The Confessions of a Bread Burner

Originally Posted by Mindian

hI balajee,
First of all envy your wife for having such a good cook at home...have actually been advising dd the last few days that it would not be a bad idea to go for a sanjeev kapoor or the likes...doesnt seem to show any interest in cooking...BTW a great blog on burnt toast....dd says she too has friends who really like their toast burnt black so..... to each his own ....i suppose...
regards
Mindi

Mindi, all three of us (me, wife,dd) are good cooks but except me, the other two find burnt toast downright poisonous). I am surprised that dd does not show interest in cooking. Cooking is the best form of meditation. It keeps the mind focussed, calm and acts as a great stressbuster. Spending sometime in the kitchen is better than sitting and meditating! I , infact, am surprised that there is no book called Zen and the Art of Fryihg Pappads.

Originally Posted by Mindian

hI balajee,
First of all envy your wife for having such a good cook at home...have actually been advising dd the last few days that it would not be a bad idea to go for a sanjeev kapoor or the likes...doesnt seem to show any interest in cooking...BTW a great blog on burnt toast....dd says she too has friends who really like their toast burnt black so..... to each his own ....i suppose...
regards
Mindi

Mindi, all three of us at home (wife, me, dd) are good cooks though the other two find burnt toast downright toxic. Cooking is the best form of meditation. It helps concentrate the mind, keeps one calm and is a great stressbuster. Someone should really write a book called Zen and the Art of Frying Pappads.

When I first went to the Univ of Florida and started cooking my roomate used to ask me 'What are u burning today?' When u eat toast and drink coffee u can call it 'Burnty aur Bubbly !'

Santosh

Dear Balajee,
So when you are there in the kitchen you 'light & burn' it up I guess.
Very hilarious post.

dear balajee,

Bread burner's confession was truly hilarious . and i agree with you that hell is a interesting place.

The burning and charring reminded me of my mil who is no more. she could even accept small spots that appear on rotis and dosas when cooking...she needed them cooked but without even brown spots..(forget the black..)..


nice to know you like charred bread...and to intentionally charr bread..what to say about it...

have a great toast every weekend.

Originally Posted by Kamalji

Dear Balajee,

Would love to try yr cooking, but no burnt bread for me , OK ? But i could wash down burnt bread, if given a helping of some nice Fish with BL.Regards.kamal

Kamalji, much as I enjoy eating fish and a few pegs of B/L my non-veg culinary ability does not go beyond Egg Korma.(its non-veg identity is debatable. In fact I have convinced my family it is veg).Like you I am very fond of fish but have to eat outside home. Though my wife does allow friends to send fish dishes to me she puts the vessels through a rigorous cleaning process and then keeps accusing me of increasing her workload.

Hi Balajee,

The pleasure of life is in doing what we want to do. I agree with your family about the unpleasant aroma spread in your home after the task, but when your heart says "do it" you should "go ahead and do it". Enjoyed reading the post. Keep it coming!

Hello balajee
I heard about breadearner ,brideburner & gas burner but not about bread burner.
A hilarious post.

Dear Balajee,

A bread winner wanted to prove his bread burning skill. Burning the mid night oil will bear good results(being a journalist). But not a burnt bread . kanaka

Originally Posted by uncannybal

When I first went to the Univ of Florida and started cooking my roomate used to ask me 'What are u burning today?' When u eat toast and drink coffee u can call it 'Burnty aur Bubbly !'

Santosh

Santosh that is a great idea for a 5-star hotel to recycle burnt toasts! Burnt toast can be served with champagne and the combination should be called Burnty and Bubbly. Of course a lot of hype needed to be generated before the dish is introduced.to brainwash idiots into believing that it is haute cuisine.