tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30980268.post7469381458888914913..comments2024-03-21T13:03:10.375+05:30Comments on When My Soup Came Alive: In Memory Of ...srahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03243944393796831559noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30980268.post-31773306901910811562008-02-19T00:58:00.000+05:302008-02-19T00:58:00.000+05:30RV, welcome, and thank you.Susan, :-D It's late bu...RV, welcome, and thank you.<BR/>Susan, :-D It's late but I can't immediately understand what a deal trophy is - something to commemorate striking a deal - no problem, will look it up. This recipe worked well.srahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03243944393796831559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30980268.post-30800358210885748212008-02-19T00:48:00.000+05:302008-02-19T00:48:00.000+05:30Hysterical, Sra. This post reminds me of the comm...Hysterical, Sra. This post reminds me of the commemorative lucite deal trophies cluttering up Wall Street offices. They are called "tombstones." LOL!<BR/><BR/>I'll be trying your paneer recipe soon; had such good luck with your makhmali a while back.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14970742141705361136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30980268.post-70410704526474525102008-02-18T03:04:00.000+05:302008-02-18T03:04:00.000+05:30It looks too good:) lovely pics you have here:)It looks too good:) lovely pics you have here:)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10574736515170211403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30980268.post-88100502249620963732008-02-16T00:38:00.000+05:302008-02-16T00:38:00.000+05:30Shankari, yes, we're quite blatant when it comes t...Shankari, yes, we're quite blatant when it comes to 'free gifts'.<BR/>Sukanya, you're back! Thanks.srahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03243944393796831559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30980268.post-14389096594219323732008-02-15T20:58:00.000+05:302008-02-15T20:58:00.000+05:30Nice to read this post.....the paneer dish is look...Nice to read this post.....the paneer dish is looking good...Love this....Suganyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09788939255997802775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30980268.post-29098988004136779362008-02-15T05:08:00.000+05:302008-02-15T05:08:00.000+05:30U are so funny. I am feeling sick, but reading cra...U are so funny. I am feeling sick, but reading cracked me up. I cant believe how our people ask for seconds. I have seen that and totally understand what you are sayingRajesh &Shankarihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16157203464974426422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30980268.post-40764717233373194672008-02-14T14:57:00.000+05:302008-02-14T14:57:00.000+05:30Mamatha, thank you so much. If it's silver, you ca...Mamatha, thank you so much. If it's silver, you can exchange them for something else :) - I dunno what to do with brass deepams but then most of these handouts have been vessels. <BR/>Arundathi, this AU story sounds familiar. Many institutions do this, put their names in bold letters on their property so that everyone knows to whom it belongs!<BR/>Santhi, hi, the debates can be quite lively.<BR/>Satya, welcome. Mimmalni navvinchagaliginanduku santosham. Yes, every fourth or fifth person is a Rao and most of them used to be Subba Raos - not too many of them now!<BR/>Bee, actually I've not got a gift marked with anyone's name, just these mementos. I agree, it's quite sick when someone tries to remind you of their largesse vis-a-vis gifts.<BR/>Aparna, pregnant women? I'm not sure, let me check my dabba, I think it said Kumari Swetha (Miss Swetha). The actual term used was Pushpalankarana.<BR/>Shella, it IS a problem, isn't it?<BR/>Uma, welcome, and thank you.<BR/>Linda, yeah, I've heard of that happening. Thanks.<BR/>Sig, thanks. No occasion is too sacrosanct to ask for more, if you're the grabbing type. Yeah, the keepsake is to remind you of the dead person. After I posted this piece, my Dad told me it's an older custom than I imagined but restricted to the family, and that it's taken on larger dimensions now.srahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03243944393796831559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30980268.post-42232323609325606402008-02-14T11:06:00.000+05:302008-02-14T11:06:00.000+05:30Are you serious? I have never heard of giving out ...Are you serious? I have never heard of giving out keepsakes during a funeral! But I do stay away from those anyway.... Can't believe people came back for seconds at a funeral, no actually I can believe that.. <BR/><BR/>It was a great read :)Sighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16949737485794919264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30980268.post-54520549082180097112008-02-14T10:09:00.000+05:302008-02-14T10:09:00.000+05:30Sra, I've missed reading your posts! As usual I am...Sra, I've missed reading your posts! As usual I am so enraptured by the tale you weave, I can barely read the recipe. Plenty of time to come back for that (and it's looking really delicious so you know I'll be back!). <BR/><BR/>In my family, when nana passed away, no trays or tumblers were