tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17189016.post4208318300267995483..comments2024-01-03T13:53:38.766+05:30Comments on pareltank: The Cutlery Crisiskochuthresiamma p .jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01320086308375078739noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17189016.post-2497052173490658362009-08-28T11:34:20.923+05:302009-08-28T11:34:20.923+05:30@ austere
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million...@ austere<br />thanks for visiting.<br />@ anonymous<br />million thanks<br />@ stoic<br />yes. all priests are trained to use cutlery.kochuthresiamma p .jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01320086308375078739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17189016.post-43115529852200087592009-08-28T11:14:57.521+05:302009-08-28T11:14:57.521+05:30Lovely.
What I've been missing!Lovely.<br />What I've been missing!austerehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16839224877080864005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17189016.post-10573488649544924292009-08-27T17:17:27.724+05:302009-08-27T17:17:27.724+05:30Salute to your skills again. This story would neve...Salute to your skills again. This story would never sound right in English, if I were to tell it. But you did manage it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17189016.post-1270183092923882062009-08-26T16:47:08.581+05:302009-08-26T16:47:08.581+05:30We have Finishing schools now; and 'weapon'...We have Finishing schools now; and 'weapon' training is extra-part of most professional courses. In the 1960s, an Irinjalakuda College had the rule that all boys of the PG must wear pants (trousers) daily. This was very insightful because their boys were all from the farmer classes. Though from a more reputed College, I had worn pants only in the NCC (till well into the second year of myA Stoichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10657488599907311113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17189016.post-49173953224747096452009-08-26T16:13:24.386+05:302009-08-26T16:13:24.386+05:30@ deepak
i too have had this flying chicken experi...@ deepak<br />i too have had this flying chicken experience. yes. nothing can be more embarassing<br />@ Nikhil narayan<br />eat crab with weapons! no way! not even if my life depends on it.wont let any ayudham spoil my enjoyment of crab!<br />@los<br />'armed to the teeth '... and always got these funny relieved smiles before they sheepishly discarded their arms and went Indian....'<kochuthresiamma p .jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01320086308375078739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17189016.post-20956576113929490822009-08-26T15:44:48.622+05:302009-08-26T15:44:48.622+05:30What a great post!
I had my first experience with ...What a great post!<br />I had my first experience with the mini weapons more than three years back. I had just got my first job offer and to celebrate we went for a buffet in Abad Plaza, Cochin. Now the friends who came with me were, surprisingly, well versed with the fork and the spoon. And this was my first buffet ever in a hotel!<br /><br />I attacked the bony chicken pieces with my fork and The one who has loved and losthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15738489354623134522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17189016.post-10238960849737464752009-08-26T13:33:01.955+05:302009-08-26T13:33:01.955+05:30Teacher,
Have had my share of adventures trying to...Teacher,<br />Have had my share of adventures trying to have crab in a restaurant.<br />The ones in restaurants are bigger than what we get at home and so hardships multiply, even more with some cutlery. <br /><br />-NikhilNikhil Narayananhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01925886537201353625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17189016.post-9931640803346992012009-08-26T13:01:45.528+05:302009-08-26T13:01:45.528+05:30My whole-hearted sympathy for Ms. Keralina. Since ...My whole-hearted sympathy for Ms. Keralina. Since I have never moved out of Kerala, I stick to my hands everywhere. There have been times when I reached out with my hand even when every other person on the table were armed to the teeth , and always got these funny relieved smiles before they sheepishly discarded their arms and went Indian....loshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02079748844723239658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17189016.post-69198260659450777402009-08-26T10:20:35.771+05:302009-08-26T10:20:35.771+05:30yeah..but then i didnot want mom to feel uncomfort...yeah..but then i didnot want mom to feel uncomfortable alone as she was not used to it..moreover it was a indian restaurant..<br /><br /><br />yes..i had a successful surgery yesterday...everything is fine now...the trout was precisely dissected..;-Pmathewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00860741232962357228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17189016.post-47494946048953209702009-08-26T08:22:38.615+05:302009-08-26T08:22:38.615+05:30@Jennifer
thanks for visiting the blog.
yes, it...@Jennifer<br />thanks for visiting the blog.<br />yes, it's good to have another perspective,<br />'I also got freaked out seeing people having sambar, curds, etc etc running down their arm... a typical American would loose their appitite'<br />i also get freaked out seeing that. i also would lose my apetite.<br />each community - even families- has different ways eating with the kochuthresiamma p .jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01320086308375078739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17189016.post-57625025532548931922009-08-26T07:38:39.782+05:302009-08-26T07:38:39.782+05:30What a fascinating post!!
