EKSI...for the uneducated that means enna kodumai sir ithu...(click here to know more about it ) .
The first message i saw today in my blackberry was this
"Upma dish wins $100,000 top prize" (Here is the original article)
Out of all the dishes that my mom makes, this is possibly one of the few dishes that I hate to the core. Not that it isnt tasty or good. As always all of mom's dishes are amazing...i guess everyone would feel the same way.
The reason that i hate this dish is... well actually, because of two reasons.
1) this dish is typically made in our home when either my mom gets up too late or if there is absolutely nothing else to make. Both ways i hate it. We have always depended on our moms for mouth watering, palate teasing food. So you can always understand how disappointing it is when we land on the dining table and see piping hot upma on the plate. It just feels as though your mom has given up on you and that you aren't worth the effort anymore.
The first message i saw today in my blackberry was this
"Upma dish wins $100,000 top prize" (Here is the original article)
Out of all the dishes that my mom makes, this is possibly one of the few dishes that I hate to the core. Not that it isnt tasty or good. As always all of mom's dishes are amazing...i guess everyone would feel the same way.
The reason that i hate this dish is... well actually, because of two reasons.
1) this dish is typically made in our home when either my mom gets up too late or if there is absolutely nothing else to make. Both ways i hate it. We have always depended on our moms for mouth watering, palate teasing food. So you can always understand how disappointing it is when we land on the dining table and see piping hot upma on the plate. It just feels as though your mom has given up on you and that you aren't worth the effort anymore.
almost wants one to tear this t-shirt up
2) the second reason is this dish goes well with two things. Pickle or sugar. One i dont like, two i am not supposed to like. Ever since the doctor put me on a no-sugar or low sugar diet( some crazy new-founded theory that diabetics arent supposed to have sugar...where did these guys get there degrees, i dont know) sugar in all its form is being kept away from me. Not that it keeps me away from the sweet stuff... But you know how Al pacino finds it difficult to grab the gun from behind the water closet in the Godfather movie.Now just imagine me trying to hide a box of sweets behind the closet. Yeah ..its difficult.
So when i read the news that the dish that i hate so much has won a prize of 100,000 dollars, i didnt know what to say.Except that perhaps i need to treat my mom's upma a little bit better...or start praying that nobody tells her about this. Then we both know what it will be like at home.
5 comments:
I used to hate upma too... But, after I got married, I started to love it, it was quite handy, when guests visit out of the blue... when too tired, it was easy to make. I make upma but I rarely eat it...
@ viji...now i know that i should never drop in on your house unexpectedly...or rather bring my own snacks when i do.. :)
I used to like it.. Since my doctor put me on this diet..I started hating from the bottom of my stomach... Floyd winning top chef masters for upma is shocking :)
@kiruthika ditto here...i now try and find out innovative methods to avoid eating it though.. but him winning top honors for this makes us rethink of our moms' cooking, doesnt it?
so true :-) I am trying to do something innovative with upma.. But all attempts ended in vain!
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