tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29858077.post115282119230965063..comments2023-10-30T14:26:47.315+05:30Comments on Hip Hop Grandmom: A Second meal!Hip Grandmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16891699611146003601noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29858077.post-66407414445389819922009-04-23T14:13:00.000+05:302009-04-23T14:13:00.000+05:30man you made me remember all those summer times! :...man you made me remember all those summer times! :D :DWinnie the poohihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11445691463105808647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29858077.post-64224325719453094062007-11-23T10:18:00.000+05:302007-11-23T10:18:00.000+05:30hi gmom,recently chanced upon your blog through a ...hi gmom,<BR/><BR/>recently chanced upon your blog through a friend's friend's blog.as is my habit,i started reading from the very first post.love ur style of writing.this post particularly brought back memories of my grandmother and meal rituals like the one you've described here.<BR/><BR/>was reading ur blog while on a lone sunday shift and the nostalgia it brought made me feel really good.<BR/>keep writing :-)Nishahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09521621172523959046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29858077.post-1156560808698581402006-08-26T08:23:00.000+05:302006-08-26T08:23:00.000+05:30Goofed up on the url :(There is a nice write-up on...Goofed up on the url :(<BR/><BR/>There is a nice write-up on <A HREF="http://mystrangenotions.blogspot.com/2006/07/from-filter-kaapi-to-ivy-league.html" REL="nofollow">Tam brams</A> which you might like.<BR/>PS: You could add links to other posts from your posts when you refer to them. example you could link to Usha's post in your statement:<BR/><BR/>// 'pallanguzhi’ as Usha pointed out in her post. //<BR/><BR/>Linking posts general format:<BR/><a href="URL">Text_to_be_linked</a>The Visitorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06379204603893147923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29858077.post-1156560501242235962006-08-26T08:18:00.000+05:302006-08-26T08:18:00.000+05:30This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.The Visitorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06379204603893147923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29858077.post-1152972581180026032006-07-15T19:39:00.000+05:302006-07-15T19:39:00.000+05:30Usha:with a variety of snacks available in the mar...Usha:with a variety of snacks available in the market and TV advertisements tempting them the current batch of growing children may not even beleive when we talk of the pleasure in our 'second meal'Hip Grandmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16891699611146003601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29858077.post-1152940604941375102006-07-15T10:46:00.000+05:302006-07-15T10:46:00.000+05:30oh those lip smacking lunches with curd rice and v...oh those lip smacking lunches with curd rice and vadu mangai! And sometimes they were served on dried banana leaves ( claeed sarugu) which imparted its own flavour to the getti curd rice!<BR/>Whoever eats rendamdaram these days - with anorexic children dieting from the time they are 8 and 10!<BR/>I feel sorry for them for missing out on thye simple joys we had.Ushahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00179239922869639391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29858077.post-1152903227596927392006-07-15T00:23:00.000+05:302006-07-15T00:23:00.000+05:30passerby55:Simple pleasures like a shared meal are...passerby55:Simple pleasures like a shared meal are becoming rare commodities.I promised my son and daughter, when I was with them last week,that I would serve food to them and my grand daughter the way my mom did to them. But for some reason it did not materialise.<BR/>Archana: What we can do is to arrange for occasions that simulate yester years at least in part.<BR/>Priya: Don't feel bad.Just include one such meal during weekends.Hip Grandmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16891699611146003601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29858077.post-1152898155068802002006-07-14T22:59:00.000+05:302006-07-14T22:59:00.000+05:30Yes Mother, you're right. There was so much fun in...Yes Mother, you're right. There was so much fun in the simpler pleasures of life - climbing trees, stealing mangoes/flowers from someone else's garden.<BR/><BR/>I know the younger generation of today tend to watch TV more - but some of it is our doing. We're also using TVs as babysitters. At least from my own experience, when I get back from work, and your adorable grandchild starts making her demands, I too switch on TV just to get her off my back for a few minutes. And those few mins becomes an hour or two. I don't know what I can do, short of cutting down my working hours. <BR/><BR/>That's the biggest puzzle that's come from women empowerment. We're fulfilled ourselves professionally, but in ways small and large, our kids get affected.Priya Ramachandranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17641739714585961257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29858077.post-1152845005766650682006-07-14T08:13:00.000+05:302006-07-14T08:13:00.000+05:30HG ji, I ve been reading your posts. You are a pro...HG ji, I ve been reading your posts. You are a prolific writer. Really liked this one. <BR/><BR/>In fact, even our generation enjoyed pretty much the heaven of being with grandparents during hols, eating amazing food, and chattering away or listening to stories, while 10-12 of us cuddled in the same bed. The dissociations have started happening from the current generation. Forget summer camps, students 17-18yrs have summer jobs, where they try to work hard to earn some money which they never get to spend due to lack of time. We are becoming security freaks. I think our future looks a little sad. :-) :-) Hope there is hope.Archana Bahugunahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04930196195648347298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29858077.post-1152834785943578942006-07-14T05:23:00.000+05:302006-07-14T05:23:00.000+05:30A grand post!...You sound so much of USha in you. ...A grand post!...<BR/><BR/>You sound so much of USha in you. She too like you can touch the simplest threads of many lives here. <BR/><BR/>MY Grandmaa...@ ten served porridge and raw tender mango(this was preserved (She told me) for a couple of years and the porridge was cooked of rice reaped from her own fields. It was cooked on slow fire in earthern Pots. Loved the aroma and made me feel so hungry<BR/><BR/>At two (in the afternoon)a second serving with fresh sea water fish curry and Brown rice was served. It would be a yummy meal with grandmaa sumtimes feeding with her own hands.... how she managed make us eat so much I will never know.<BR/><BR/>GRandpa and many others were farmers so these timings suited best. <BR/><BR/>these days kids are in their own room with their tv sets or computer games to entertain them with a plate of meal, half eaten and hardly digested.<BR/><BR/><BR/>I loved reading this post, they way i loved grandmaa, her meals and her stories ... keep posting!passerby55https://www.blogger.com/profile/17788718555377390569noreply@blogger.com