Let me try and answer, despite being gloriously unqualified in this field also....
On 17 January 2012 22:46, Cecil Pinto <[email protected]> wrote: > 1) Does that mean that only a Mumbaikar can cook a Bombay Duck properly? > Definitely not. The Bombayite/Bambaiwala lost that ability ever since the hapless city (and our colonial cousins there actually) had its name changed in 1995. Tell me frankly, would you eat Mumbai Duck cooked by a Mumbaikar? Baah! > 2) Does 'bombil' come from 'Bom-bay' and 'Duck-bill'? > Both, of course. > > 3) The best Hyderabadi Biryani I ever tasted was in a restaurant where > the cook was a Keralite. How come? A clear case of either a mixup in the maternity ward, or an unfaithful wife. > > 4) What do we know about the caste or ethnicity or religion of the > cooks in our favourite restaurants? > > A good suggestion. But given the progress made by the God called Science, we do need to go beyond that and consider DNA tests too. FN --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
