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Wonder what they ate!

We, in India, had this damn history exam yesterday. But as you know my mind is made for thinking about food, so I couldn't help thinking what these godforsaken Governor-Generals and Viceroys ate for dinner or lunch for that matter! When they came to India to colonize it, did these Britons bring their own cooks or did they eat Indian food? What did Lord Cornwallis eat when he wasn't annexing states? When they went to Mysore did they have south-Indian food or did they create a fusion out of two cuisines? Like Dosas with Worcestershire Sauce! 


But Alas these are some of the questions which our big fat history books tries not to answer. 

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Best Sauce Ever!

Out in the market there is an entire host of Pasta Sauces, but like true love there is only one pasta sauce that is perfect for you. Also called love at first bite. You’ll know it the first time you’ll taste it- there’s no replacement for a true pasta sauce. For me I felt this sensation first when I tasted my favourite farfelle pasta with a generous topping of Ragu’s Double cheddar Pasta sauce mixed with Ragu’s Traditional. Man, It was terrific! My first true love in the form of a semi solid substance of pure divinity. Taste it to believe. I won’t ruin your sense of suspense by revealing the taste. But the cheese really burst in your mouth leaving an after taste that is rarely felt. Mamma Mia!

In the light-headedness of this Pasta Sauce, let me list some of the best products of each type of Food:

1> Breakfast Cereal: Kellogg’s no less

2> Baked Beans: Good ol’ Heinz

3> Ketchup: Heinz, obvio.

4> Thai Food: Real Thai

5> Pasta: Agnesi

6> American: American garden

Interesting Facts

Some interesting Facts:

Ø  Bajra (pearl millet) which is about Rs. 1/kg in India is $10/kg (660 rs) in the US.

Ø  The UN has declared 2013 as the international year of Quinoa

Ø  Tomato leaves contain cyanide, a harmful poison.

Ø  Frankie, a Bombay delicacy, came as an answer to Calcutta’s Nizami Rolls.

Ø  Foei Gras, a controversial dish, is a French delicacy made from Fattened Goose livers.

Ø  Eating bugs and insects are actually good for health.

Ø  Italy’s Margherita Pizza was originally meant to honor Italy’s flag: The basil for green, cheese for White and Pizza sauce for red.

HOW TO BECOME A BREAD TASTER !

HOW TO BECOME A BREAD TASTER

1> Buy some good quality bread (for heaven’s sake not the local ones)

2> slice it in half from the middle.

3> Pray  do not put any spread on it.

4> bring the bread near your nose

5> breath heavily on it.

6> This will bring up a strong aroma

7> Smell it, enjoy and assess the smell- Nutty, Fruity, Earthy, Citric.

8> Dive into the bread. Love it, finish it and get the taste.

15> Call yourself a bread taster!

Awkward Feelings

That Awkward Moment When…

1) You walk into an expensive European joint, of course 

unaware of the price. You find it too costly and ask the manager 

if we get Dosa here. When the manager says ‘no’, tell him you 

wanted dosa and walk out.

2) You go to a dinner party hosted by a rich couple. They offer 

you wine. Of course, all wines taste same to you, so you don’t have anything to say when they ask you how was the wine.

3) Cooking your first meal, giving it to your mom for tasting it, and

 you ask her how it is.

4) You want to cook an exotic gourmet meal that requires 

Tofu, 

that being too costly you

substitute it with Paneer, expecting the taste to remain the same.

5) You are explaining what Manchurian is to a Chinese guest 

(in China, they eat nothing of these sort).

6) Ask your local grocer if they have olives, and they give you a 

blank stare.