while the potato salad is made
$20 – A potato salad-themed haiku, your name carved into a potato used in the salad, a signed jar of mayonnaise and the potato salad recipe
$25 – A potato salad-themed hat
$35 – A limited edition t-shirt
$50 – A Potato Salads Of The World recipe book
Oh internet – you so whacky!