lol.nice one.funny none of my cookbooks have banana pics like the second one.
elliehen,
Mar 18, 3:30am
The photos in post #1 are photos (not intended to be humorous) from a book in my collection, but I went looking on the web and apparently some photographers do like to take funny food pix.
What was the first picture depicting elliehen in #1! It looks like bananas draped over a chicken, but it may just be my eyesight playing tricks.
shop-a-holic,
Mar 18, 4:00am
LOL!That looks like Food Porn :-)
holly-rocks,
Mar 18, 4:22am
Arrrgh that's a little scary!
carriebradshaw,
Mar 18, 4:22am
It sure has!One of the reasons I love the Donna Hay food mag (besides the recipes) is the beautiful photography.
happyjoe,
Mar 18, 4:25am
I personally know Donna Hay's photographer ( and I am not gay) try a desert book . Make millions.
elliehen,
Mar 18, 5:13am
You're close. That's Banana Duck in Orange Sauce, complete with little cutlet frills on the ends of the bananas.
The other photo is a decorative table centrepiece.I can imagine it could have been a talking point during the 1970s dinner party ;)
ETA: Just checked - it is called Banana Candles!
elliehen,
Mar 18, 5:24am
Anyone wanting any banana recipes (Curried Banana! Banana Paella! Potato & Banana Nests!) I'll be happy to oblige, though a quick flick through suggests that the erstwhile New Zealand Banana Control Board is stretching credulity a bit.
bookshelves,
Mar 18, 5:32am
I just sold a lot of NZ Women's Weeklies from the late 50s, early 60s . the dishes in the recipes looked ghastly with the oddest combinations - lots of fruit and meat .very unappealing to a modern palate.
elliehen,
Mar 18, 5:58am
Some of the cakes in the old Edmonds cookery books look as though they've been made out of plaster of Paris ;)
olwen,
Mar 18, 6:38am
I seem to remember you made a wick from slivered almond, and it was almost possible to light it.I think I had that book
elliehen,
Mar 18, 7:42am
If you want to Be Bold and recreate it, here it is.I see that it really is for eating.I thought it was just decoration.So everybody gets one ;)
Halve the bananas crosswise, dip in lemon juice and place each half, end uppermost, in a pineapple ring. drip mayonnaise down the sides of the bananas.
Using a toothpick, fix half a cherry on top of each banana.It will resemble a burning candle in its holder.Place each candle on a small plate, lined with lettuce leaves.Orange slices can be used instead of pineapple rings.Serves 6.
punkinthefirst,
Mar 19, 6:46am
No thanks. One of the worst meals I ever ate in my life was the "Island Dinner" my mother and I ate when we went to Norfolk Island. It was held in a private home for tourists, and we thought we were going to eat something really fabulous and different from the kitchen of a great home cook. It was different all right! I swear there was banana in some form in every dish - fried, curried, cooked and raw. Now, I know ingredients are expensive on Norfolk, but the meal was memorable for all the wrong reasons!
elliehen,
Mar 19, 8:13am
I don't like my bananas messed with either, though a I can eat a dried or a fried banana on occasion ;-)
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