tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29858077.post2476453979633841451..comments2023-10-30T14:26:47.315+05:30Comments on Hip Hop Grandmom: MY PRECIOUS STONEHip Grandmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16891699611146003601noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29858077.post-7936442055904610652007-07-09T03:03:00.000+05:302007-07-09T03:03:00.000+05:30I notice your dear husband didn't love the stone e...I notice your dear husband didn't love the stone enough to do the grinding himself. I should have thought that it would have been his just desserts if you taught HIM to make the dosa and then poured on the guilt if they weren't "just right". Wonder how long it would have taken him to switch to the electric version? Less than month I would think.<BR/><BR/>Very interesting article! Congratulations on your 100th post.:)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29858077.post-89605415458201284842007-07-02T12:48:00.000+05:302007-07-02T12:48:00.000+05:30hmmmmHow cud u grand ma give away such a nice and ...hmmmm<BR/>How cud u grand ma give away such a nice and useful,causing natural excercise piece ....:-)<BR/>Being a man I can relate to the feelings of your husband, he would still be missing that taste but on the other side we have to understand the need to change and accept new things....<BR/>I wonder how similiar are the situations we all encounter in life ....<BR/>how selective deaf, focussed sight we achieve as per our convenience and comfort....<BR/><BR/>Baeautifully written .....Puneethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06913978447463582497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29858077.post-86184405853495604302007-06-30T08:55:00.000+05:302007-06-30T08:55:00.000+05:30Congrats Preeta on your 100th post.I am fine and h...Congrats Preeta on your 100th post.<BR/><BR/>I am fine and hope the same with you. I am in amidst some family resposibilities which would take some time to settle. Will get back as soon as possible. <BR/><BR/>Its nice to see your photograph. . Your picture is honest and true to your writings. You look much younger than i imagined. keep smiling and keep writing.passerby55https://www.blogger.com/profile/17788718555377390569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29858077.post-84373431570418865052007-06-25T23:02:00.000+05:302007-06-25T23:02:00.000+05:30Welcome back HHG and congrats on the 100th post. ...Welcome back HHG and congrats on the 100th post. If your stone comes back, get a nice artificial lotus, put it into the centre of the attukal, and put a big round glass on top, of bigger diameter than the attukal and there you have an antique centre table.hillgrandmomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01805698959846687562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29858077.post-22234325803668531312007-06-24T15:32:00.000+05:302007-06-24T15:32:00.000+05:30lol sorry for the very late comment...congrats on ...lol sorry for the very late comment...<BR/><BR/>congrats on the 100.....<BR/><BR/><BR/>been too busy with skl,and stuff...<BR/><BR/>anyway....i guess you shld hv changed the proportion....my mom's idlys are always the best......i donno but it is a family secret i guesss......its similar for the pickle stufff......it is truely admirable if ya ask me...in betwenn office work and so much other stufff....she makes all the pickels and even vathals!Visheshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14452040774198026145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29858077.post-91070073316854861792007-06-22T21:21:00.000+05:302007-06-22T21:21:00.000+05:30First of all... clap clap for hitting that century...First of all... clap clap for hitting that century with style!<BR/><BR/>Secondly, I could relate to your pathos and guilt pangs because that is precisely what I have done too some 3-4 yrs back :( The point however is that it had been lying untouched with me for past 10 yrs. So, when I shifted, decided to give it to someone who could actually use it !<BR/><BR/>Your article touched a chord!WhatsInANamehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07498298103761502178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29858077.post-10625459385873568202007-06-22T14:43:00.000+05:302007-06-22T14:43:00.000+05:30Hi all,I am back to my niche after a break of 24 d...Hi all,<BR/>I am back to my niche after a break of 24 days and I must say that the trip was a hectic one.My mobile went berserk and remained unconnected for most of the time and with ITW's no. stored in it I could not even access it to have a small chat with her when i very much wanted to.Technology can never replace the human memory.lesson learnt by the experience.The house is crying for my attention so will be back to regular blogging in a day or two.Thanks for your responses and tho'I like to defy my husband I do agree that hand grinding as Mahadevan points out does allow a healthy amount of interaction-read gossip- among family members and a lot of sensitive issues were sorted out in the time spent during the process of grinding and cleaning of the precious stone before and after the so called tedious act.I don't think ladies of the previous generation had any objection to the hours put into it.Hip Grandmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16891699611146003601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29858077.post-7719234477971915302007-06-21T17:36:00.000+05:302007-06-21T17:36:00.000+05:30Nicely written, Hip Hop granma..!Congrats on your ...Nicely written, Hip Hop granma..!<BR/><BR/>Congrats on your 100th post..! <BR/><BR/>have Fun, Take Care and God BLess!<BR/><BR/>With Best Regards,<BR/>Srijith.srijithunnihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04897386632437180172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29858077.post-11943700099951998692007-06-21T15:11:00.000+05:302007-06-21T15:11:00.000+05:30CONGRATS!!Wish you another century and faster this...CONGRATS!!Wish you another century and faster this time<BR/><BR/>i use a mixie and am trying to convince myself that we need a grinder ina family of 3 where only one eats idli!!<BR/><BR/>anyway i loved the post on MrsR- laugh at yourself- she must be one hell of a lady<BR/><BR/>pity u could not come over- next time anywayArtnavyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15060564468230843716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29858077.post-63038359164091954042007-06-21T14:20:00.000+05:302007-06-21T14:20:00.000+05:30Idli and Dosai, made out of 'attukal' ground batte...Idli and Dosai, made out of 'attukal' ground batter, certainly have a special flavour and silken touch. 