Comments for A Cookery Year in Coorg http://www.acookeryyearincoorg.com Cooking, eating and wandering through Coorg and beyond! Tue, 09 Apr 2013 07:27:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Travelling berrys: where do the goomatté pann grow? by Shalini http://www.acookeryyearincoorg.com/?p=1180#comment-507 Shalini Tue, 09 Apr 2013 07:27:29 +0000 http://www.acookeryyearincoorg.com/?p=1180#comment-507 Vindhya, the goomatté pann have been hiding in plain sight! If you do go looking, I can tell you that "Save-On" is not the best place to buy them. Of all places, Granville Is. Market had a much better deal by far! And you're right, they are right up there with goji and acai in the new "super berry league" http://www.besthealthmag.ca/eat-well/healthy-eating/3-super-berries-goji-a%C3%A7ai-and-cape-gooseberry. You might find dried gooseberries at T & T or a Chinese herbalist store too. They're grown commercially in a few places in India, and I really can't help but wonder why we don't pay more attention to it in Coorg.But that holds true for a lot of things! ;-) Butter fruit in your backyard, that you'd rather give away than sell at the ridiculous price offered locally in Coorg, can sell in the city with a jaw dropping price tag attached… Thanks so much for reading and for your always generous words. It's great to hear from someone who shares a common experience in both countries! :-) Vindhya, the goomatté pann have been hiding in plain sight! If you do go looking, I can tell you that “Save-On” is not the best place to buy them. Of all places, Granville Is. Market had a much better deal by far!

And you’re right, they are right up there with goji and acai in the new “super berry league” http://www.besthealthmag.ca/eat-well/healthy-eating/3-super-berries-goji-a%C3%A7ai-and-cape-gooseberry. You might find dried gooseberries at T & T or a Chinese herbalist store too.

They’re grown commercially in a few places in India, and I really can’t help but wonder why we don’t pay more attention to it in Coorg.But that holds true for a lot of things! ;-) Butter fruit in your backyard, that you’d rather give away than sell at the ridiculous price offered locally in Coorg, can sell in the city with a jaw dropping price tag attached…

Thanks so much for reading and for your always generous words. It’s great to hear from someone who shares a common experience in both countries! :-)

]]> Comment on Travelling berrys: where do the goomatté pann grow? by vindhyaa http://www.acookeryyearincoorg.com/?p=1180#comment-506 vindhyaa Mon, 08 Apr 2013 21:15:56 +0000 http://www.acookeryyearincoorg.com/?p=1180#comment-506 Hey Shalini, What a neat article, very informative. I had no idea Gummatte Pann was so popular and was sold in markets and neither did I know that it was called "Cape gooseberry". I am sure it is probably one of those nutritionally rich berries brimming with antioxidents and so much more, but we tend to devalue when somthing is grown in abundance in our backyard. Butterfruit\Avacado was one such fruit that I had no idea was one of the top 5 super foods, it was my Dad's staple dessert after lunch and dinner, pretty much everyday. He used to eat it with a little bit of sugar sprinkled on it. Now I buy it for a dollar each and the size is quarter of what we grew in our backyard:) Your article on Butterfruit does full justice to the super food that it is! I really appreciate the effort and the thought that you put in for each one of your article, the minute details like the embroidered tablecover or the runner that I see in the pictures is just apt with the wild berries and bird in the background. Love your attention to details like those. Once again the article took me back to plantations in Coorg and the summers that we spent in our estates picking these berries with kids from our labour lines who were our guides around the jungles:) Wow, precious memories. Great work and look forward to seeing more exotic foods and awesome recipes. All the best. Vindhya Hey Shalini, What a neat article, very informative. I had no idea Gummatte Pann was so popular and was sold in markets and neither did I know that it was called “Cape gooseberry”. I am sure it is probably one of those nutritionally rich berries brimming with antioxidents and so much more, but we tend to devalue when somthing is grown in abundance in our backyard.

Butterfruit\Avacado was one such fruit that I had no idea was one of the top 5 super foods, it was my Dad’s staple dessert after lunch and dinner, pretty much everyday. He used to eat it with a little bit of sugar sprinkled on it. Now I buy it for a dollar each and the size is quarter of what we grew in our backyard:) Your article on Butterfruit does full justice to the super food that it is!

