Can’t wait for us to be able to go out for a meal again. Looks like we will be in lockdown until Easter at this rate. Your fish and chips do look exceedingly good!
Makes me realise how fortunate we’ve been. But people have become so complacent here; our scientists are starting to really sound the warning that we’re only a small slip-up away from another outbreak ☹️
But you are practically cut off from the rest of the world, so any infection has to come in from overseas and from what I read your quarantine rules are pretty well adhered to. Unlike here.
We’ve currently got nearly 4,500 arrivals from overseas in managed isolation. Our epidemiologists are worried that with the new strains, the system itself isn’t robust enough — and that’s without the almost inevitable slip-ups. Plus, we’ve apparently got very complacent about contact tracing, sanitizing, etc. We’re still way better off than many countries, but what this whole thing has shown is how quickly the situation can change.
It’s not a great situation, but I think we are going to have to live with it, like we do with flu. Inevitably it’s the older generation who will suffer the most.
Delish, Su, and brings back bittersweet memories. There was a upscale grocery store with restaurant and bar just a few blocks from us in Illinois and on Fridays they would have the most delicious fish and chips. The chips were the kind that are just slices of potato fried crunchy on the outside and soft on the inside. We’d meet our best friend couple there quite often and you could order from the bar or restaurant menus and eat in their cozy bar area. They also had a wonderful beer selection and if you bought a bottle of wine from them, they’d pour it for you with no corkage free. I do miss that place (gone now) and those friends (not gone, but still in Illinois.)
I can understand that. I guess because I’m doing it to capture the food I’m making rather than for a client, I can go with reality over perfection. No plastic ice cubes, PVA milk or eyeliner “grill” lines 😝
Zimmerbitch 
Yum….I had a steak sandwich and chips 🙂
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👍👍
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🙂 🙂
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Yummy for my tummy 😋
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Just the day for it here. We’re in minus figures.
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Brrr. Perhaps I shouldn’t mention we sat outside to eat them
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You’re being a little unkind 😉
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😬
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Looks good! I just had a late and rather naughty breakfast 🤣💕
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I’m imagining cake? Or icecream? I remember T and a friend having Vienetta and beer for breakfast once 😝
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Oh, grim! 🙂 🙂 A very sticky Páo de Deus- sweet bun topped with marzipan and oodles of coconut. Far too sweet for you, Su!
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Hm; as long as there was plenty of coffee, I’d give it a go. Marzipan AND coconut — what’s not to like 😋
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LOTS of coffee 🙂 🙂
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Count me in!!
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🤭💕
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Great; now I’ve drooled on my keyboard. Thanks a bunch.
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Oops. So I shouldn’t mention just how crunchy and salty and delicious it was? 😉
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My hubby loves a good fish and chips
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I’m with him on that
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😎
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Can’t wait for us to be able to go out for a meal again. Looks like we will be in lockdown until Easter at this rate. Your fish and chips do look exceedingly good!
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Makes me realise how fortunate we’ve been. But people have become so complacent here; our scientists are starting to really sound the warning that we’re only a small slip-up away from another outbreak ☹️
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But you are practically cut off from the rest of the world, so any infection has to come in from overseas and from what I read your quarantine rules are pretty well adhered to. Unlike here.
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We’ve currently got nearly 4,500 arrivals from overseas in managed isolation. Our epidemiologists are worried that with the new strains, the system itself isn’t robust enough — and that’s without the almost inevitable slip-ups. Plus, we’ve apparently got very complacent about contact tracing, sanitizing, etc. We’re still way better off than many countries, but what this whole thing has shown is how quickly the situation can change.
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It’s not a great situation, but I think we are going to have to live with it, like we do with flu. Inevitably it’s the older generation who will suffer the most.
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☹️ I suspect you’re right
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Delish, Su, and brings back bittersweet memories. There was a upscale grocery store with restaurant and bar just a few blocks from us in Illinois and on Fridays they would have the most delicious fish and chips. The chips were the kind that are just slices of potato fried crunchy on the outside and soft on the inside. We’d meet our best friend couple there quite often and you could order from the bar or restaurant menus and eat in their cozy bar area. They also had a wonderful beer selection and if you bought a bottle of wine from them, they’d pour it for you with no corkage free. I do miss that place (gone now) and those friends (not gone, but still in Illinois.)
janet
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It sounds like a great place. Hopefully before too long you’ll be able to get out, meet new friends and make new memories 🤞
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We had that for dinner last night Su. It was good.
Leslie xoxo
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Food photography ..
One of the most challenging areas you can operate within, eh ?
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Absolutely. The more I learn, the more I realise I don’t know 😬
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Chic hated it – hated all the artifice that had to be employed to make it look super.
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I can understand that. I guess because I’m doing it to capture the food I’m making rather than for a client, I can go with reality over perfection. No plastic ice cubes, PVA milk or eyeliner “grill” lines 😝
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go out for a meal…. day (and night) dream.
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I’m enjoying it while I can. Hopefully things will improve soon
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This is a lovely shot of normalcy in the middle of pandemic winter here . . . thank you!
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Thank you 🙂
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I just had breakfast but your photo makes me hungry again! 😂
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Fish and chips always do that! But T assures me they have no calories if you steal them from someone else’s plate 😉
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Ha! That’s good to know! 😉
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