Comments on: Passing down vanishing skills during Thanksgiving http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2010/11/26/passing_down_va/ All that flavorful brownness in one savory packet Sat, 30 Nov 2013 11:11:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Sneha http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2010/11/26/passing_down_va/comment-page-1/#comment-280141 Sneha Mon, 29 Nov 2010 23:00:38 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=6373#comment-280141 <p>Love the video! I recently wrote about creating new Thanksgiving traditions this year: http://browngirlmagazine.com/2010/11/thanksgiving-with-the-indians/</p> <p>It seems the like the American version of marathon cooking sessions happens all the time at my parent's house, so Thanksgiving isn't that different!</p> Love the video! I recently wrote about creating new Thanksgiving traditions this year: http://browngirlmagazine.com/2010/11/thanksgiving-with-the-indians/

It seems the like the American version of marathon cooking sessions happens all the time at my parent’s house, so Thanksgiving isn’t that different!

]]> By: anandi http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2010/11/26/passing_down_va/comment-page-1/#comment-280101 anandi Sat, 27 Nov 2010 20:58:51 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=6373#comment-280101 <p>If I spent Thanksgiving with my parents, either at their house or mine, there would be no time for cooking lessons before The Big Meal. My mom would be too busy cooking a crazy variety of yummy things, which she would have started either the day before or at the crack of dawn. We'll end up with enough food to feed our entire neighborhood even though only 4.5 of us will be actually sitting down for dinner together. :)</p> <p>Email works better for recipes, though my mom (so sweet!) had to take the time to figure out what the amounts were since she doesn't measure anything. And her instructions to 'add it until it tastes right' or 'add until it looks right' are totally lost on me.</p> <p>And yeah, none of the frozen rotis/parathas are that good, though I still get a kick out of seeing the Pillsbury doughboy on a roti package :)</p> If I spent Thanksgiving with my parents, either at their house or mine, there would be no time for cooking lessons before The Big Meal. My mom would be too busy cooking a crazy variety of yummy things, which she would have started either the day before or at the crack of dawn. We’ll end up with enough food to feed our entire neighborhood even though only 4.5 of us will be actually sitting down for dinner together. :)

Email works better for recipes, though my mom (so sweet!) had to take the time to figure out what the amounts were since she doesn’t measure anything. And her instructions to ‘add it until it tastes right’ or ‘add until it looks right’ are totally lost on me.

And yeah, none of the frozen rotis/parathas are that good, though I still get a kick out of seeing the Pillsbury doughboy on a roti package :)

]]> By: Green http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2010/11/26/passing_down_va/comment-page-1/#comment-280066 Green Sat, 27 Nov 2010 04:51:41 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=6373#comment-280066 <p>it is called thattukada in south india. you can see such thattukadas on either side of main roads in south india during the night.it is porotta in south india</p> it is called thattukada in south india. you can see such thattukadas on either side of main roads in south india during the night.it is porotta in south india

]]> By: melbourne desi http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2010/11/26/passing_down_va/comment-page-1/#comment-280063 melbourne desi Sat, 27 Nov 2010 01:36:51 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=6373#comment-280063 <p>Roll baby roll - i dont think you meant "role" the joys of a wordprocessor :)</p> Roll baby roll – i dont think you meant “role” the joys of a wordprocessor :)

]]> By: soham http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2010/11/26/passing_down_va/comment-page-1/#comment-280062 soham Fri, 26 Nov 2010 21:31:55 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=6373#comment-280062 <p>We keep trying different frozen roti/parathas packets, but none of them come anything close to mom's roti. It's depressing.</p> We keep trying different frozen roti/parathas packets, but none of them come anything close to mom’s roti. It’s depressing.

]]> By: Chitown http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2010/11/26/passing_down_va/comment-page-1/#comment-280061 Chitown Fri, 26 Nov 2010 21:20:47 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=6373#comment-280061 <p>Only in America. :)</p> <p>pretty sure its not America, but somewhere near Chennai.... And its not chappati, its paROta!!! yum!!</p> Only in America. :)

pretty sure its not America, but somewhere near Chennai…. And its not chappati, its paROta!!! yum!!

]]> By: Yo Dad http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2010/11/26/passing_down_va/comment-page-1/#comment-280058 Yo Dad Fri, 26 Nov 2010 18:26:14 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=6373#comment-280058 <p>Abhi: Wait just a minute. I saw the "parathas" you rolled. They were neither round, nor triangle, nor any shape or form. To make them triangle, I saw you pulling edges by hand. All things considered, in the end it's the taste that matters not the shape. I seriously doubt if you can get a job at this place shown in the video. Thanks for using the video I sent you anyway;-)</p> Abhi: Wait just a minute. I saw the “parathas” you rolled. They were neither round, nor triangle, nor any shape or form. To make them triangle, I saw you pulling edges by hand. All things considered, in the end it’s the taste that matters not the shape. I seriously doubt if you can get a job at this place shown in the video. Thanks for using the video I sent you anyway;-)

]]> By: John Jacobi http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2010/11/26/passing_down_va/comment-page-1/#comment-280057 John Jacobi Fri, 26 Nov 2010 17:59:36 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=6373#comment-280057 <p>I like how he rolls out the chappati in one action. Then a "no look" throw with a boy casually walking under it. Only in America. :)</p> I like how he rolls out the chappati in one action. Then a “no look” throw with a boy casually walking under it. Only in America. :)

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