Photo Competition # 24

“Food, glorious food!”

I know we have done ‘Eat drink and be merry’, but this time I want the emphasis on the food itself. Photographs of food in any shape or form. It must be edible by most sensible humans. Points will be awarded for the deliciousnessness of the subject. Hint, I am not a vegan. I appreciate that OZ, for example, would be turned on by a bouncy woolly lamb gamboling in the meadow, but he is more likely to succeed if that lamb is photographed on a spit, slowly roasting over a fire.

Points will also be awarded for originality, oh and for technical ability, not that I would necessarily recognise it.

I suppose the final date for entries should be midnight on Sunday 25th of March.

Bon chance.

In keeping with tradition:

41 thoughts on “Photo Competition # 24”

  1. Yum!

    So, food it the topic, I see,
    Not one I consider with glee.
    Most of my photos of feast,
    Have already been seen once at least.
    Perhaps one of afternoon tea?

  3. Evenin’ all. Just for the record, M’Lud, I am not particularly “turned on by a bouncy woolly lamb gamboling in the meadow” per se – it sounds a little too kinky to be honest, although I am also reliably informed that kinky is only kinky the first time 😀 It’s more the thought of leg of lamb, shoulder of lamb, sheftalia, chops, ribs, liver and onions, kidney omelette and brawn that get my juices and hunting instincts flowing. I shall do my best, Sipu, to publish some highlights of recent epics for your perusal and delictation.

    OZ

  5. Pseu :

    What I want to know is why is poor lass sitting at a table for four on her own?

    And it looks as if she had to sell her shoes to pay for the crayfish 🙂

  7. Ok, I will put you out of your misery Pseu. I was taking the photo while our host and hostess were fetching the rest of the scoff. As for the shoes, FEEG, sorry, can’t answer that.

  9. Araminta :

    Fillet steak and chips for supper: it was extremely tasty!

    Nice. I shared a really good Spanish tortilla with Mrs FEEG for supper but forgot to take a picture of it!

  12. Thank you Ara. It looks delicious. It is interesting to note that in this country, many Afrikaans speaking people tend to turn their noses up at fillet, regarding it as being too bland and poncy: ‘rooinekke kos’. Many would prefer to eat Oxtail, which is highly prized in many parts of the country and is actually delicious when done right. Thus, fillet is actually comparatively cheap compared to the UK, while the reverse is true of Oxtail.

    Incidentally, you are leading the competition by a country mile.

  13. Thanks Sipu, I’m rather hoping a few more entries are posted!

    Re oxtail, I haven’t seen it around for ages. My mother used to cook it occasionally, but always in some sort of casserole. Doesn’t it have to be cooked slowly and for a long time?

  25. It’s actually quite easy to find oxtail, Araminta, even in supermarkets that have a butchery counter. It makes a very hearty soup, but is a bit fiddly to get the meat off the bones.

  26. Oh, all right then, I’ll have a go. Not what Sipu may have wanted – a lamb with a surprised look on its face and a skewer up its bottom, but a gentle salmon I prepared for the past festive season.

    The NSW is not best pleased that I take more photographs of the food than I do of her, apparently.

    OZ

  27. Re oxtail, I haven’t seen it around for ages. My mother used to cook it occasionally, but always in some sort of casserole. Doesn’t it have to be cooked slowly and for a long time?

    Arrers, it’s a regular for us. Yes, we use a cast-iron wok with a lid, simmering for hours. Enticing the marrow from inside the bones is part of the delight of eating it.

  28. Sipu :

    Fixed.

    Brilliant, a seminal moment 😉

    (Joking aside, well done, what a pleasure to see you control and fix the page)

  30. Soutie #28. Would you believe, in the late 80s to late 90s I worked in the IT industry, starting off in programming moving to to software support to technical sales, to sales management. I suspect my career path accurately reflected the lack of progress with regards to my technical abilities. The line used against software salesmen was this.
    ‘What is the difference between a Car Salesman and an IT Salesman?’
    ‘The Car Salesman knows when he is lying’.

    We mostly dealt in legacy systems and software such as Data General’s Business Basic. But there was a time when I could migrate applications from AOS VS to UNIX.

    I got left behind, technically speaking as the 90s drew to an end and the dawn of the World Wide Web was upon us.

  31. Janus, your #29. There is only one thing to say to that, given the nature of this competition.
    ‘I love children, but I could not manage a whole one.’

  33. OZ, lovely pic. With regards to NSW’s disjointed nose, you may wish to bring to her attention the antics of one of our local ‘Tenderprenneurs’, a fellow by the name of Kenny Kunene. He has made a name for himself being photographed eating sushi off the naked, or scantily clad, bodies of female models. Perhaps NSW would be willing to subject herself to such hedonistic delights?

  35. Sorry, Janus, did not mean to be rude, but as they used to say at Wendy’s, ‘Where’s the beef?’, or any other food for that matter. Apart from the cute little girl, who some might feel would taste rather good with ‘Fava beans and chilled Chianti’, there is none that I can see.

  37. OZ, ah, yes. So you know what I am talking about, but does NSW? Does she realise what can happen when a red-blooded, meat-eating (or in your case fish-eating) male is let loose with a camera in an environment where there are both women and food? (I guess fish is food of sorts.) She should be thanking you for your restraint.

  39. It is Sunday. There should be plenty of opportunity to photograph food today. Please get your cameras rolling. Only 1 week to go.

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