Wacky Foods: uh, oh... - DPChallenge Forums

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09/22/2004 12:41:17 AM · #1

I made a handful of challenge suggestions back on 8/2- including Fairy Tales and Wacky Foods. My challenge suggestion thread didn't get a SINGLE response, so I'm surprised to see two of them pop up already.

My inspiration for the Fairy Tales challenge came from a narwhal tusk (unicorn horn) that didn't photograph well, so I had to think of something else.

The idea for Wacky Foods came from the chayote squash that I had just used for Drain Pipe Creatures. Now I have to think of something else again. Doh!

TechnoShroom

Canon EOS-30D

09/22/2004 12:46:28 AM · #2

Two things blow it for me, "tastefully photograph" and "Keep in mind the international nature of this site." My first instinct was to photograph something decidedly un-tasteful but then again my mind is usually in the gutter. The last sentence is confusing though. I can think of a few things that are rare around here but then again everything is pretty much common somewhere.

Skip

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09/22/2004 12:47:24 AM · #3

if you're stuck, ask your kids what they'd like you to do. it might not be the final entry, but i'm sure they'll get you going.

scalvert

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Sigma 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical HF for Pentax

09/22/2004 12:55:57 AM · #4

The challenge suggestion was worded to provide several interesting paths for creative results rather than limit people to a single broad concept. "Tastefully photograph" was my subtle attempt to avoid disgusting subjects (look up the Habits challenge). "International nature" was just a reminder that something common to Iceland or Costa Rica might be very unusual to the vast majority of voters. We'll see how it turns out...

Pug-H

Pentax K10D

09/22/2004 12:56:03 AM · #5

And just the other day I was looking at a book in a bookshop (can't remember which one) and I thumbed through a book of nothing but fruit and vegetables made to look like animals... Things like cabbages that ... ah, no, that might give people ideas. ;-P

Added: Oh, yeah ... when I first read the challenge title (on a less-than-perfect screen), I thought it said "Wacky Fools".

Message edited by author 2004-09-22 02:43:58.

saintnicholas_25

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09/22/2004 01:19:38 AM · #6

I come from Australia and it is very multicultural - so wat type of food is common/unique to Australia's culture? (and no we don't eat platypus, koala, wombat or possum) - would be wacky though.
Any suggestions?

Message edited by author 2004-09-22 01:30:09.

GeneralE

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09/22/2004 01:27:07 AM · #7

Originally posted by saintnicholas_25:

I come from Australia and it is very multicultural - so wat type of food is common/unique to Australia's culture?

Coconuts? Crocodile? Great White Shark? Rabbit! Maybe play it safe and go with pizza and ... Foster's.

GeneralE

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09/22/2004 01:28:10 AM · #8

By the way, you can't link to a photo on your hard drive unless you are running a web server; upload it to a hosting service and link to it from there.

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09/22/2004 01:36:26 AM · #9

Originally posted by GeneralE:

Coconuts? Crocodile? Great White Shark? Rabbit! Maybe play it safe and go with pizza and ... Foster's.

My partner took me out for tea on my birthday and I had crocodile. I was really nice - a bit like chicken :P. According to a recent survey the most common food cooked by Australians these days is spaghetti (I know it is in our house). Not especially wacky though...

willem

Nikon D7000

09/22/2004 02:37:33 AM · #10

Originally posted by saintnicholas_25:

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Natator

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09/22/2004 02:40:02 AM · #11

Originally posted by saintnicholas_25:

Speak for yourself! Nothing like a nice bit of platypus on toast ;)

Well, I've eaten kangaroo, croc, emu ... but not sure what you might do with that *laugh*

What about whichety grubs (spelling)?

Message edited by author 2004-09-22 02:40:27.

GeneralE

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09/22/2004 02:41:35 AM · #12

How about some of those six-foot long earthworms ... full of protein (or something) and no bones.

