Came home yesterday and started eating dinner..
The sambar was smelling sooo good. Tasted very good too..
Told San that she was really working hard to impress the kids!
Me to Jr. : The sambar is really awesome!
Jr to Me : Wait till you taste the Rasam. It is awesomer!
Guess the Rasam is outside the bounds of the dictionary...
ps. This actually happened. This is not an attempt to get out of the dog house either..
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The MIL has been in India as of the last week. Time moves so fast. It has been a full week since we saw her off at the airport.
This time the kids were all grown up about saying their goodbyes and promised to behave in her absence. They are holding at around 75% of the promise and going down rapidly!
The adults have transitioned as well to the new routines. I have been left without a Yoga partner and have missed the MIL giving me the usual sermon about either not waking up early enough or pushing myself too hard in the room. The new Yoga studio is motivation in itself and have been going regularly just to keep up my promise to the MIL!
San is back in the kitchen working hard to impress the kids the last few days..
On Monday she made Okra curry with Okra that was not ripe enough. Not her fault because that was all the Indian store had, but the little one was brutal.
She could become a judge on the Iron chef program or "Chopped" where she gets to deliver the bad news. The comments and critique were even too hard for me to handle! San put on a brave face and came up with a Tindora Curry the next evening.
The little one said "Before you put it on my plate, I want a taste. I cannot trust your cooking!"
This is what happens when we have grandma letting her sit on the kitchen counter top, encouraging her to taste things as they are being made. On the bright side she did have a taste and say "It is delicious!" and that made San's day! Seriously, with critics like this at home, things are getting a little out of hand.
Today, I made sweet Pongal to celebrate Pongal. She did not have a problem with the taste of the pongal but with the smell of my hand as I took it to her mouth. "I don't like that strong temple like smell in the Pongal!". She was right!
Actually the smell was from the "pachai kalpooram" (edible camphor) that was crushed with my fingers to season the Pongal. The smell was in my hand not the Pongal. We should use the little one at airports instead of sniffing dogs and we will probably make a fortune if we got a cut on what we find!
We are now down to a new but interesting routine.
Wishing each and everyone of you a happy Pongal!!!
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As most of you know have stopped following cricket for years. In fact don't even watch TV anymore.. News from Google, Youtube videos and the occasional movie at the local theater during holidays or on blockbuster. That is pretty much the sum total of entertainment outside what the kids provide (which is plenty)!
It has not been a loss. Friends tell me this was a good move considering Indian cricket is at an all time low..
There was a recent joke where folks were saying
"pretty soon Australia will be the first team to declare their first innings for a score of 0/0 and still beat India in three days.."
If such humiliation is even comprehensible as a joke things must be pretty bad!
Went and checked Cricket news just now.. Looks like the Indian team is finishing 5 day matches in 4 and is now going towards 3 day completions. Will come and check back in two more years and see how it goes...
For now, back to the crickbernation..
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