forthcoming -- but in similarly motley fashion, shortly before the memorial service, numerous "cousins" appeared to clean out what was left of the dishes in her pantry. Happily, nana herself gave most of those away when she was still lucid and able to gift whom she chose ;)Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17855598397706857424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30980268.post-38752918473041324872008-02-13T21:44:00.000+05:302008-02-13T21:44:00.000+05:30the paneer dish looks yummy! Love the post!the paneer dish looks yummy! Love the post!Umahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369672438790521328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30980268.post-72888142556430366952008-02-13T10:51:00.000+05:302008-02-13T10:51:00.000+05:30I u'stand that so much Sra...i too look at some di...I u'stand that so much Sra...i too look at some dishes in the house, n then wonder, who / where / what??? after seeing the inscribings...strange. Nice paneerShellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18256466443356154608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30980268.post-54930336063025801602008-02-13T00:08:00.000+05:302008-02-13T00:08:00.000+05:30One more south Indian with a "dabba" comment.We do...One more south Indian with a "dabba" comment.<BR/>We do not have this custom of giving away these gifts at any ceremony related to death. But we do for all other "auspicious" celebrations. In fact I have a whole mismatched collection of "eversilver" (to use the old name) stuff in all shapes and sizes, but thankfully not a single one has been "branded" by the giver!<BR/>Btw, Sra, a flower adornment ceremony is a part of a function celebrated in the eighth month of pregnancy when all the married women in the family and invitees to the function adorn the hair of the mother-to-be with small pieces of strung flowers.Aparna Balasubramanianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02989967318453941084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30980268.post-8074733489353785792008-02-12T20:27:00.000+05:302008-02-12T20:27:00.000+05:30this post reallyc racked me up. i completely agree...this post reallyc racked me up. i completely agree with your dad here. when people give me stuffed marked with their names, it's like a dog peeing to mark its territory, i think.beehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18128812845273224940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30980268.post-66349010464715657212008-02-12T15:42:00.000+05:302008-02-12T15:42:00.000+05:30Very hilarious post Sra.Navvi Navvi kallaneellu va...Very hilarious post Sra.Navvi Navvi kallaneellu vachchayi.Trying to find that particular Subbarao or Apparao?Tough task indeed.Telugu vallalo every fifth person is either this or that Rao.Thank you very much.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30980268.post-30937190590312866272008-02-12T13:56:00.000+05:302008-02-12T13:56:00.000+05:30ah...excellent read...:-)...felt like old days whe...ah...excellent read...:-)...felt like old days when I read those " should we give dabbas or tumblers" bit....Santhihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01750871963543741600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30980268.post-52082537533949198492008-02-12T13:22:00.000+05:302008-02-12T13:22:00.000+05:30what an awesome account... i have so many tiffins/...what an awesome account... i have so many tiffins/tumblers/odd dishes inscribed with myriad names and for the life of me dont know if they belong to me or just got here and stayed here...god knows who cursed me for not returning their dabbas!!<BR/><BR/>talking of inscriptions on steel vessels...in the Andhra univ hostel in vizag, every utensil at the hostel mess is inscribed in telugu with "this has been stolen from the AU hostel mess" so anyone with it in their possession cant pass it off as theirs!! <BR/><BR/>priceless!!arundatihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16957259238368883342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30980268.post-73572607132765123632008-02-12T11:46:00.000+05:302008-02-12T11:46:00.000+05:30As always, a wonderful read! And what about the um...As always, a wonderful read! And what about the umpteen deepams of various sizes - I never know what to do with so many.Mamathahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03097570626269106599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30980268.post-28439117275722805632008-02-12T10:23:00.000+05:302008-02-12T10:23:00.000+05:30Shilpa, thanks. You know, we also have the custom ...Shilpa, thanks. You know, we also have the custom of neighbours and relatives bringing sweets for the residents of a house where a death has occurred - not food, just sweets. I wonder how that came about.<BR/>Bhags, yes, I can imagine. Don't think anyone who gave me dabbas as gifts got their names engraved on it.<BR/>Laavanya, thank you. I wanted to do some doodling for this piece to break the text but I didn't have the patience. And the paneer recipe was quite sudden, yes.