Photography Board WINTER Assignment, 2011: Scavenger Hunt

[dcg0317]

Americana (U.S. Culture related)

Misspelled or Funny Sign

Church Steeple

 

[PrincessInOz]

Great work, Princess in Oz!

Tell us more about the soup, and the toast! (Don't know anything about either.)

Thanks!

Vietnamese Pho (pronounced "fur") consists of a soup broth (usually made from pork and beef bones), rice noodles and a protein on top. The one that I like is Rare Beef Pho. The beef is sliced thinly and placed on top of the hot soup/noodles raw. When you mix it into the soup, the heat of the broth cooks the beef. As a result of this, the beef is very tender. The most authentic Pho will have a combination of rare beef and brisket as the protein. Aside from liverworst and pate, I don't do sweetbreads at all!

The Pho comes with vegetable garnishes, which consists of the bean shoots, vietnamese basil, lemon and fresh cut (red) chillies. There are also condiments that go with the dish - namely Hoi Sin sauce (chinese sweet BBQ sauce), chilli sauce and hot chilli oil. I normally put the bean shoots and basil on my beef and then squeeze the lemon all over. I then apply a generous squeeze of the Hoi Sin sauce bottle and a nice dollop of hot chilli oil on my Pho.

There is a standing "Come if you can" once-a-week lunch date with a group of my friends. Would you believe that around noon, the standard email sent to herald the stampede is...."Soup's On!"???


Vegemite, on the other hand, is made from yeast extract (a black residue from the beer making process) and is rich in Vitamin B. It was developed in the mid 1920's as the Australian version of Marmite, which is what the Brits eat. Vegemite has a much more intense flavour than Marmite. The vegemite taste is predominantly very, very salty and if you've applied too much of the black stuff on your toast, you can experience that yeasty tingle on the tip of your tongue.
Most people that have never had Vegemite before and taste it for the first time usually run to rinse their mouths out....about 20 times...before they are happy.

I love it! I was brought up on Marmite and when I came to Australia, my taste buds had to adapt to the more deeply intense and saltier version. I also (sometimes) add a teaspoon of Vegemite to my soup for additional stock flavour.

Vegemite is also part of the Aussie slang..."Happy Little Vegemites", which means that you're happy and contented.
The slang was part of a commercial jingle developed in the 1950's to market Vegemite and the original clip can be found on you-tube here, and it just became part of the venacular.

We're happy little vegemiters bright as bright can be
We all enjoy our vegemite for breakfast, lunch and tea
Our mummies say we're growing stronger every single week
Because we love our vegemite
We all adore our vegemite
It puts a rose in every cheek

The jingle was revived in the 1990's with a newer clip and Kraft also re-played the original commercial on TV. So, a whole new generation of kids (including myself) now know how to sing the song!

 

[skbachand]

Here is my first submission. It is terrible but I figured this is a a learning experience. My goal with this and my Project 365 is to start using manual mode when possible. Thanks Pea for doing this. I need the motivation in the winter.

Nutcracker:

 

[skbachand]

oops

 

[Twigs]

Peppermint - A Peppermintini!

 

[PrincessInOz]

Blimey! Fish and Chips - what else?

Cardinal

Cooking It's not quite a Shrimp on Barbie...and you can see the cooking smoke!

This morning, I headed out for breakfast at a favourite place. Along the way, I saw some Culture - I figured it was more Japanese, because of the blossom trees.

When we got there, I noticed People At Work...

...making Coffee! One of my Favourite Food, well...drink.

This place knows how to make good coffee; so it wasn't really steaming. Besides, the light was in the wrong spot for me to capture hot steam. Maybe next time.


I settled for the Simplicity of Bacon and Eggs for breakfast. The plating style of this establishment follows simple, clean lines on white plates. Only the bare necessities are provided - bacon, eggs, bread and a tomato chutney condiment.

I also took a shot of a different Window Scene, of some of the beautiful home made slices (more Favourite Food) that they make here. I was pleased to see that I captured a Person at Work in the background.

All in all, a great morning!

 

[arctic_bunny]

I was so excited to see a new scavenger hunt! In honour of this, we went out today to get some pics. I didn't take the list with me, so I know I missed a few.

Then I posted them all and lost the whole post. Urg. Here we go again!


Angel in snow

Cuddly Warm Snuggled together in the truck on the way back from the store

Floyd Turbo or Mad Bomber Hat I couldn't believe my luck when a visitor came for coffee wearing one of these!

Frozen body of water The dock sticking out of the frozen bay

Peppermint Last day before it comes down!

Moon 2:45 p.m. - I'll probably get a better moon picture, but this was so pretty!

