Vijayasankar ji And imagine our examiner for Economic Botany brought Paan with him and gave it to us for identifying the ingredients. Imagine my plight who had never opened or tasted folded Paan leaf. Somehow, I managed from what I had read. Please don't be alarmed by the length of the thread. Firstly is being renewed after a gap of nearly more than a month, and secondly the length of the thread shows it is an interesting topic.
-- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 8:28 AM, R. Vijayasankar <[email protected]>wrote: > I think cooking is a great art, Gurcharan ji! I always like it (and of > course eating too!). But most of time i will be assigned the job of cutting > vegetable, as i used to take proper T.S. or L.S. in uniform thickness...like > a 'macrotome'...[?] > > during lunch time in college/office we friends used to discuss/id the > bot.names of all the ingredients of our meals....starting from Brassica > juncea...Murraya koenigii...to all vegetables. Botanical lunch! > > i think this thread is going tooooo looong... > > With regards > > R. Vijayasankar > > > On Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 9:40 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Our children used to get confused shopping to differentiated between Sabut >> mah (mash; whole black gram), dalli mah (split black gram), and Dhuli mah >> (washed black gram, which is white in colour). >> >> Vijayasankar ji, you seem to a culinary expert also. >> >> -- >> Dr. Gurcharan Singh >> Retired Associate Professor >> SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 >> Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. >> Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 >> http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ >> >> On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 7:57 AM, Rakesh Biswas <[email protected] >> > wrote: >> >>> :-) >>> >>> interesting discussion. >>> >>> On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 5:20 AM, Pankaj Kumar >>> <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> you are talking abt homely food infront of a bachelor who hasnt been >>>> home for past 4 years :(((...... >>>> Just kidding....!!! >>>> You see, ultimately the curry can be white.... >>>> Pankaj >>>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> >
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