<BR/>ET, we don't have the coming of age ceremonies in my family either. But they are alive and kicking everywhere else, all the more so in the US where there's a large expat community trying to hold on to their roots. <BR/>I'm not talking about inscribing per se - it's useful if the owner's names are mentioned, less confusion - it just struck me as funny because I'm struggling with too many of these dishes in my storeroom - I'm certain at least a couple aren't mine, but I don't know where they came from.<BR/>Shn, of course they're cute - I'm not talking about stuff like that at all. I'm just talking about this eagerness to conform, return, give back to society, and demand such stuff as part of the dowry - now the last bit I do disapprove.<BR/>Miri, it's probably no longer a way to advertise the girl's ready for marriage but a way to get the family together, show off, etc.<BR/>Latha, that's really hilarious - we all face that when we recycle gifts. I remember these blouse bits are often accompanied by small tiffin plates.<BR/>Happy Cook, try living in the US! There's even more pressure there than in India, at least from what I see.<BR/>Ashwini, so nice of you to say that. I myself dunno what the heck a flower-adornment ceremony is - probably a euphemism for puberty, but I'm just guessing. I asked a knowledgeable uncle and even he didn't know - he guesses it could be the occasion where a girl's hair is braided with flowers, she's put in a silk skirt and photographed in a mirror with the braid showing - but I never knew it was a ceremony at all - I really don't know.<BR/>Suganya, wise person, that one! I'm not sure but I think I've heard that the engravement can be erased.<BR/>Deepa, thank you.<BR/>Cooker, thanks. Yeah, I didn't quite know how to signal there was a recipe ahead - I hate compromising with the post of the title. :)<BR/>Kaykat, I knew you'd understand. ;) Thanks.<BR/>Namratha, yes. And by the time daughters and granddaughters grow up, we can probably boast about their antique/ almost-antique/ heritage value.<BR/>Musical, yes, I'm familiar with that tradition - tho' I've never come across that in my own home. Even when a bride went to her in-laws', all the stuff she took was inscribed - and guess what, it could even have been inscribed with her dad's name to signify he had supplied them, my aunt told me.srahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03243944393796831559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30980268.post-77471054275680774672008-02-12T09:00:00.000+05:302008-02-12T09:00:00.000+05:30Nice "dabba" story, Sra :). And you know, long ago...Nice "dabba" story, Sra :). And you know, long ago, during my Grandma's times, all the brass and copper utensisls used to have the owner's/household's name inscribed on them :).<BR/><BR/>Great paneer dish, btw! YUMMY!musicalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07166797277993509485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30980268.post-86624993542195626432008-02-12T07:51:00.000+05:302008-02-12T07:51:00.000+05:30That was a lovely read Sra, enjoyed every bit of i...That was a lovely read Sra, enjoyed every bit of it including the paneer :D I totally remember how it with these 'party favours' gosh, its the best way to accumulate steel vessels of all shapes and sizes. Like my granny always said, you can use it at your daughter's wedding :P It passes on and on, till someday someone decided to use it instead of re-gifting it again..heheNamrathahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12323581284658457694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30980268.post-81141557009621345612008-02-12T07:25:00.000+05:302008-02-12T07:25:00.000+05:30I know what you mean, it is all about the blog and...I know what you mean, it is all about the blog and what you can use for it! :)<BR/><BR/>Mmm ... I haven't had paneer in a while, now you've gotten me thinking - the flavours in your recipe sound divine!KayKathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14888078673230631762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30980268.post-81451028583715438452008-02-12T04:16:00.000+05:302008-02-12T04:16:00.000+05:30Priceless!The preamble did a great dis-service to ...Priceless!<BR/>The preamble did a great dis-service to the paneer recipe....almost missed it.TheCookerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16998879039243771910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30980268.post-50616076374714599582008-02-12T03:34:00.000+05:302008-02-12T03:34:00.000+05:30Wonderful reading and awesome paneer dish ....Wonderful reading and awesome paneer dish ....Deepahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18158812223928590680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30980268.post-13361951298428133882008-02-12T00:49:00.000+05:302008-02-12T00:49:00.000+05:30There is a jar in my mom's house. Whoever gifted n...There is a jar in my mom's house. Whoever gifted not only engraved their name and city, but mine too. He made sure we never re-gifted it ;)Suganyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12821337638419512585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30980268.post-39505690896607655542008-02-12T00:47:00.000+05:302008-02-12T00:47:00.000+05:30Sra I want to see Shweta's dabba :-D and what the ...Sra I want to see Shweta's dabba :-D and what the hell is a flower adornment ceremony anyway???<BR/>You are perfect for Monday morning!Ashwinihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05982958379716509724noreply@blogger.com