tinyfish Posted January 17, 2016 Report Posted January 17, 2016 Had a busy day today. I meet with Jon B, Sue, Rak and Ryan for lunch to start my day and it was a great time. Before I left for lunch I put some back ribs on Dexter to eat during the week. The ribs are dry I forgot the sauce. I'm still not decided which dish to enter??? Last of my cooks was the NY steak. I cooked these reversed seared served with MacKenzie scalloped potatoes, carrots and rappini. Well thats all folks.
ckreef Posted January 18, 2016 Report Posted January 18, 2016 (edited) Everything looks really good. My opinion on that veggie dish (not that I really want you to win - LOL) but the bowl is a little too green and doesn't give enough contrast to really make the dish pop. IMHO - but go ahead and enter it - LOL The DO picture has better contrast. Charles - Prometheus 16.5", Cassiopeia 19" TT Edited January 18, 2016 by ckreef
MacKenzie Posted January 18, 2016 Report Posted January 18, 2016 I beg to differ, I like that green dish with all those "goodies" a lot.
MacKenzie Posted January 18, 2016 Report Posted January 18, 2016 I also love that plated steak dinner.
tinyfish Posted January 18, 2016 Author Report Posted January 18, 2016 Everything looks really good. My opinion on that veggie dish (not that I really want you to win - LOL) but the bowl is a little too green and doesn't give enough contrast to really make the dish pop. IMHO - but go ahead and enter it - LOL The DO picture has better contrast. Charles - Prometheus 16.5", Cassiopeia 19" TT Thanks Charles. So much to learn. Not that I thought about the bowl but that was the only one to chose from. We're in the middle of getting ready to move so everything is packed up.
ckreef Posted January 18, 2016 Report Posted January 18, 2016 Thanks Charles. So much to learn. Not that I thought about the bowl but that was the only one to chose from. We're in the middle of getting ready to move so everything is packed up. I actually think a lot about plates and bowls, my biggest problem is I need to go buy a bunch of different ones so I have them to match with the food being presented. Charles - Prometheus 16.5", Cassiopeia 19" TT
MacKenzie Posted January 18, 2016 Report Posted January 18, 2016 Tinyfish, that must have been a wild crowd :) Where are you moving to, NS?
tinyfish Posted January 18, 2016 Author Report Posted January 18, 2016 Tinyfish, that must have been a wild crowd :) Where are you to, NS? You're right MacKenzie, they are trouble.
Rak Posted January 18, 2016 Report Posted January 18, 2016 Fun lunch today, always great to meet up with new friends! I think the green bowl is more pleasing to my eye.
ckreef Posted January 18, 2016 Report Posted January 18, 2016 (edited) Fun lunch today, always great to meet up with new friends! I think the green bowl is more pleasing to my eye. Yes the green is generally more pleasing to the eye but doesn't contrast right with beans IMO. A white bowl with the beans, the white sour cream (?) and the green leaf would have popped out at you especially the green leaf with a white bowl background. Just like I try never to put orange shrimp on a red plate because they blend in and give no contrast. Same concept as putting something crunchy on something creamy - contrasting textures to the palate. When serving the family anything works. For the challenge cooks some voters may never look at the cook thread so you have to make the best of the picture. Many times I went back the next day and looked at my picture and realize what I screwed up from a picture stand point. Charles - Prometheus 16.5", Cassiopeia 19" TT Edited January 18, 2016 by ckreef
Rak Posted January 18, 2016 Report Posted January 18, 2016 Charles, you know you're helping your competitor right I do like the idea of a white bowl with the same presentation as is in the green bowl.
ckreef Posted January 18, 2016 Report Posted January 18, 2016 Yea I know and it's for the awesome knife prize - eeeekkk, what was I thinking? - LOL Nah I like tinyfish, it's all good. But note I did have this discussion on the KK forum and not on Guru. In past challenges there have been some entries that were good cooks but didn't do so well, I believe because they had really bad plating and a really bad picture so they weren't as pleasing to the eye as they could have been. It should be all about the cook but reality says the picture does make a difference. Charles - Prometheus 16.5", Cassiopeia 19" TT
Rak Posted January 18, 2016 Report Posted January 18, 2016 So true. They do say we eat with our eyes first.
tony b Posted January 18, 2016 Report Posted January 18, 2016 And, in this case, that's all your eating with!
ckreef Posted January 18, 2016 Report Posted January 18, 2016 I have a feeling the voting would go a little different if we could all take a taste. Charles - Prometheus 16.5", Cassiopeia 19" TT
tony b Posted January 19, 2016 Report Posted January 19, 2016 To be honest, that's why I don't bother entering those things (granted, I did do our pizza challenge here for sh!ts & giggles). An entry can look great, but be totally inedible. You do know that food stylists use things like shaving cream to simulate whipped cream, etc. for their photo shoots?
ckreef Posted January 19, 2016 Report Posted January 19, 2016 To be honest, that's why I don't bother entering those things (granted, I did do our pizza challenge here for sh!ts & giggles). An entry can look great, but be totally inedible. You do know that food stylists use things like shaving cream to simulate whipped cream, etc. for their photo shoots?I hear what you are saying but the 4 of us are having a good time with it. You should have came along for the journey, another KK'er would have been awesome. Charles - Prometheus 16.5", Cassiopeia 19" TT
tony b Posted January 19, 2016 Report Posted January 19, 2016 I'll think about it. But, I'm really going to have to up my game on the picture end of it to compete with you guys! I can cook, know how to plate, but my pictures never seem to come out well.
