the sausage rolls are fun to make. loads of grated Gruyere in the soup...hmm...cheeseeeeeeeeee.....

or do you prefer vertical version...


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Good food is the basis of a good existence. (by Someone)

those buns look good.. I tossed my Atkins diet. :p

hahah....good! no diets. just eat well and eat less. quality over quantity.

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Good food is the basis of a good existence. (by Someone)

Sausage rolls!! You're killing me. I need to make a visit to Canada and stuff myself silly. I suppose I could just make them as well. Maybe when I get my whey piggy. If I could find some organic puff pastry, I'd be in heaven.

I like both the square and the vertical versions. I guess it depends on what the food is. Do you use a light box? I'd have to take photos inside the fridge to get anything that bright and crisp even in summer. :P

i cheated...it's not puff pastry. it's ready to use so-called croissant pastry! the type in a vacuum sealed tube by Danone. for the filling i mince a small pork tenderloin [love my orgarnic butcher!] with whatever seasoning [this time heavily Thai influence, and coriander etc]. roll the pastry, cut into biggish chunks, then bake until golden. it was late lunch on sunday a while ago...a very very nice late lunch indeed. the last chunk was decided by the judges of 'rock cissors paper'...hahah....

what do you eat, usually, when you cross the border? they haven't made orgarnic puff pastry in your area yet? i also heard from the other group it's not easy to find pure butter puff pastry, and pure butter for that matter in America. it's very normal here...pure butter everything!

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i don't normally use the vertical frame effect as most of the photos are not suitable. no light box or any fancy equipments. just on a surface [not even a real table!] with some lights if shooting without natural light. i often have to brighten up the pics considerably! at the expense of some details. in the sausage roll photo i actually use 2 old opaque plastic placemats in the background to shield the harsh afternoon light from the window. i have no curtains in the room i use as 'shooting room' with a mess i call my 'rig'. lol...

practice practice practice... and of course it does help with some creativity

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Good food is the basis of a good existence. (by Someone)

"what do you eat, usually, when you cross the border? they haven't made orgarnic puff pastry in your area yet? i also heard from the other group it's not easy to find pure butter puff pastry, and pure butter for that matter in America. it's very normal here...pure butter everything!"

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We usually visit several of the English bakeries and some of the more exotic restaurants that we don't have in our area. I don't normally plan anything in advance so it's hit and miss. We're going up for Bard on the Beach again in late summer, but this time we're going to get a hotel and stay the night. I'll research and select dinner options before we leave.

So far the only puff pastry available is Pepperidge Farms and is made with hydrogenated oil. Essential Baking does make their own so perhaps one can purchase that there. I'll have to see on my next visit. I will continue to seek it out. Maybe I'll have to learn to make it myself.

Butter is easy to find. I have loads of organic butter always at the ready in the freezer. I think butter isn't so easy to find in typical kitchens since they often seem to eat that margarine crap.