****** Challenge #124 - Vegetarian ******

The subject for Challenge #124 is "Vegetarian"

Show me your photo of Vegetarian food, including vegan, raw or living food, cooked, bought or baked. Just make sure to detail the ingredients in your description so we know what food is in the photo. No animal products please ! And that means no fish also ;=)

This challenge will end on Sunday, July 3, 23:59 GMT. Have fun.

Don't forget - Please reply to the FIRST (ORIGINAL) post if you are submitting an entry and RENAME THE SUBJECT TO INDICATE THE TITLE OF YOUR ENTRY.
R U L E S:

The host gives you a topic of interest and you get going. You post ONE image (if you post more than one image, the first will be your entry in the challenge). The host chooses a winner after closing. The decision of the judge (the Host) is final. The judge is not eligible. The winner then chooses the next topic, runs the challenge, judges the winner and passes on the baton to that person. If the winner fails to post a new challenge within 72 hours of being declared the winner then the runner-up should post the new challenge within a further 24 hours. ANY NIKON CAMERA IS ALLOWED (A P&S used by a member of this forum is also allowed).

Feel free to comment on other contestant's images. If you want someone to leave you a piece of constructive criticism, put a (CC) next to the title of your image [e.g. Sunset with Canada Geese (CC)].

Please embed your image in the thread. Try to resize your photos prior to posting so they're sized appropriately for viewing without having to scroll (800 pixels on the longest side works best.)
Thanks to all and good luck!!

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Link to Previous challenge (123)
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1034&message=38442980

A few examples:

Assorted organic dried fruits; organic cranberry, organic blue berry, organic cherry..





Vegetarian porridge with crackers, veggie ham, veggie fish cake and curry cabbage.





Vegetarian fried noodle with veggie fish cake, spring roll and green chili





Spicy vegan curry noodle with bean curd skin and bean sprouts.





Black berries





Yummy vegetarian crackers, braised bean curd skin, veggie cake, parsley with broad flat noodle in soya sauce..





Vegan soya bean protein with cucumber, tomato and fragrant rice.





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that first image looks disgusting. it looks as if there's a milky substance on the raisins. Is that due to the lighting technique or are they really that gross looking?

BTW, I'd never be a vegan. Man has teeth, so they can eat meat.
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My apologies, I didn't realize that the sample photos I have uploaded were taken by Olympus cam, as a host, I should be setting the right example and use Nikon only..

I can't edit the original anymore, so here's two samples to make up for my mistake.

Assorted vegetables, tofu, mushroom, carrot, broccoli, green peas, veggie protein..





Fried tofu with ginger and basil leaves





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What do you mean by animal products? No milk, eggs, cheese and butter as well?
Because than it should be a vegan challenge.

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L-A

LeeAnne_NL said:

What do you mean by animal products? No milk, eggs, cheese and butter as well?
Because than it should be a vegan challenge.

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Hi LeeAnne,

These should be OK since it is a Vegetarian challenge, just want to make sure people know that fish is NOT vegetarian.

Thanks!
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Ok!
I'm famliar with the fish aspect .

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Ingredients: pumpkin, soft goat cheese, raisings, rosemary, puff pastry and for the marmelade: red onion, raisins, vinegar, sugar.

It tasted delicious!!!





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dave1812 said:

BTW, I'd never be a vegan. Man has teeth, so they can eat meat.

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Cow farts damage the ozone layer. Now it was alright in days or yore when cows were a bit thin on the ground, but intensive farming = more cows = more cow farts = less ozone = more malignant melanoma = more premature death. Yepppp, meat eating is very dangerous pastime, meat kills............but I like it. If God didn't want us to eat meat he wouldn't have made it so tasty and I like living dangerously anyway

Now if the farts from cows could be harvested, or should I say the methane gas that forms them, then that's a different kettle of fish, because it would then be classed as a renewable energy. I don't know how the cows would take it though. It must be bad enough being hooked up to a milking machine without having a pipe stuck up your nether regions.

