Hi Tony, No apologies are necessary. We all know you didn't mean it the way it sounded.
Just to add a few more snippets about Goan cooks, in the 1930s, they were so popular in Iran, that Iran started a cookery school of their own to train their own local population to compete. By the 1940s, English officers refused to sail the seas unless they had a Goan cook and a Goan butler. It goes to show that when Goans were handed lemons, they made lemonande out of the situation. They brought honour to a lowly paid, un-glamourous (if there is such a word) profession. Yet, when given charge, put in a leadership role, they have reigned in dishonour. Perhaps I am being biased and disrespectful in saying this, but have we simply failed to produce an honourable generation? Best, selma --- On Sat, 5/30/09, Tony de Sa <[email protected]> wrote: > > Mea culpa! > > But what I wrote was because of my anger with the cops who > fiddled with > their petty haftas and challaning helmetless riders > and turning a blind eye > towards rampant matka betting while these hapless women > were being throttled > by a monster! > >
