Tonight, Matthew, I'll be cooking British

[karohemd]

Ya, RLY.
In an effort to reduce my potato and onion mountain, I was looking for something suitable. As I was browsing my little Tesco's out the back, some Finest traditional pork sausages caught my eye and it was decided:

Bangers and Mash with Onion Gravy

Very basic: Shallow fried the bangers in the pan, took them out, sauteed the onions in the remaining fat/juices until almost soft, dusted with flour and cooked the mix for a while, added water and reduced down to a nice consistency (no artifical gravy for me!), mashed the potatoes with some cream, grated mature cheddar and chopped coriander, arranged everything on a plate, took a photo and finished it all off. :o)

I now return you to my usual programming. ;o)

Comments

[whiskeylover.livejournal.com]

Ah- I would suggest red wine instead of water for the gravy- or, as an alternative, a dash of balsamic...

*note to self, must make bangers & mash again...*

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

I was being lazy. ;o)
Sadly, I didn't have an open bottle at hand. Balsamic sounds interesting...

[astatine210.livejournal.com]

On a complete tangent, I just happened across these guys on an internet radio thingy and thought "I wonder if Ozzy [amongst other people] would like that? I've never noticed him mention them before".

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

Heh, folk with rude lyrics, excellent. No, I hadn't heard of them but belak_krin might.
Thanks!

[spencerpine.livejournal.com]

Nice stuff. I must make that sometime.

I did cassoulet for Liz earlier this week and it went down very well.

G

[tobykenobi.livejournal.com]

mmmmm, sausages..... :)

Ozzy, how do you take such good photos of food? I've tried, but without a flash I end up with a blurred shot (perhaps my kitchen lights aren't strong enough) and with flash my plates are always too stark (even if I try to zoom in from a pace back).

(BTW digital I'm afraid - Canon Ixus 2x zoom, 2.1m pixels)

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

Erm, I have a real camera? ;oÞ

Decent answer: It's most likely that your light is too weak.
Light is just the flourescent tube above my cooker/worktop.
This one was actually taken at ISO400, the steak on Saturday at ISO200 (which was slightly shaky at 1/30s)
And yes, full-on flash will make it too flat.

Try a desk lamp with a strong daylight bulb (you can get 150W equiv energy saving bulbs which are superb and I've used to light photos).