Saturday, September 26, 2009

Getting lemons

If some one gave amma lemons, she would make pickles. Mostly. If it is summer she might save some for lemon juice. She might make syrup and keep it in the fridge - that is something R uncle's family does. But mostly she will make pickles.

I would put them in the fridge, spend couple of hours, reading various recipes with lemons in indian food blogs, drooling over the pictures. At the end of it, I will be too tired and hungry and get take out. The lemons will eventually rot and be thrown into dustbin. I would feel very guilty about throwing them and promise myself I will never do that again.

9 comments:

  1. Ha ha ha! Sounds like something I would do.

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  2. i will make lemon-rice...the only times I got lemon from the grocery store was when I longed for some chitranna....

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  3. I'd make the juice straight away! Even if it's winter.

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  4. I was in Bangalore for 4 years, and chitranna was among the few dishes my mess could make edible

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  5. so, whats the deal big deal about life giving you lemons.. anyway.

    SK: thank you, I always like company.

    Kaushik: Chitranna, now you know telugu/Kannada too?

    GW: GFY. you dont like lemon pickle too?
    rgding the other comment. yes the audio release function came on vijay tv, athaan. in gen. i find these periphery activities lot morre fun to watch than movies themselves.

    Kaushik: i forgot "chashme buddoor" bangalore comment.

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  6. "chashme buddoor" bangalore comment??? I did not get you here (and I read my Chashme buddoor post again too)

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  7. I just thought you might be interested in this bit of news

    http://news.rediff.com/report/2009/sep/27/polanski-arrested-in-switzerland.htm

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  8. Kaushik: thx for the link, I did read about it earlier. I am not to particularly interested in his fate. not that obsessed with him:)

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  9. Replace lemons with tofus and that would be me. I let them expire every single time. Now I have taken to freezing them :-) catching up your posts after a long time.

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