What's Cooking

[peter halle]

What is cooking?  Nothing.  But made jalapeño jelly and also cantaloupe cayenne sorbet.

Does that count?

Peter

 

[GoingMyWay]

Of course that counts!

 

[GoingMyWay]

Dinner 2 nights ago was bone-in chicken breasts, baked potato, with a spicy green sauce.  All the recipes came from America's Test Kitchen:  I also made a daikon radish salad that's in the bowl.

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[GoingMyWay]

Tonight's dinner was cajun seafood boil in the pressure cooker:  corn, potatoes, andouille sausage, snow crab, head-on shrimp.

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[Cheese]

Tonight's dinner was cajun seafood boil in the pressure cooker:  corn, potatoes, andouille sausage, snow crab, head-on shrimp.
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Now that looks delicious...the difficult thing about photographing food is getting the colors correct and that all depends upon the color  temperature of the lighting. If the temperature starts to go warm, then the food tends to look yellow and spoiled or just plain tired.

Nice shot... [thumbs up]

 

[GoingMyWay]

Thanks!  I don't usually spend any time at all composing shots or worrying about the colors.  A lot of the pictures that I take end up being too blurry to use. I have taken a couple of shots with the "food" camera mode on my Samsung S9, but the colors look really off on the computer (the colors look really good on the phone however).

 

[Cheese]

I have taken a couple of shots with the "food" camera mode on my Samsung S9, but the colors look really off on the computer (the colors look really good on the phone however).

I've found that when taking photos of food, that light in the 3500-4200K range represents a reasonable representation of the food quite well. The colors are more true and the food looks much more palatable. [big grin]

 

[GoingMyWay]

Is there a way to measure the light color range?  I somewhat recently replaced the ceiling lights in the kitchen with 2700k LED bulbs.  I thought that was supposed to be better than the "white" lights - I guess which is more what you typically get from florescent lighting?

 

[Cheese]

Is there a way to measure the light color range?  I somewhat recently replaced the ceiling lights in the kitchen with 2700k LED bulbs.  I thought that was supposed to be better than the "white" lights - I guess which is more what you typically get from florescent lighting?

I know years ago Minolta sold a meter that measured color temperature, but it was pretty expensive for the day, as in several thousand $$.  [sad]  I believe there are now some apps available for iPhones and Android.

Here's a great experiment...turn on your 2700K bulbs and take a food photo, then aim a Syslite at the same food source and take another photo. Compare the 2 photos for correct colors and for which one looks more appetizing.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_temperature

 

[GoingMyWay]

I figured there might be an app out there.  Nowadays there is seemingly an app for any and everything.

Unfortunately, I don't have a Syslite to try that experiment with.

Here's the picture I took with the "food" mode.

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What do you think of those colors?

 

[peter halle]

I would suspect that the "Food Modes" favor spectrums other than blue.  Blue food has been shown to appear unappetizing to eaters.  Of course there are some exceptions such as blueberries (which when ripe are usually a darker blue).

Carry on and happy cooking!

Peter

 

[Cheese]

What do you think of those colors?

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That looks a lot more appetizing than the original photo.  [big grin]  What's interesting is that just the seafood changed hue. The pot and everything else remained the same as the original photo.  [smile]

You can try that experiment with probably just about any LED based trouble/inspection light. The Syslite I was 4500K, while the Syslite II is 5000K. The Milwaukee and Streamlight products I've used are also in the 4500K-5500K range.

 

[GoingMyWay]

Oh I guess I should use the "food" mode all the time when I take pictures of food then.  I thought the colors looked too rich - like unnatural or enhanced or "photoshopped" as they say.

I forgot I have a Streamlight Strion LED Flashlight, though that might be too bright of a light to shine directly on food.

 

[GoingMyWay]

Last night in honor of National Chicken Wing Day I grilled some wings and my wife made Banh Cuon.

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[GoingMyWay]

Last night's dinner was meatloaf, garlic mashed potatoes, and green beans.

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[Sparktrician]

[member=66216]GoingMyWay[/member], I'll be over for dinner tonight...  [scared]  [big grin]

 

[six-point socket II]

Hi!

Really some great meals [member=66216]GoingMyWay[/member] !!! [smile]

Saturday it was the BBQ again.

Sunday we had pulled pork - sorry I just got a picture of the meat. I found this prepared at one of our butchers, and we just had to heat it up for another good 30 minutes.

And this is from yesterday, some hot dogs. The weather has been so hot for at least 2 weeks now, I really don't feel like going on a cooking spree or extravaganza ... Just some light & easy stuff ...

Kind regards,
Oliver

 

[GoingMyWay]

[member=66216]GoingMyWay[/member], I'll be over for dinner tonight...  [scared]  [big grin]

Tonight's dinner is *expected * to be miso soup, edamame, salad, cream cheese rangoon, and cucumber and california rolls.  Let's see how the rolls turns out.

Really some great meals [member=66216]GoingMyWay[/member] !!! [smile]

Thanks Oliver!  The hot dogs look good.  I've never seen pickle slices like that on a hot dog.  We chop up sweet pickles to use as relish.  What are the crunchy things sprinkled on your hot dogs - crispy onions?

 

[six-point socket II]

Hi,

Yeah, those are crispy onions. I love this explosion of taste ... Bread, sausage, then ketchup and mustard, the crispy onions and last the sliced pickles ....

Honestly, I've always used sliced pickles but never relish - I will try that next time!

Kind regards,
Oliver

 

[Cheese]

I've never seen pickle slices like that on a hot dog.  We chop up sweet pickles to use as relish. 

Hahaha...that's funny, hamburger pickles on a hot dog. I've never seen that either.

Hey Oliver, this type of relish is pretty much a staple on hot dogs in the US. [smile]