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The F Word
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Dec 4 2010 3:35PM |
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The look of the dinner table bordered on the ludicrous - it was one of those nights. As an aftermath of too much eating out syndrome and partially out of sheer boredom surrounding the delicate sensibility required for creating a menu for dinner, we surrendered to aloo pyaz ki sabzi and paneer ki bhurji with kheera raita as consolation. Appearing alongside to fulfill the low calorie role was sautéed mushrooms spiked with red chilly flakes and lemon grass besides my plate. A pineapple and apple smoothie was placed on mummy's plate - she must have binged at a ladies lunch surely.
At 8.30 pm sharp three large pizzas from Dominoes are ushered in on the perky shoulders of Resham and Rehan. So much for trying to get family to eat healthy.
Resham pips,‘We have to celebrate the opening of a new branch of Dominoes just hundred yards down the road.'
‘Yeah, right! I think we can start celebrating the rare days when you have the food that's laid on the table for you,' I shot back. Her eyes swept a surveying look along the length of the dinner table and she laughed, ‘I've seen odd things happening at home but isn't the menu for tonight weird?'
‘The pizzas have spoilt it.'
‘You seem to have retired from cooking now that your book is out,' Resham quipped back.
That did it. This was an in-the-face attack. Culinary weapons were whipped out the next day. I started with a walnut pie for dessert. There's nothing like a warm pie on cold winter nights. Chicken in sour, hot pepper sauce with button onions and potatoes in their jackets with hot garlic toasts. The kids trooped in from their respective games and math classes with surly faces obviously expecting another of ‘those' meals.
The usual ‘khana lagao' was barked out. We all trooped to the table. One look and the puckered faces changed to glee. ‘Oh, meri mommy aaj ma ban gayi!' Resham all but got a box on her nose. We bantered our way through dinner ending with my warning, ‘If I see your clothes on the floor, you know what will happen, don't you?'
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