--- On Wed, 2/18/09, edward desilva <guirim...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> Reply:
> That's what happens when 'women can't cut
> tendli'.
> When I questioned my sister-in-law about the white poie,
> they ignored me, her girls gave me funny looks (none of them
> can cook).
> Long live women who can't cut tendli.
> ED.
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This shows a lack of knowledge about Goa. Bakers, known as poders, were
predominantly if not exclusively male in Goa. Their wives might have helped
them with the firing of the fornun, kneading of the dough, etc but it was a
male dominated industry.
Poders were held in high regard, where occupations were pegged on a pecking
order. Perhaps because a lot of them managed to make a lucrative earning and
ofcourse they owned their fornuns.
My maternal great-grand father was a poder. For some reason, it was a seasonal
activity for this family. They operated their fornun only during the winter
months. They were batkars in Colva, which might have had something to do with
it. Perhaps they went fishing in the summer.
Best,
Selma
