Pattern Recognition
by Dhamaka
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frog51 says:
Wow - looks so unnatural, and yet from your tags I'm guessing entirely natural and healthy.
How weird.
Spiderbaby says:
Oh that does look good! Purple looking bread, though I'll bet with not an E number in sight :)
Dhamaka says:
:)
perfectly natural, no E numbers and the only unnatural thing was the price... Although it wasn't too bad for the venue and location, it'd not surprise me to hear that weight for weight it's more expensive than gold
Jane Doe says:
that looks absolutely delish
EDIT marginally disturbed by the fact that you appear to be eating it straight off the garden furniture ; )Can they not stretch to china in these posh places? Trencherman's platters are *so* Dark Ages, darling!
Spiderbaby says:
Are you sure there was no gold leaf hiding in the sandwich? That could explain things...
Jane Doe says:
that posh party I went to the other weekend? One of the deserts was chocolate cake covered in gold leaf (honestly)
Spiderbaby says:
I can believe it alright. Gold leafing your food was very popular in Elizabethan times (and probably before and since in some circles). Looks pretty but doesn't taste of much and no nutritional value. Now if we were to coat food with rust... :)
Caine says:
Very colourful and sounds delish. I love rye bread, just finished off a loaf of marble rye. Must get more. :)
anonymous says:
Laughing at the gold comments.
I remember taking this blogger for chocolate cake garnished with gold leaf a couple of years back and a certain lady turning her nose up at it.....
OCD Sprocket says:
chocolate cake garnished with gold leaf!!! take me next time!!!
silar31 says:
For a second I thought this was some sort of dessert made with blue corn chips. Which could be tasty, now that I think about it.
harimanjaro says:
On the subject of gold leaf, this cake (clicky) had gold leaf on it, and being the birthday boy I ate it, which apparently makes me posh and/or Elizabethan.
bronxelf says:
This is a terrific photo. Great saturation. I agree with everyone else, it doesn't look real.
Dhamaka says:
wow - lots of cakey comments!
JD - it was!
Spiderbaby - reasonably sure .. :) Maybe I should go back and check...
JD - this place could best be described as 'eclectic' so the Trencherman's Platter fit well.... but then almost anything else would have fit well too!
Spiderbaby - we'd go red?
Moonraker - it was!
Caine - absolutely!
anon - at least I said no before you ordered it..
Sprocket - it wasn't chocolate sponge, I wasn't interested
095 - dark bread in a dark room :)
harimanjaro - in that case you're missing some of the best Russian rye I've ever tasted (specifically the one that can be purchased in the market square in Cambridge)
Silar - not sure that would have gone with a traditional English tea
harimanjaro again - Elizabethan or not, your cake looks rather tasty nonetheless
B'elf - thank you. If I could get it to you in SL I would
Crickson - about the size of sushi and in the relative dark, so I was pleased with how my camphone handled it
Spiderbaby says:
At least it would contain some iron! (although not in a bio-available form, and it probably wouldn't taste very nice. Best forget that one!)
MogwaiMama says:
That is the richest, most moist rye bread I have ever laid eyes on!