Do they call BD MUMBAI DUCK... My impression is that they are not fish or snake...Thisis why Maasai are horrified to even think about eating fish,
TONY ALMEIDA ...we professionals & lay people, whites, brown, blacks & in between...hindus, muslims & christians all celebrated his life & contribution. We thanked God for leading us his servant Tony. Grandolfo On Mon, 18 Mar 2019, 20:36 Adolfo Mascarenhas <adca...@gmail.com wrote: > Uggh Really. > I saw my first creatures that you call Bombay Duck...in Bombay We spent > a couple of nights in a KUDD. Horrible place, smell too many guys using the > same toilet. > We have loaded all the luggage...jars of feni, Port Wine bottles cushioned > by wickerwork, dried prawns, etc. > I dont know why we were waiting but the cranes were busy... i am staring > aim lessly when on the lower deck the cooks help throws liquid & solid > thresh into the harbour. Suddenly, from no where these creatures neither > fish nor snake are in a frenzy, gobbling up muck. > An excited voice tells a smaller boy > ' Come !Come see BOMY DUCK' > Neither a snake nor a fish and here an offspring is told they are DUCKS > ! ! I rather go below and stare into the cavern of the engine room. > Decades later will a Goencar tell me: > 1) are these creatures only found in Bombay. > 2) are they endangered > 3) are they found in Goa > 4) Do you Fish them or scoop them. > BWANA SHAMBA Do you know a good Maasai will not eat fish, they regard fish > like snake ..no legs use their tails to get around. > > Adolfo Mascarenhas > In Dar es Salaam > > PS Unknown to me our lagguage had dried & pickled BD. > > z >