Comments on: Ostrich ‘Yakitori’

by: Jeanne

Wed, 29 Aug 2007 10:55:52 +0000

What a great idea! I think you should sell the concept to a South African restaurant as fusion food Looks like it would work well on the BBQ too. As for crap food photos… some food is tasty but it just ain’t pretty!! And there is very little way around that. Brown food remains brown and will pretty much always look odd on photos (unless it’s chocolate!!). I made a risotto the other night that knocked my socks off, but do you think I coudl get a good picture f it?? Bah.

by: ros

Fri, 10 Aug 2007 15:43:08 +0000

Helen, I hope you have fun experimenting with ostrich- I certainly did!

Goon, we’ll get you cooking ostrich next week then, shall we?

Richard, I don’t think it’s a lack of photographical talent on our part as such. Some people just have awesome cameras. I remember when I got my current camera. The difference was amazing. Look at some of the posts from this time last year and you’ll see what I mean. Also, lighting makes such a difference. I wish I ate at normal times, just so I could have natural light!

Trig, it’s called PERSPECTIVE. :p Seriously, that’s just 200g of meat on a skewer and a handful of noodles.

Ginger, your photos are always superb. It’s an interesting thing you’re doing, having a COMPlETE diary. I want to havea seperate page on my blog where I do that too but we’re struggling with the technicalities of having two chronological pages running simultaneously. For whatever reason, this part of the blog evolved from being a diar into something different.

by: Trig

Tue, 07 Aug 2007 09:08:24 +0000

Guys - I sent you a Providores dinner invite at Ros’s email address on Sunday but it’s been bounced by the mail server. Can one of you email me, please, so I can use the address for a return message.

by: Andy

Mon, 06 Aug 2007 19:29:14 +0000

Don’t worry Trig, there was an equally sized plate for Goon to eat as well.

by: Ginger

Mon, 06 Aug 2007 18:28:23 +0000

I guess one way we avoid bad photos is to take loads of them…this means that most evenings we eat cold food though! I think you have to post the photos anyway…we’re not professional food photographers, we’re just people that like to eat and to cook.

I also think bad photos add an air of honesty, as do those dishes that are complete disasters. I post them all, even when we don’t eat dinner and just drink wine and eat crisps!

by: Trig

Mon, 06 Aug 2007 13:57:32 +0000

Don’t we all know the feeling of having just made a wonderful meal and having eaten it to find that all the photos were crap because you had the camera on the wrong setting. That’s a pretty gigantic plate of food you’ve got there, Ros, I hope you didn’t let Goon go hungry

by: Richard

Mon, 06 Aug 2007 10:32:07 +0000

I sympathise with you on the photo front. I look at some other food bloggers and it makes me weep. I’m just not very good at photographing food! Yours looks fine though!
If the foot-and-mouth disaster really takes hold, we could all be eating ostrich (though not aligator, please!)

by: Andy

Sun, 05 Aug 2007 08:49:56 +0000

Are non-food bloggers allowed to promote the eating of Ostrich as well?

by: Helen

Fri, 03 Aug 2007 14:20:02 +0000

I can’t wait to try out some fruity marinades with my Ostrich! Isn’t it frustrating when something is sooo delicious and the picture doesn’t come out right. Notice I don’t have a pic of my ostrich steaks? Yep. I’m glad you put it up though. It still looks yummy! Food bloggers unite to promote eating of ostrich!

P.S Sorry again about the name change