I think man is designed to be a herbivore (eater of both vegetation AND meat), because he has teeth for cutting (incisors), teeth for tearing meat (canines) and teeth for grinding grain etc...(molars). Premolars are a kind of cross between the canine and molar teeth that sit between the two.

You think you know it all so well, but herbivores don't eat meat and vegetables. They only eat vegetables.

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LeeAnne_NL said:

You think you know it all so well, but herbivores don't eat meat and vegetables. They only eat vegetables.

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Sorry, I meant omnivore.

oh my, Peter, I think you ticked off LeeAnne. (you know it all, you! )

Peter Pans said:

LeeAnne_NL said:

You think you know it all so well, but herbivores don't eat meat and vegetables. They only eat vegetables.

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Sorry, I meant omnivore.

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Ticked off, no certainly not. I just don't see the point in sharing personal opinions about being vegetarian or vegan on a photography forum. This is a challenge about food photography with the theme vegetarian dishes. Simple as that!

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LeeAnne_NL said:

I just don't see the point in sharing personal opinions about being vegetarian or vegan on a photography forum.

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I'll let you off for sharing your opinion of what a herbivore is Anyway, I quite often see discussions about the subject matter on competition threads. That's one of the reasons that the person setting the competition insists that you submit your entry by responding to the OP, so that he can clearly see at a glance which out of all the posts contain entries and which are sundry posts with no entry. Sorry if I upset you I'll eat a vegetable if you forgive me.

I'm vegetarian and here is one of my favourite treats that carnivores will love, too!

This is an English treat - scones, jam (usually strawberry), clotted cream (a very thick, calorific, sumptuous cream that is piled high onto the scones) and a pot of tea.

There are always arguments as to whether the cream goes on top of the jam or the jam on top of the cream. There are also wars between Devon and Cornwall (two counties in the Southwest of England) as to who invented the traditional cream tea!

ShelleyD said:

I'm vegetarian and here is one of my favourite treats that carnivores will love, too!

This is an English treat - scones, jam (usually strawberry), clotted cream (a very thick, calorific, sumptuous cream that is piled high onto the scones) and a pot of tea.

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Great shot Shelley, but I can feel the pounds going on just thinking about it

Yes, you're right about the pounds. I only have one when we have visitors from the States and I want to introduce them to an English delicacy.. Otherwise, I'd be as big as a house!!

Shelly, I spent over three years in England--Bedford to be exact. One thing I remember distinctly is that the British have some of the best desserts in the world! I'm not much for their dinners, but oh, man, the desserts!!

ShelleyD said:

I'm vegetarian and here is one of my favourite treats that carnivores will love, too!

This is an English treat - scones, jam (usually strawberry), clotted cream (a very thick, calorific, sumptuous cream that is piled high onto the scones) and a pot of tea.

There are always arguments as to whether the cream goes on top of the jam or the jam on top of the cream. There are also wars between Devon and Cornwall (two counties in the Southwest of England) as to who invented the traditional cream tea!

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What I don't understand is if you didn't want any discussion about vegan/vegetarian/etc, why limit the dishes in ANY way? Why not simply make it a study about food photography Then everyone could participate if shooting food is their thing? Just asking. Not trying to start an argument. Simply curious about the choice.

LeeAnne_NL said:

Ticked off, no certainly not. I just don't see the point in sharing personal opinions about being vegetarian or vegan on a photography forum. This is a challenge about food photography with the theme vegetarian dishes. Simple as that!

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dave1812 said:

Shelly, I spent over three years in England--Bedford to be exact. One thing I remember distinctly is that the British have some of the best desserts in the world! I'm not much for their dinners, but oh, man, the desserts!!

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I'm a dessert rat

Did you manage to have a cream tea while you were here, Dave? If not, you'll have to come back!!!