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July 2, 2009 | 16 Comments

BLANCH (verb):
To plunge foods into boiling water for a few seconds or minutes, then remove and place in ice water. This process sets the colour of vegetables, lets one easily peel fruits, and slip the skins off nuts. The food does not cook all the way through, so crisp texture is preserved.

CLICK: Bi-Colour
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Photographer: Bee
Camera: Canon 300D
Lens: 100 mm macro
Shutter speed: 1/15 sec
ISO Speed: 200
F-stop: f/3.2

DEADLINE: July 30, 2009

Filed Under: Photo Essays, PHOTOGRAPHY, Spinach, Wordless July

16 Comments

Meeta says:

July 2, 2009 at 12:50 am

i am loving this! fresh and appetizing. love the tones and the lighting too!

nags says:

July 2, 2009 at 3:23 am

absolutely love the colours!

Nirmala says:

July 2, 2009 at 5:06 am

Bright contrasting colors and are really catchy! Welldone Bee!

Desi Soccer Mom says:

July 2, 2009 at 7:13 am

Love the appetizing color of freshly blanched spinach. That’s an eatable photograph Bee! Now I am scratching my head to come up with something bi-color.

joey says:

July 2, 2009 at 7:51 am

The green on your veggies is just gorgeous!

DK says:

July 2, 2009 at 10:11 am

Now thats what makes the process of Blanching worth it! Yes – these photos! awesome

Poornima says:

July 2, 2009 at 3:08 pm

Lovely pic, Great colors.

TexasDeb says:

July 3, 2009 at 6:24 am

Voted! I wish some participants would find a way to place their copyright overlay in a less obtrusive position. I am put off more and more by a lovely photograph that is largely obscured by somebody’s claim to it. I will back down if somebody can explain how that would be necessary – what horrifying loss of income or credit might occur if that copyright information were at the bottom or top or to one side so the photo itself is not obscured. Honestly, if these photographs are also simultaneously meant to earn income for somebody I think that gets into a whole different kind of photo contest as opposed to food bloggers having fun with their cameras. All righty. Rant over now. Happy 4th weekend!

jugalbandit says:

July 3, 2009 at 1:50 pm

Deb,
we have recognized that many participants do that and have included in our instructions a note that judges also get put off by it and so might affect scoring. Rant noted, but we can’t do much more about it Have a great fourth.

Jai

Paz says:

July 3, 2009 at 3:09 pm

yum! i like to put this in my smoothie (the recipe from you).

paz

sharon says:

July 5, 2009 at 2:40 am

What a coincidence – I just blanched some spinach before I sat down to browse..lovely pic!

Sharon

nina says:

July 5, 2009 at 7:21 pm

Hi,

I have been following your blog(you are doing a good job:))but unfortunately dont have an oven to try out your wonderful recipes(muffins,cookies,cupcakes,breads)..Can you recommend me any good brand?could you please tell me which brand oven do you use?

Thanks in Advance