Where have all the goodies of yesteryears gone ?

I am a food lover as my mom have made us me and my brother's tongue long enough as to we cannot easily accept the taste of the sweets and savouries that are purchased from the shops however famous be it. Though of course we like sweets and savouries from shops but nothing could match the ones made at home with love and affection.

My daughte still insists on the mysorepak made at home either by me or by my mother. It is her favourite and she is not happy with the taste of Mysorepa. She also loves the Thenkuzhal and Mullumurukku that I make than the butter mixture that we get it usually. She also loves the ribbon pakoda. So I am doing these at home for this Diwali and friends all those who love these above items are welcome home to taste them.

 

Dear CV, most welcome or if you want I could even courier it to you. I now pray hard and will have to give more lanjam to Pillayar to make them come extra good.

 

Dear Chithra,
Gone are the days making sweets and savouries at home. At least deepavali time we make sweets earlier and distribute them. Even for Janmashtami, the festval we cherish as a religious one and make everything at home to offer it to Lord Krishna, is not celebrated as in yesteryears. People go and stand in quque or order in advance from Grandsweets. We old timers have not changed.
Happy Deepavali!
Love,
Pushpavalli

 

Dear C

A yummy blog..! Believe it or not, coconut burfi is one of my Deepavali sweets( haven'ts made yet, but have grated coconut for it ). Also, after talking with my MIL who is also from Madurai have decided to make Vellaiyappam and Ukkarai on Deepavali.

From the list of FBs you get from youngsters - is it fair to blame them about not showing interest in idli, dosai and upma Mrs C??? But I do agree not all share the same sentiments about the fun in toiling pre deepavali to produce mouth-watering home made sweets and savories. Let alone that, how many calorie conscious youngsters like to even spell out the names of sweets and savories. I can only pity them knowing fully well how much they are missing out...!

-Gayathri.

 

Hi C Ma'am,
So, you are again taking us to those wonder days of our lives and making us feeling more home-sick......
Yeah, Diwali used be the most awaited festival during our childhood days after Durga Puja.......
Lots of fun filled work like cleaning every inch-corner of house for Laxmi Puja and decorating the house with flowers/candles/diyas...buying things like Gold (Dhan-Teras, eve of Diwali)........lots of guests.......sweets of different types........some home-made and some brought from the market and everything tastes as delicious as they were......
But now, I have no idea how to make sweets, in fact never took interest to make those rather than eat those......and here diwali is something with lights or candles only with glass holders, which never burn as bright as our indian candles.......
No holidays to enjoy with frds and family.........
Wish to rewind my life to go back to my old/colourful/beautiful delicious days..........
regards............