'If you don't do well in your studies, you would be only grinding Rice and Ulud dal in a hotel', used to be the constant admonition and it worked wonders. Normally the entire afternoon session would be used for grinding and gossiping was a perfect foil to grinding. <BR/><BR/>A good topic for the hundredth post. Congratulations.Mahadevanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08659899620865902690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29858077.post-59581397053303181512007-06-20T21:12:00.000+05:302007-06-20T21:12:00.000+05:30Congrats on ur 100th post gmom!Very well-written!R...Congrats on ur 100th post gmom!<BR/>Very well-written!<BR/>Reminded me of the <I>ammi kallu</I> we had in r house. My mother used it for making chutneys and preferred to use it instead of r mixie for a very long time. It travelled with my parents from Madras-Delhi-Madras and followed us everytime we moved house. It now leads a peaceful, retired life in the loft! :)Pinguhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14712898472357180725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29858077.post-36855879335774778362007-06-19T18:12:00.000+05:302007-06-19T18:12:00.000+05:30congrats on the 100th. nice piece of story- wonder...congrats on the 100th. nice piece of story- wonder how it cud get rejected....Itchingtowritehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00763940951418027045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29858077.post-78337772230805855112007-06-19T17:02:00.000+05:302007-06-19T17:02:00.000+05:30Congratulations on your 100th post. Our Urli was a...Congratulations on your 100th post. Our Urli was also given away to a needy family(who would buy it anyway) and we were shifting like vagabonds so carrying it around wasn't a very great ideaSunitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07347370529459467244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29858077.post-80166459326134321912007-06-19T16:59:00.000+05:302007-06-19T16:59:00.000+05:30he he Congrats on your 100th post.Know the preciou...he he Congrats on your 100th post.<BR/><BR/>Know the preciousness of the stone you're talking about. <BR/><BR/>The one in Mom's house is now used by us a stool in our backyard- an excellent, overturned, antique bit of furniture. Lol. <BR/><BR/>Sometimes I wonder at the energy of the ladies from days past, who turned out so many appetising idlis, dosas, uzhundu vadas, parippu vadas.. We kids used to try our hand at grinding for fun. <BR/>It was remarkably efficient, albiet a remarkably slower process compared to the machines of today, and cleaning it was a tougher task than grinding, I feel..<BR/><BR/>We also had an uruli, in which we used to grind rice powder, and of course the ammikkal to grind coconut on. The ammikkal is still there, the uruli has no doubt been 'gifted'. <BR/><BR/>Your post brings back precious memories...Just Like Thathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04156108159461377932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29858077.post-63002423165368623902007-06-18T20:35:00.000+05:302007-06-18T20:35:00.000+05:30Ah! Good to see u back, Hphop!!Ur 100th post made ...Ah! Good to see u back, Hphop!!<BR/>Ur 100th post made quite an interesting read!<BR/><BR/>thx!!<BR/>:)Movie Mazaahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02795149371701803414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29858077.post-41619049752356184412007-06-18T19:23:00.000+05:302007-06-18T19:23:00.000+05:30Hahaha. The eulogies on the merits of hand ground ...Hahaha. The eulogies on the merits of hand ground batter and the softness of the idlis that came out of it are all too familiar in my household too and yes, I used the same selective deafness to counter it.<BR/>Precious stone indeed - I am willing to have it anytime ( Will use it as a show piece of course). Guess what you could mount a decorated pot on top of the stone and grow some plant and put it to good use if ever it is returned!<BR/><BR/>Congratulations on the 100th - we have loved each one of them for their content, the style and the positive energy you infuse into them.Thank you!Ushahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00179239922869639391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29858077.post-46822143713383341502007-06-18T11:35:00.000+05:302007-06-18T11:35:00.000+05:30Hi HHGYou've been tagged with The Thinking Blogger...Hi HHG<BR/><BR/>You've been tagged with The Thinking Blogger Award. The URL is http://tiny-tidbits.blogspot.com/2007/06/thinking-blogger-award_18.html.<BR/><BR/>Highly possible you may have been tagged with this before HHG, but fact remains that I do deeply respect you and your highly thought provoking blog. So tagged you all over again :-)<BR/><BR/>GauriGaurihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05715712617305066550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29858077.post-52966948271526700642007-06-17T16:41:00.000+05:302007-06-17T16:41:00.000+05:30Hahaha.... that was a good one!! :) Why in the wor...Hahaha.... that was a good one!! :) Why in the world did the magazine have to reject it!!! Its very well written. :) Congrats for the 100th post. :)Coffeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12361203237120149470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29858077.post-4810992716295208762007-06-17T11:57:00.000+05:302007-06-17T11:57:00.000+05:30he he :) congrats for the 100th post... its a grea...he he :) congrats for the 100th post... its a great thing, i really enjoy reading all ur posts...<BR/><BR/>and i wish for u that it doesnt come back. though on one side i agree that the taste that u get with hand grinded ones u simply dont get it in the wet grinder. I really look forward to visting my husband's village where his grandma hand grinds the batter still and the result is yummy idlies... <BR/><BR/>hope u are enjoying ur vacation to the fullestMonikahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02627040210376581730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29858077.post-23471341268302407692007-06-16T19:26:00.000+05:302007-06-16T19:26:00.000+05:30:), Congrats HHG on your 100th post, and prayers t...:), Congrats HHG on your 100th post, and prayers that the stone doesnt come back like a bad penny :). Hope you are back from your vacation and we get to see more of your posts.<BR/><BR/>--altoidAltoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12905810697784377192noreply@blogger.com