Food being my passion, once I went to the extent of declaring "I treat every appetite as a gift". Pat comes a reply from my flatmate, "what about those guys who dont have anything to eat?, they would rather not have any appetite". No doubt, I was stumped.
That said, food still occupies my mind to a good extent and I let out a cry every 4 hours "I am hungry!" or sometimes "Bhookh lag raha hai!" or some other times "Bhookh lag rahi hai!" (I dont care for gender (of non-humans) the way Hindi forces you to).
Alright, now to more divisive aspects of food. Non-vegetarianism. Again, I am on the defensive here (come on, being a foodie and a veggie?). I tell people that I would have turned non-veggie even if I was born in a veggie family. I am a non-veggie to the extent of hearing bacon when someone mentions besan! (ya, happened).
But even I felt the urge to try and not to kill animals for the sake of my passion. May be if someone hands me the bird/animal that I am going to eat and ask me to kill it for cooking, I probably would not do it. I know hypocrisy creeping in! That is why it is much easier to eat non-veg that is cooked to a form farther from the live form.
Coming to the other aspect of food that is often ignored, cooking. I thought this is one way of extending my passion for food (and healthier probably). I have put in great amounts of time to analyze ways to make a decent looking omelette (mind you it is looks that I am putting fight for, taste cant go wrong with eggs acc. to me). Two giant leaps in this direction that humankind will be proud of me for are,
1. Breaking an egg without defeating the purpose of it. Tips: hit gently with the sharp side of a spoon and try to open the egg, not break.
2. Flipping it on a pan. Tips: dont bother too much about this. All you need is the contents of eggs and mixture of salt, oil etc living in harmony together on a hot pan for a while. If you really care for it, give flip a try and you have only yourself to blame for it. Now, the messy looking yet tasty omelette is ready!
With the combo of passion for food and extremely boring weekends, I actually gave cooking classes a thought. Checked that each session costs 2-3 times dining at a premium restaurant! Dont know how that makes sense, given that a good portion of premium you pay in restaurant is for ambience and the possibility of food going waste etc.. Anyway that means I can only try this at home (whoa, whatever happened to Please dont try this at home!, which by the way is a particularly rubbish way of stopping world from increasing its average I.Q) ....... in case your eye-brows getting closer reading this part, I skipped a couple of steps in reasoning here.
Anyway, rounding off here, Bhookh Lag Raha/i hai!
