Kitchen, The Divine

With the arrival of food aggregators like swiggy and zomato, kitchen work all over India is much reduced. People love warm food packed in aluminium foil and in sealed plastic containers.

It is said micro plastic enters the guts via the hot-food that are aesthetically packed in plastic pouches. Some kind of a gas is released from every kind of plastic and its molecules are carcinogenic.

Though they call it edible and virgin for the sake of business, all plastics do contain tiny toxic fraction seemingly insignificant yet can cause damage delicate organs. But the world is using left and right and centre use plastic rigid and flexible.

Even moder rodents enjoy eatng plastic buckets.

Who cares for longevity? A friend of mine refused medicines to manage sugar stating “ why should I deny sweets just to live long. I don’t wish life propped up to live tasteless bland foods? Let me enjoy rest of life eating whatever I like”.

He even felt, the empty capsule in which chemical compounds stored to release the mix by and by in the gut would cause cancer! I saw him crushing in mouth and swallowing only the liquid garlic and fish oil and spit out the capsule shell.

Kitchen extinguished almost all over the world. At best oven used once or twice in a week. Frozen food is convenient in USA. All certified food contains safe level poison! Safe for whom? Poison is poison. R
Fresh food and fruits loathed! Is it inertia or money making pressure that people are away from kitchen?

 

I came across a message in web . I presume it is contemplative. Copied below:


For us India, the biggest hobby in life is food. My American sister-in-law is always amazed when she comes to India.

She says in a truly mocking tone, "You people start thinking about lunch as soon as you finish breakfast, and after lunch, you start worrying about dinner!"

Now, look at European food. Their breakfast is, at most, a slice of bread, an egg, and a cup of coffee. For lunch, a salad or a sandwich, and for dinner, a light soup or pasta.

On the other hand, look at our situation: breakfast starts with parathas, naan with chickpeas, and halwa poori. Lunch includes biryani, karahi, and nihari; in the evening, samosas and pakoras; and at night, qorma, chapati, and dessert.

On top of that, there's a separate account for tea.

The difference is clear. They eat to live, and we live to enjoy eating.

Aisha (the sister-in-law) says that in America, women don't have the same burden of the kitchen as in India.

In India, there must be at least one woman in every house who spends all day in the kitchen, just cooking and serving.

Whereas in America, every member of the household is capable of managing their own meals and is financially independent.

Remember, life is not for eating, but for health and peace.
Copied portion ended here.

 

During a TV show, a renowned celebrity chef was being interviewed. The host asked, “Chef, why is it that food in five-star hotels is so expensive, yet the food from street vendors or roadside stalls tastes much better?”

Without hesitation, the chef replied, “Because street vendors don’t have freezers.”

The host, surprised, asked, “What do freezers have to do with food?”

The chef explained that in big hotels, vegetable gravies are prepared in advance and stored in deep freezers, where they can last for about a month. When an order comes in, they use the stored gravy to prepare the dish.

“But street vendors,” he continued, “make fresh food every day with fresh vegetables, and no chef in the world, no matter how skilled, can match the taste of freshly cooked food.”

The host remarked, “So, even after paying more, we’re getting stale food?”

The chef replied, “Exactly, you’ve got it right.”