tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34858118.post8688071465131665955..comments2024-03-22T13:12:39.527+05:30Comments on Mumbai Magic: A lesson in Mutton KormaDeepahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076685280358127119noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34858118.post-27232903798285294652007-04-14T11:53:00.000+05:302007-04-14T11:53:00.000+05:30hi,nice post..loved the visuals.Will surely experi...hi,<BR/>nice post..loved the visuals.<BR/>Will surely experiment the mutton korma :))<BR/><BR/>maybe u would wanna add this to http://www.sigfood.org/<BR/>cheersAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11102416268932336745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34858118.post-82007333985399790612007-02-05T21:07:00.000+05:302007-02-05T21:07:00.000+05:30Er...are you calling me puritanical? What a scary ...Er...are you calling me puritanical? What a scary thought :) <br /><br />I don't have a holier-than-thou attitude about being vegetarian. I don't eat meat because:<br /><br />1) I grew up vegetarian, but did not get any pro-vegetarian propaganda from parents. Therefore I have no inclination to 'rebel' by eating meat, unlike some people I know.<br /><br />2) Killing birds and animals doesn't feel good. I don't feel the same way about killing a plant, although plants are sentient beings too. There is no logic to this, only feeling.<br /><br />- DeepaDeepahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08076685280358127119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34858118.post-86916843865143406882007-02-05T14:31:00.000+05:302007-02-05T14:31:00.000+05:30I think you missed something by not tasting the fi...I think you missed something by not tasting the finished korma, at least the rassa.<br /><br />From the pics, I believe its being cooked on a coal fire (slow cooked) and since the vessel was covered its a crude "dum". <br /><br />Having been born in a TamBrahm household, and then growing up in a cosmopolitan enclave in B'bay I cannot understand the negative effects that meat creates for some. I can understand the physical nausea since that's the body responding to the unfamiliar but the philosophical objections to eating meat is, well , puritanical.<br /><br />I still enjoy eating meat and the times when I have gone to the market, got a fresh chicken / goat slaughtered, then waited for it to be cleaned and gutted and before cooking it (sometimes overnight) makes the experience wonderful. <br /><br />My parents, being strict vegetarians, had objections similar to yours until Discovery started beaming in different cultures into their living room. They still will not eat it, but now when they see someone eating a big fat grub they understand. <br /><br />..ram<br />http://lopingpredator.blogspot.com/CanisLupushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13080677321015342316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34858118.post-66049339207740777512007-02-05T14:05:00.000+05:302007-02-05T14:05:00.000+05:30Ah. That would explain it. But don't worry about t...Ah. That would explain it. But don't worry about the "diminishing the pleasure" part. My wife (a brahmin) has been drumming that into my head for 10 yrs to no avail. She's a vegetarian and I obviously am not. But I do agree that knowing where your food comes can make people think before they eat. <br /><br />Unfortunately I've been conditioned to satiate the taste buds than to pay attention to the ethical, moral and health issues of eating meat.<br /><br />Eric Schlosser's 'Fast Food Nation' and 'Chew on this' have touched on related issues.<br /><br />Btw, how many taboos did u break that day? I can count 3 (i think).Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05843801036200477079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34858118.post-18152930072223944322007-02-04T07:43:00.000+05:302007-02-04T07:43:00.000+05:30I'm vegetarian. I grew up in a Brahmin household. ...I'm vegetarian. I grew up in a Brahmin household. In this post, I was originally going to write about food taboos, different communities, and what the Brahmin side of me felt while seeing the mutton being cooked. There is a sense of physical nausea at the sight and smell of raw meat. <br /><br />There were lambs and adult goats tied up nearby. I was also going to write about whether if you come face to face with your food, you start thinking differently about it. I saw a program on Discovery recently where small children at a farm had great difficulty understanding that their favourite pig had been slaughtered. <br /><br />Do you know why I didn't write this stuff in the post? I felt really strongly that if I wrote something like that, it would diminish the pleasure that mutton eaters would get from this post. I don't have an agenda about propagating vegetarianism, and I don't think the whole world should be vegetarian. <br /><br />- DeepaDeepahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08076685280358127119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34858118.post-60893451391857948742007-02-04T07:17:00.000+05:302007-02-04T07:17:00.000+05:30Stupid question. Did u try it?Stupid question. Did u try it?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05843801036200477079noreply@blogger.com