tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6167801386383882848.post6913778284443869997..comments2024-03-03T04:13:13.474-05:00Comments on Kitchen Flânerie: Our Food, Their FoodThe Invisible Flaneusehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01954925597560215861noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6167801386383882848.post-72242299958892734512022-11-20T16:40:42.644-05:002022-11-20T16:40:42.644-05:00Thank you, Aruna -
Your essays are wonderfully sp...Thank you, Aruna -<br /><br />Your essays are wonderfully spot on! You should know the Portuguese also enjoyed poisoning village wells by slaughtering local milch cows and tossing them into the wells so all the people of the village lost caste by "eating" beef, and would never again be able to enter a temple or worship their traditional household gods.Then, the entire village would receive "the baptism of the sword"! <br /><br />It's interesting that, to this day, many Mangalorean Catholic households keep separate pots and utensils for cooking beef. My grandmother's generation would cook the meat but would never eat it, nor even taste it. My mother's generation only cooked beef if the Hindu servants were not working that day. I can remember my uncle actually forbidding me to mention that we ate beef! All that being said, my grandmother's beef curry was one of the most fragrant and delicious ones I have ever had!!<br /><br />The chicken dish you have described entered the Mangalorean cuisine from our Tulu neighbours - "Kori", as in "Kori Roti" and "Kori Kachpu" being the Tulu word for "chicken". Traditionally, it was made with jungle fowl or with spotted deer but beef and chicken taste almost as good. Rubbing the meat with turmeric and salt, as the hunters did, and leaving it for about thirty minutes while you prepare the spices and toast the coconut, adds a real flavour boost!<br /><br />I hope you've got a copy of The Ladies' Club of Mangalore Cookbook.(I think your aunt Enid was President at some time!)It's well worth having and is constantly being reprinted as it sells out!Lili Kamathnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6167801386383882848.post-1884425740733304492013-01-16T15:13:57.708-05:002013-01-16T15:13:57.708-05:00Thank you for your kind words. Yes, a long break -...Thank you for your kind words. Yes, a long break -- have been searching for the words, and the time. Soon.<br />The Invisible Flaneusehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01954925597560215861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6167801386383882848.post-24506985054672304712013-01-14T19:29:59.844-05:002013-01-14T19:29:59.844-05:00Longest hiatus yet! Missing your fine essays.Longest hiatus yet! Missing your fine essays.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6167801386383882848.post-81131721090333434892012-10-18T19:29:26.090-04:002012-10-18T19:29:26.090-04:00You're so very welcome, lovely.You're so very welcome, lovely.The Invisible Flaneusehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01954925597560215861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6167801386383882848.post-49861302647593379052012-10-17T00:25:29.112-04:002012-10-17T00:25:29.112-04:00Lovely essay. I have been learning about Goan cui...Lovely essay. I have been learning about Goan cuisine recently. The history you have given makes it all make sense now. Thank you :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com