Off road vehicle in use

New Year's The start of the snowmobile parade

Rosy cheeks And so happy to be playing in the snow!

Snow scene Wind-etched snow with ice crystals sticking up

Twilight 10:30 a.m. - Since the sun won't rise again until late January, all I have are twilight pictures

Ugly Maybe I'll see something uglier, but today the fuel tanks and generator kind of stuck out.

Winter sport

Wipeout He should have waited just a bit longer before standing up after sliding down the hill!

 

[Pea-n-Me]

You have no idea how hard it was seeing this picture at the end of pulling a long night shift last night. Put it this way: I bought bacon and eggs for tomorrow's breakfast on the way home!

Thanks for explaining the soup and the toast. The soup looks good. Not sure about the toast, lol.

 

[Jade+3]

In Unison

G'Day

Cuddly Warm

Wipeout

Twilight

 

[tlcmommyx4]

Here are some from me
Winter bird feeding

Cardinal

Winter berries

Church Steeple

Nighttime city scape

 

[skbachand]

Favorite Food: Peanut Butter Cup Sundae-YUM

Zamboni: I am posting 2 because I can't decide which one I like better.

Shot in manual all weekend. Very proud...even though these are not my best pics. A mentor of mine said while learning you get worse before you get better...I'm sticking with that thought.

Kelliann

 

[MichelleVW]

Taken yesterday at Animal Kingdom.


Love

My DD's college roommate who is here with us loves Eeyore!


IMG_7340 by michellevw04, on Flickr


Train Depot.

 

[SC Mouse Fan]

I am stuck at home today for a snow day. Probably will be her tomorrow by the looks of the snow. No plows to clear the roads so we have to wait for it to melt. I walked around this morning and got some pictures.

Snow Scene

Snow flake (this is as close as I could get, you can kind of see them)

Snowman (a little one since my kids are at college)

Wild animal track ( I don't want to know what this was so close to the house)

Icicle

 

[SC Mouse Fan]

Here are some more.

Church Steeple

Cardinal

Blizzard (as close as we will get)

Berries

Birds of winter feeding

 

[hjd0411]

Hello. I am not posting a photo for the scavenger hunt at the moment. Unfortunately the weather here is not conducive to photography for fun. Although I am not directly affected, most of the state of Queensland is flood affected. It is the likes of which I (and many others) have never seen. Yesterday the town of Toowoomba, west of Brisbane, 700m above sea level and with no river in the town was inundated with what has been described as an inland tsunami. 8 people are dead and 72 people are missing. The news footage has been horrifying - I never expected to see anything like it in Australia. There are some photos here and here if you would like to see.
Sorry to bring sadness to a fun thread, but I guess I ask for prayers and good wishes for everyone affected.
Thanks.

 

[tlcmommyx4]

Hello. I am not posting a photo for the scavenger hunt at the moment. Unfortunately the weather here is not conducive to photography for fun. Although I am not directly affected, most of the state of Queensland is flood affected. It is the likes of which I (and many others) have never seen. Yesterday the town of Toowoomba, west of Brisbane, 700m above sea level and with no river in the town was inundated with what has been described as an inland tsunami. 8 people are dead and 72 people are missing. The news footage has been horrifying - I never expected to see anything like it in Australia. There are some photos here and here if you would like to see.
Sorry to bring sadness to a fun thread, but I guess I ask for prayers and good wishes for everyone affected.
Thanks.

We will be praying for all the people effected by this horrible weather event. I hope that things start looking up for all!

 

[Pea-n-Me]

Stay safe, Heather.

 

[PrincessInOz]

Hope you are okay Heather. Most of Melbourne today is talking about the floods and we're all hoping for the best in QLD.

 

[hjd0411]

We will be praying for all the people effected by this horrible weather event. I hope that things start looking up for all!

Stay safe, Heather.

Hope you are okay Heather. Most of Melbourne today is talking about the floods and we're all hoping for the best in QLD.

Thanks everyone! Luckily I am very high and have no problems. I was due to go to work today, but yesterday I slipped on a wet paver and hurt my knee, so I'm not going anywhere. Just watching TV and shocked at the devastation. I remember the floods we had here in 1974, which were a "once in a lifetime" event, and this is supposed to be worse.
The irony now is that the sun is shining for only the second time since before Christmas!

 

[Magic Mom]

Winter Berries

Cardinal- It didn't come out as I intended, but I like the effect.

Ugly- This is Lobo the Barn Cat. Her tail is crooked because a pony stepped on it, and she never grooms herself so she has clups of hair and dirt hanging off her, but she is sooo sweet.

Winter Birds