I really appreciate the effort and the thought that you put in for each one of your article, the minute details like the embroidered tablecover or the runner that I see in the pictures is just apt with the wild berries and bird in the background. Love your attention to details like those.

Once again the article took me back to plantations in Coorg and the summers that we spent in our estates picking these berries with kids from our labour lines who were our guides around the jungles:) Wow, precious memories.

Great work and look forward to seeing more exotic foods and awesome recipes. All the best.
Vindhya

]]> Comment on The world’s my … dentist? by Shalini http://www.acookeryyearincoorg.com/?p=588#comment-505 Shalini Sun, 07 Apr 2013 19:01:05 +0000 http://www.acookeryyearincoorg.com/?p=588#comment-505 Thank you , Lirish! I can imagine dealing with kids is a delicate task, and the promise of ice cream will go a long way towards soothing a nervous patient. That said, some of the biggest tantrums I've witnessed have been thrown by adults! I think I've spent enough time at dentists' clinics to be eminently qualified to say "99 % of patients recommend ice cream.":-) Just two days ago, I was in a long line up for the cashier at a local store, when a store employee startled us all by walking briskly down the line with a bowl of candy, saying "Please take some – help support your local dentist." It took a few seconds to realize that it wasn't a fundraising effort, and that she was just keeping the crowd amused and energy levels up with a bit of sugar! Thank you , Lirish! I can imagine dealing with kids is a delicate task, and the promise of ice cream will go a long way towards soothing a nervous patient. That said, some of the biggest tantrums I’ve witnessed have been thrown by adults! I think I’ve spent enough time at dentists’ clinics to be eminently qualified to say “99 % of patients recommend ice cream.”:-)

Just two days ago, I was in a long line up for the cashier at a local store, when a store employee startled us all by walking briskly down the line with a bowl of candy, saying “Please take some – help support your local dentist.” It took a few seconds to realize that it wasn’t a fundraising effort, and that she was just keeping the crowd amused and energy levels up with a bit of sugar!

]]> Comment on The world’s my … dentist? by lirish http://www.acookeryyearincoorg.com/?p=588#comment-504 lirish Sun, 07 Apr 2013 04:51:42 +0000 http://www.acookeryyearincoorg.com/?p=588#comment-504 A very well written one and i loved the way you connected dentistry and foods! The gap times between various procedures does help build a rapport and it does improve your personal and professional relationships. Talking about foods, kids sometimes love coming to the dentist as the dentist recommends an ice cream after taking out the tooth! Sometimes they are so angry with the dentist for taking off the tooth, but they are all smiles when they hear the words, "Please get him/her an ice cream!" :) A very well written one and i loved the way you connected dentistry and foods! The gap times between various procedures does help build a rapport and it does improve your personal and professional relationships. Talking about foods, kids sometimes love coming to the dentist as the dentist recommends an ice cream after taking out the tooth! Sometimes they are so angry with the dentist for taking off the tooth, but they are all smiles when they hear the words, “Please get him/her an ice cream!” :)

]]> Comment on Travelling berrys: where do the goomatté pann grow? by Shalini http://www.acookeryyearincoorg.com/?p=1180#comment-503 Shalini Mon, 01 Apr 2013 21:40:02 +0000 http://www.acookeryyearincoorg.com/?p=1180#comment-503 Thank you, Ammini, and yes, you absolutely must visit! Selfishly, I hope it will be when I'm there too, but either way, let the planning begin! :-) Thank you, Ammini, and yes, you absolutely must visit! Selfishly, I hope it will be when I’m there too, but either way, let the planning begin! :-)

]]> Comment on Travelling berrys: where do the goomatté pann grow? by ammini http://www.acookeryyearincoorg.com/?p=1180#comment-502 ammini Mon, 01 Apr 2013 20:53:21 +0000 http://www.acookeryyearincoorg.com/?p=1180#comment-502 Once again, another beautiful evocative piece. Next time I am in India, I have to visit Coorg. Once again, another beautiful evocative piece. Next time I am in India, I have to visit Coorg.

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