It doesn't look like the picture.

[Broomjockey]

Ack! *shakes fist*

*envisions you shouting "Next time Jockey! NEXT TIME!" and your cat yeowls agreement*

[MadMike]

Mommy doesn't look like her picture either but she still posts it on Craigslist.

That's just wrong. Funny, but wrong.

[TheTigress]

I've heard of some people asking TheTigress to make sandwiches look like the pictures and I'm sure the pictures have like double meat.

The pictures usually do have double meat. I think I've seen the fine print under the photos that say something like "picture shown with double meat" or something like that.

I've had a few customers tell me to make it look like the picture and being the smartass that I am I simply tell them that I don't have my scanner or copy of Photoshop with me at this time.

[zymry]

This thread inspired me to go looking at some of the tips/tricks and I stumbled upon the "law" (or at least a paraphrased layman version of it)

Here are the links I found interesting though in truth they mostly say the same things in different or not so different ways

http://www.choice.com.au/viewArticle...e=Food+styling

http://pbskids.org/dontbuyit/adverti...dadtricks.html

http://silverchips.mbhs.edu/story/6449

http://photocritic.org/food-photo-tricks/

The law (I only saw it cited for ice-cream but I would think it would be the same all around) is apparently akin to "If you are advertising ice-cream you need to use ice-cream if you are advertising anything else feel free to use crisco, powdered sugar, and food coloring"

Extrapolating then (as I am wont to do) If you are building a big mac for a commercial you need to use the same (precooked) burger patty they would use but you can cook it differently, the same bun they use but you can search for the most attractive bun, and spray it with / glue stuff on and protect it from sogging, apply the condiments with tweezers and syringes and not be illegal.

I have no idea how "suggested serving" and similar disclaimers factor in.

[Fox One]

*envisions you shouting "Next time Jockey! NEXT TIME!" and your cat yeowls agreement*

*wrings hands* Silence, Mr. Fluffykins.

[PepperElf]

Yeah, it's really Crisco.

So's the frosting used by the navy. yum yum

overseas they let you use plastic molds still