On 9 August 2012 11:41, Melvyn Fernandes <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear fellow goanet readers > > It appears that at long last my best friend has followed my advice, taken > off her sunglasses, and written about the Goan Festival in Cranford as it > was. > Words of her article I particularly liked were "chourico-stuffed pao" > (with chourico minus pao photograph) as for a while now, I have > affectionately referred > to this event as the "Chourico-Pau Festival" attractive to the sorpotel > and pullao mindset within our community. Videofeeds and photographs brought > back > memories to me of Friday market day in Mapusa, happy hand movements could > easily be mistaken as scenes from a chourico stock exchange where, for > many, these delicacies are more valuable than gold. Even long haul > aircraft flying over the grounds slowed down to have a look. > > Speaking to a number who graced this festival, I am surprised at how many > are grumbling about the price they had to pay for their chouricos until I > managed to get them to see reason, the price of upwards of GBP fifteen > pounds per kilo was cheap when one considers the work involved, the time > taken > and above all the cost of pork when bought from farmers who keep their > dokors free roaming. > > In her article, she also mentioned "threatening-looking audio equipment". > This equipment must have threatened not to work properly as one person > interviewed by the editor of Niz Goenkar expressed disappointment that he > had to hear the Mass in the near sound of silence. > > Hope my friend did not spend took much time observing doddery old men when > there was a field full of young men with chests puffed-out, bulging biceps, > showing off bling jewellery glittering in the sun. It was good to see > photographs and videos showing our community enjoying themselves in a > Sunburn > Festival all of their own and grazing on street food without having to > travel all the way to our Goa. > > Where was I when all this was action was taking place, preparing Puff > Pastry Patties (PPP) to put into my chest freezer. Only got myself to > blame, being a > woman of Goan esteem, the Festival will be my considered diary date for > 2013, but only considered ..... > > > > Rose Fernandes > Thornton Heath, Surrey, United Kingdom > > 9 August 2012 >
COMMENT: Rose you write with a verve and a swerve! I got feed back from one punter who went with the intention of buying 6 - 7 kilos of the stuff; It was almost towards the end....they asked for £6 a kilo and a deal was struck! Now that is what I call enterprise at its best. -- DEV BOREM KORUM Gabe Menezes.
