"Julie Bove" wrote in message news

"Gary" > wrote in message ...
> Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
>> news
>> > On 11/18/2017 1:24 PM, wrote:
>> >> On Sat, 18 Nov 2017 10:44:46 -0500, jmcquown >
>> >> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> On 11/17/2017 2:30 PM, Cheri wrote:
>> >>>> "U.S. Janet B." > wrote in message
>> >>>> ...
>> >>>>> On Fri, 17 Nov 2017 14:10:11 -0500, Gary > wrote:
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>> Cheri wrote:
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> "Gary" wrote:
>> >>>>>>>> Cheri wrote:
>> >>>>>>>>> Yes, as they say...you eat with your eyes first.
>> >>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>> Not me.
>> >>>>>>>> My taste buds have taken over my body's food choices.
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> No problem, I want my food to look good on the plate as well as
>> >>>>>>> taste good.
>> >>>>>>> It doesn't take much time to present an attractive plate, at
>> >>>>>>> least
>> >>>>>>> food that
>> >>>>>>> is attractive to us. Now, if I lived by myself...I still would do
>> >>>>>>> it
>> >>>>>>> that
>> >>>>>>> way. LOL
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> Lazy Gary here. heheh Anytime I cook for even one other, I
>> >>>>>> always consider the presentation but NEVER just for me. Not only
>> >>>>>> my lousy blurry camera, this is another reason that I don't send
>> >>>>>> meal pics often. Once it comes out of the oven or off the stove,
>> >>>>>> I plate and eat while it's nice and hot.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> I don't 'plate'. The food is attractive before I dish it up. Who
>> >>>>> has
>> >>>>> time to arrange stuff on a plate. It ought to look mouth watering
>> >>>>> when it is done cooking.]
>> >>>>> Janet US
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Me, I have time, some don't.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Cheri
>> >>>
>> >>> I've got time but I don't spend most of it taking pics of what I've
>> >>> cooked.
>> >>
>> >> Takes UNDER FIVE SECONDS to snap a pic. The difficult part is to
>> >> remember before you finish eating... I often forget too...
>> >> occasionally I've posted a pic of the left overs the next day and just
>> >> don't say.
>> >>
>> >>> I'd really rather just cook and eat it. But if I *am* going to
>> >>> take a pic, I do tend to try to make it look good. Therefore,
>> >>> "presentation".
>> >>>
>> >>> I don't do that sort of thing when I'm not going to take a picture. I
>> >>> don't run out and buy fresh herbs or a lemon to show sliced next to
>> >>> whatever. I'm cooking for myself.
>> >>> No need to garnish the plate.
>> >>
>> >> True... just place your wine glass in the pic. lol
>> >> I don't usually garnish for rfc pics, only time I garnish is for
>> >> company, and not always. However it's not all that difficult to
>> >> arrange food attractively rather than toss it on a plate haphazardly.
>> >
>> > Agreed about that. Still, I don't "arrange" it.
>> >
>> >> Jill, don't you have a box of those oriental paper umbrellas, you
>> >> must... that's garnish aplenty... and they're reusable unless it's an
>> >> outdoor event and it rains.
>> >>
>> > Oriental paper umbrellas?! Why on earth would I have those?
>>
>> Why wouldn't you? I have some. Also little frilly toothpicks and plastic
>> swords.
>
> OK dammit. IMO...if your meal needs some little gimmicks and
> fancy presentation to make it worthwhile, perhaps you need to
> learn to cook better and let the food stand (and be judged) on
> it's own.

It doesn't. But sometimes I have something like a really tall sandwich or
burger and if you don't stick something through it, it will come apart while
trying to carry the plate. Other times I use these things to annoy people.
==

lol

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