Quick terribad food photos

[kaberett]

(Blah still getting the hang of this camera blah doing things in a hurry blah. More seriously, apologies for being a bit of a crap friend at the moment -- work will hopefully be swamping me a little less for a couple of days early next week.)



DINNER TODAY. It is French toast drowned in maple syrup with black pepper; some Saint Agur cheese kindly provided by one of my party guests last week; a pear; and some walnut pieces. OM NOM NOM, and it took me about 15 minutes to put together.



I had a (necessarily small) birthday party on, well, my birthday last week (the Friday; apologies to everyone I couldn't invite, which is most of you). This is the beginnings of dinner, featuring our dining-room tiny sun, my housemate's table, "what food restrictions this dish is compatible with" tiles by Ozone Louise (who is entirely welcome to identify herself in comments...), and the tile I nicked out of a pile of rubbish near Paddington a few weeks ago and have been employing as an Unterlag ever since.

The food featured is, left to right:

• Grunensalat (finely diced red onion, cider vinegar, olive oil, pinch of salt, pinch of sugar, Leaves Various, sliced cucumber)
  
• potato salad (boiled sliced Charlottes, chopped spring onion, chopped hard-boiled egg, cider vinegar)
  
• at the back, The Cake Of My Family (see below)
  
• at the front, a small bowl containing yoghurt + cucumber + mint
  
• quiche #1: rosemary-thyme wholemeal crust, a thin layer of membrillo paste, caramelised onions, goats' cheese, custard made up with creme fraiche
  
• quiches #2&3: rosemary-thyme wholemeal crust, caramelised onions, lots of extra-mature Cheddar, custard made up with creme fraiche

Another view of the table, now with extra Tomatensalat, daal, rice, and Parisian strawberries courtesy of P.



A close-up of my first attempt at the Family Cake, sat on a plate given me by evilsusan: it is essentially chocolate and hazelnuts, topped with raspberry jam and melted chocolate. The leavening is a bit tricksy - it's a small mountain of baking powder plus seven beaten egg whites, and I'm always convinced I can't fold egg whites in competently - but this seems to have worked and was demolished by the assembled, to my gratification. Successfully baking this was a Rite of Passage - I feel even more like a proper grown-up member of my clan now. :-)

Comments

[worlds_of_smoke]

oooh, the Grunensalat sounds good. -drool-

The rest of the spread looks delish too. Clearly I need to learn to teleport across the Pond. -grin-

[glass_icarus]

:9 :9 :9

[jelazakazone]

I'm smiling at the comment about the cake. We have one of those in our family too. I know *just* how you feel. <3

[inoru_no_hoshi]

Omnomnom it all looks delish. :D The cake sounds amazing - I'm happy it turned out excellently! <3

[azurelunatic]

Ooo, it all looks so good, and congratulations on Proper Grown-Up!

[nou]

Ooh, any chance of a closer-up photo of the tiles?

[kaberett]

Yep! Will attempt to remember to do that this evening :-) I have only Veggie, Vegan, Dairy-Free, Gluten-Free, but there's others as well!

[quirkytizzy]

I swear, it's like I can smell and taste the food from here. You have SUCH rich and delectable eating habits! *swoons*

[nou]

Thank you! Tiles are such a good idea — so much quicker than having to write labels and attach them.

[fyreharper]

This all sounds (and looks) amaaaaazing :)

[calissa]

Looks super tasty!

I love the idea of those tiles.

[kaberett]

I would totally feed you all. :-)

[kaberett]

Photo taken; please prod me about uploading over the weekend if I've forgotten and you remember? (It involves faff with Yet Another Computer hence not just doing it right now.)

[kaberett]

Hah. I was going to say "this is what I cook for guests", but then I guess tonight I had potatoes-fried-with-onion-and-garlic-and-smoked-paprika plus a pile of lettuce, so! I am... very lucky in that I can cook both home food/peasant food (pick your terminology) and that I've been taught to do ~fancier stuff~, so... yeah. Yeah. MANY FEELINGS about food, basically.

[kaberett]

Aren't they brilliant.

[nou]

Will do! I've put it in my diary for Sunday morning.

[kaberett]

Here you go :-)

[nou]

Thank you!