"Bannkocho" is, probably, derived from "ban'n" the huge copper pot-like vessel used in Goa to boil paddy, but most ubiquitously, to warm water for bath.
Because of its copious capacity and distended shape the vessel serves to personify bloated bellies.... Alfred de Tavares, Stockholm, 2010-06-12 > Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2010 07:51:50 +0000 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Goanet] Bannkocho > > When I ate and drink too much (with inflated belly) my mother > often called me ‘Bannkocho’ > http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk26/4682257645/ > > The one with bigger belly may also be called as ‘bannkocho’ > > During ‘raponn’ time, plenty of such fish seen on the shore > as no one eats such fish. > However, I do remember some Kunnbi Gauddi community > collecting/eating the same. > > Only recently, I heard some saying this fish is poisonous one and > that two UP lads died recently eating the same in Goa. > > This fish inflates it belly like a balloon , by upto twice of it size and > hence bannkocho > Pronounce – Bann as in arrow (Bow and arrow) or > Bann-ale (Benaulim) and kocho as in ‘Mocho’ (Shoe) > Replace M with K. > > Extra: > Some kunnbi community even eat rats. > e.g. If Coconut plucker (Paddekar) catches a rat dead or alive, > the landlord rewarded him with a extra coconut of his choice plus > ’keep the rat’ > > Believe me or not, I too ate ‘kol-undrachi xacuti’ along with my friends. > We were told it was ‘Kansovachi Xacuti’. It was delicious. > We ate it not in a restaurant but in own house. > > > > > [email protected] > > for Goa & NRI related info... > http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/GOAN-NRI/ > > For Goan Video Clips > http://youtube.com/joeukgoa > > In Goa, Dial 1 0 8 > For Hospital, Police, Fire etc > > _________________________________________________________________ Your E-mail and More On-the-Go. Get Windows Live Hotmail Free. https://signup.live.com/signup.aspx?id=60969
