Frederick has written the following article in the Herald: http://oheraldo.in/pagedetails.asp?nid=2153&cid=2
Now what I can't understand is this: Why is the producer complaining that he has to sell his cashew feni kolso (is that 6, 12 or 18 bottles?) at Rs 550 and at that price it is not remunerative for him? Why can't he sell it at say Rs 2000 and thus make it worthwhile? Feni used to be my favorite drink whenever I regularly went to Goa on R&R when I worked in the Gulf - until I saw a Carmona doctor, old and experienced (I forget his name) who told me in no uncertain terms to stop drinking feni. His exact words were "there is no such thing as pure feni in Goa today, no matter who tells you how he personally knows the distiller and where he got it from". Words of wisdom which I took seriously enough to follow. Now my question is: Personally, I would be willing to pay as much for a bottle of 100% pure feni as I would for a bottle of scotch, say Canadian Dollars 40 or its rupee equivalent 1600. Undoubtedly there are several overseas Goans, feni lovers like me who would be willing to pay a like amount. Now tell me at that price would a Goa distiller find it worthwhile to make his liquor? So could FN or anyone else explain what this brouhaha is all about? (Rajan Parrikar's fave word "brouhaha" - ha ha.) Roland. -- Roland Francis 416-453-3371
