Comments on: banana bread

By: Erin

Erin — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 18:57:48 +0000

Hello- Your photography is beautiful, and I love this blog. I have some ultra-ripe bananas that are sitting for me at home waiting to be used. I’m in between moves, and took my bread pans down to the new place already, so I need to make a trip for a disposable. :)
I agree that meat is hard to photograph too! No matter how good the recipe, unless its a Thanksgiving turkey, it just looks wrong!

By: radish

radish — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 21:59:33 +0000

Luisa – the wondrous thing is that they stay good for use for the rest of the year!
Jim – i know it’s distressing about the ‘good for you’ bit, but it’s still better than buying a pack of oreos – all the ingredients are whole and you’re avoiding processed food! :) see how I rationalize?
Lisa – for some reason, i just am repulsed by meat pictures, raw meat is a bit better, but not by much. I wonder how one can make it ok looking?
clumsy – i try to find ways to salvage food – it’s like a little game i play with myself. makes it fun that way.

By: clumsy

clumsy — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 16:03:00 +0000

Thank you for the recipe—I absolutely hate throwing out bananas. They are our road-trip snack too, and we usually end up throwing out one or two.

By: Luisa

Luisa — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 21:20:19 +0000

Photographing meat is definitely very difficult. I wonder why I, unlike Lisa, also find even raw meat tough to do.
Love that cranberries-in-the-freezer trick. So simple and yet it’s never occurred to me!

By: Jim

Jim — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 17:18:25 +0000

Hey now, you ain’t weird–I can’t stand nuts in my banana bread either.
The more I learn about things like banana bread and zucchini bread, though, the more I wish I hadn’t. I liked it better when I thought they were healthy–y’know, ’cause anything made with bananas and zucchini must be healthy!

By: Lisa (Homesick Texan)

Lisa (Homesick Texan) — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 17:05:53 +0000

I agree with you about photographing meat–that is cooked meat. Raw meat, even though it can be kinda gross, is much more photogenic. And great idea about the cranberries–I’ll have to do that this fall when the fresh ones arrive.

By: radish

radish — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 05:01:27 +0000

Jaden – it’s exactly what i did this morning – I had a slice with some butter and tea! It was such a great way to start off my Sunday!
Deb – I must give credit to my mother on this – she came up with the idea – and now buys a dozen bags that she uses year-round on instant cranberry relish and various baked goodies. She’s brilliant sometimes, my mother! As far as currants go, I love how they look – and SO pretty, but my experience has been that they have been on the sweet side, rather than tart. If you want, I am happy to share a bag of my cranberries with you :-) I know that October is too far away!

By: deb

deb — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 17:21:53 +0000

How wonderful! When I saw the picture on your Flickr this morning, I thought, where did she get those cranberries? Like you, I love tart foods so fresh cranberries are vastly superior to me than the dried ones (with god-knows-what in sulfites/sugar in them) but they’re so hard to get year-round! You’re brilliant. I will have to freeze them this fall.
P.S. I have exactly 0 experience with currants, but they’ve been looking so stunning lately–yellow and red and orange–I wonder if they would substitute well.

By: steamy kitchen

steamy kitchen — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 16:56:09 +0000

yum. I want a slice warmed…with a nice spreading of good butter….and a cup of tea