it's true that many poder were were from Chardo or charddi caste.
We called them poder charddi
Some of the top priests at Bishop Palace are the sons of Poder Charddi.
I still see some poder charddi in the area where where I live.
When the sons go abroad etc their ancestral poderponn likely
Selma Carvalho wrote:
This shows a lack of knowledge about Goa. Bakers, known as poders,
were predominantly if not exclusively male in Goa. Their wives might
have helped them with the firing of the fornun, kneading of the dough,
etc but it was a male dominated industry.
Poders were held in high
From: edward desilva guirim...@yahoo.co.uk
Subject: [Goanet] What happened to the Great Goan Poie?
Like Edward, I too lament the demise of the humble poie.
I remember a time in the sixties when a poie cost around 6 paise and the
flavour was unbeleveable. In Moira, we had a baker at Moira bridge
Dr. Jen Lewis said:
Dear ED,Perhaps you should ask the local poder instead. Its the goan men who
are known to be good cooks and bakers, so don't waste your time asking the
women!
---
Hi,
Does that mean Goan women are useless?
Knowing which end of the tendli to cut before cooking is one
POYI: In the olden days, a poyi was made from ‘gonvachem pitt’
(wheat flour) mixed with “kunddo” (bran). Nowadays, it is made from
maidachem pitt (white flour) and then a fine coat of bran powder is dusted on
its exterior to make it look like a poyi made of bran.
During our
childhood, the
In the Fifties and Sixties a ‘forn’ (bakery) was run on a partnership
rotational basis
between two poder - each one ran it for 4 months. This was the norm prevalent
then.
Moi-mogan,
Domnic FernandesGaumvaddy, Anjuna
Bardez, Goa-403 509
Ph: 0832-2274954; Mob: 09420979201
To Goanet -
Cecil Pinto wrote:
planning and preparation of the product is very often done by the
women folk (and hired help) how can it still be labelled a 'male
dominated' industry? In many cases the wives and daugters even helped
out with delivering the bread. It was a family enterprise rather
Like others on the forum, I too ' mourn the passing away' of our humble Goan
poie. I can still recall how, during our school days in Goa, we used to
look forward to the arrival of the Poder when, among the few white loaves we
bought, there always HAD to be at least 2 Poies!
These days we are
Reply: That's what happens when 'women can't cut tendli'.
When I questioned my sister-in-law about the white poie,they ignored me, her
girls gave me funny looks (none of them can cook).
Long live women who can't cut tendli.ED
--This shows a lack of knowledge about Goa.
--- On Wed, 2/18/09, edward desilva guirim...@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
Reply:
That's what happens when 'women can't cut
tendli'.
When I questioned my sister-in-law about the white poie,
they ignored me, her girls gave me funny looks (none of them
can cook).
Long live women who can't cut
From: edward desilva guirim...@yahoo.co.uk
Subject: [Goanet] What happened to the Great Goan Poie?
Rajan P. Parrikar said:
To Goanet -Have the poders been using Fair Lovely to season the poie? It has
certainly become fairer but not lovelier.
Reply:
That's what happens when 'women can't cut
Rajan P. Parrikar said:
To Goanet -Have the poders been using Fair Lovely to seasonthe poie? It has
certainly become fairer but notlovelier.
Reply:
That's what happens when 'women can't cut tendli'.
When I questioned my sister-in-law about the white poie, they ignored me, her
girls gave me
To Goanet -
Have the poders been using Fair Lovely to season
the poie? It has certainly become fairer but not
lovelier. To sample the authentic brown wheaty
poie, you have to now look to the small villages
away from the bigger urban centres. I was in
Parsem early morning today and got to
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