I am an American, and t...What a fascinating post!!<br /><br />I am an American, and that whole 6-8-10 silverware spread would scare me to death too, and does. First time I encountered it, I picked a suitable size spoon and fork in the spread and used that for the entire course....of course, I came to know later how wrong I was!!!<br /><br />But on the flip side, like Keralina when I moved to Chennai and had to learn to Jen Kumarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10735589129433554766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17189016.post-61850320975780372042009-08-25T22:14:20.430+05:302009-08-25T22:14:20.430+05:30@ scorpio
yes, i think it's b a good idea foa ...@ scorpio<br />yes, i think it's b a good idea foa all to take basic lessons in handling the stuff - since when u r in Rome, the best policy is to do what the romans do<br />@ mathew<br />'but then we thought what the heck..lets be indian for a while!!;-D'<br />i'd be ueasy doing that - we attract unnecessary attention.<br />were u able to demolish the trout with the weapons?<br /kochuthresiamma p .jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01320086308375078739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17189016.post-60604279822951234662009-08-25T19:05:06.766+05:302009-08-25T19:05:06.766+05:30Ohh poor Karelina. The entire week within sight of...Ohh poor Karelina. The entire week within sight of such a hearty non veg meal and not able to touch it would have been a plight!sujata senguptahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13101153080266818022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17189016.post-49114656627321917272009-08-25T16:41:37.531+05:302009-08-25T16:41:37.531+05:30That was so funny.
Still laughing at 'eating w...That was so funny.<br />Still laughing at 'eating with mini weapons!'<br />This must have so traumatic for Keralina, poor woman!Aparnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05527786215758008556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17189016.post-57544051406910503622009-08-25T16:41:17.601+05:302009-08-25T16:41:17.601+05:30your post reminded me of a friend of mine who went...your post reminded me of a friend of mine who went out for dinner with a client from US. there were a number of pieces of cutlery on both sides of the plate and crossing her fingers, she picked up something which she thought was hers. a few minutes later, the very sporting client asks her, "now may I have your spoon and fork please?"wanderlusthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00864855488441029322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17189016.post-27940696083119744122009-08-25T16:27:18.662+05:302009-08-25T16:27:18.662+05:30I had apprehensions about whether i would ever be...I had apprehensions about whether i would ever be able to manage with the weapons...but after a week of eating i think you get the trick...today we are having trout fish for lunch with plenty of thorns...and am going to have it thinking about this post..;-)<br /><br />I remember the first time i had pizza with my european colleagues...they had to wait for 15 minutes for me to finish..when mathewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00860741232962357228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17189016.post-65529240216558010572009-08-25T16:22:55.258+05:302009-08-25T16:22:55.258+05:30ROTFL...i cannot stop laughing imagining the scene...ROTFL...i cannot stop laughing imagining the scene in office..i was like her when i came to Germany..i struggled big time in the initial days while having lunch with the germans who were doing fluent surgery...and unlike her i couldnt get away with the noyambu trick..;-P<br /><br />anyways next week its gonna be my 3rd year here...just thinking of those days makes me laugh...when mom and dad was mathewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00860741232962357228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17189016.post-76024966080622134422009-08-25T16:15:43.526+05:302009-08-25T16:15:43.526+05:30Oh poor old Keralina!
You know how many Keralinas...Oh poor old Keralina!<br /><br />You know how many Keralinas will be there around us on a single day at a given time? This is a big problem when you fly out of the country, especially to the West, if you're not used to the cutlery. <br /><br />Saying that, I still remember how I suffered when I went to a top hotel for the first time to celebrate my 18th bday. But then, since all we boys were scorpiogeniushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08071359354604682509noreply@blogger.com