Pug-H

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Sigma 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical HF for Pentax

09/22/2004 02:42:35 AM · #13

Originally posted by saintnicholas_25:

Go for the witchetty grubs.

redmoon

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09/22/2004 04:38:53 AM · #14

Originally posted by GeneralE:

Originally posted by saintnicholas_25:
I come from Australia and it is very multicultural - so wat type of food is common/unique to Australia's culture?

Coconuts? Crocodile? Great White Shark? Rabbit! Maybe play it safe and go with pizza and ... Foster's.

Actually, an australian friend told me that most ozzies can't stand fosters - consensus is that it's a horribly weak lager, he said. i'm inclined to agree...

i think this is a tricky challenge. but i'd like to do it, because it sounds fun. though, i vote that all scottish people and their haggis's should be banned from this one. sheeps gut, anyone?

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09/22/2004 04:45:54 AM · #15

Originally posted by redmoon:

Actually, an australian friend told me that most ozzies can't stand fosters - consensus is that it's a horribly weak lager, he said. i'm inclined to agree...

This is true, I don't know anyone that drinks it.

e301

09/22/2004 04:56:58 AM · #16

I read the 'bear in mind the international nature of the site' as meaning quite the opposite - that what you might thin is bizarre may well be commonplace elsewhere :-)

Locusts, anyone?

E

willem

Nikon D7000

09/22/2004 04:59:25 AM · #17

Originally posted by redmoon:

Originally posted by GeneralE:

Originally posted by saintnicholas_25:
I come from Australia and it is very multicultural - so wat type of food is common/unique to Australia's culture?

Coconuts? Crocodile? Great White Shark? Rabbit! Maybe play it safe and go with pizza and ... Foster's.

Actually, an australian friend told me that most ozzies can't stand fosters - consensus is that it's a horribly weak lager, he said. i'm inclined to agree...

i think this is a tricky challenge. but i'd like to do it, because it sounds fun. though, i vote that all scottish people and their haggis's should be banned from this one. sheeps gut, anyone?

I heard they can't stand fosters, and they can't spell beer, that's why they have XXXX.

wimbello

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09/22/2004 05:06:25 AM · #18

I represent all Australians when I say these 2 things:

No, fosters is not an australian beer. More of it is drunk overseas than here. Fosters is lower than cheap piss, like "XXXX".

Speaking of XXXX, that is a Queensland beer, and Queensland is not Australia. (you'd have to be from New South Wales/Sydney to get that one.) But at least it's better than Victoria Bitter, which is also piss.

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09/22/2004 05:38:38 AM · #19

Originally posted by wimbello:

No way! There are many fine Aussies that wouldn't have made it through university without VB! :-)

wimbello

Canon EOS-10D

09/22/2004 05:54:02 AM · #20

Originally posted by mandyp:

No way! There are many fine Aussies that wouldn't have made it through university without VB! :-)

I should have elaborated. I mean when you're drinking excessive amounts of piss, XXXX seems to NOT dry the throat as much.

(think a week in Byron Bay for new years, with 3 fridges - yes: 3 - to fill with beer.)
(with one particular fridge: we filled, then emptied, then filled, then emptied, filled again, and emptied for the last time. this was no small fridge, either!)

EDIT: I have a photo of the fridge full of beer. I'll pm you when I find it and scan it.

Message edited by author 2004-09-22 06:02:31.

blindjustice

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09/22/2004 06:38:52 AM · #21

"Keep in mind the international nature of this site"

means don't joke around and take a picture of your dog or cat, that may be on the menu...

but seriously, isn't eating a horse a "wacky food" or does wacky mean in the "jerry lewis" type of way? Or if you go to a third world country and order "carne" watch out- you just never know what you are going to get.

oh yeah- and to set the record straight, stop making fun of australian beer... (there are enough australian wines to make fun of instead!) cheers bruces!

09/22/2004 07:33:01 AM · #22

Originally posted by wimbello:

EDIT: I have a photo of the fridge full of beer. I'll pm you when I find it and scan it.

Hehe, good one.

scalvert

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