Month: June 2018

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DOUBLE KING SIZE BURGER.

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“What the hell was that? Are you kidding me? Two double king size burgers! I hadn’t ordered this.Where is my order?”. This was me speaking with the person who had taken my order at a nearby restaurant.

A new outlet has opened up near our home, a few years back and they served nearly all sorts of American cuisine and Italian cuisines.

So, out of my love for good and nice sizzling burgers, I ordered for two burgers, but for their promotion, they told me that-” sir just add hundred rupees to your order and you you would get two big burgers free”. So, I agreed.

What happens is that after having one burger, sometimes I don’t feel fully satiated and when they said that for a hundred rupees you would get two big burgers free, I readily agreed.

But when my order came, there were only two burgers which were double king sized and the burgers which I ordered for,were not there.Each one was the size of a two-storey bungalow. I couldn’t hold the burger box in between my thumbs and my index finger.

The delivery boy told me that, the burgers which I had ordered were out of stock, as there were some problems with the patties, so they had deducted seventy five rupees from the bill and they would give me a thirty percent discount on my next order and they had given me a mini can of cold drinks to show their apology.

That mini can of cold drinks was over before I could say A,B and C.Poof like that.It simply got over.

Then we (ma and me), sat down to have our lunch, and we opened the burger boxes and we were shocked to see that burgers were so magnanimous and huge that they could easily be converted into a doll’s house, with a balcony and a swimming pool.

Ma said-“I can’t have this.I will only have the top most tier of the burger and you can decide what to do with the rest.”

I said-“Ma, a burger this huge could be breakfast, lunch and dinner all together. I don’t  think that I will eat more than half of this burger.”

We started to eat it. As expected, as soon as we tried to pick up the burger, the burger crumbled down like a pack of cards and tomatoes, lettuce leaves, onions, chicken patties were all scattered here and there inside the box.

That’s when I called them up. A lunch is supposed to be an important meal of the day.It is not a matter of joke.

They said-“Sir we are sorry. This won’t happen again.”

I replied-“It’s okay, but please make sure, that the next time I must get the order that I have ordered for or I won’t accept that order.”

As you would have guessed by now, I have never ordered from that place again.

Ma asked me keep the uneaten burgers in the fridge and in the evening, she made sandwiches for me from those lettuce leaves, onions, tomatoes,chicken patties and she added a few ingredients of her own.

It is not good to waste food.

Atleast our evening snack was better than our lunch.

Be happy and never waste food, even if they are larger than double king sized bedsheets.

Ganache is better save me from a riduculous salad.
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Ganache- The Salad Saviour.

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“God, please, help me finish this bitter salad”. Few days back ma and me, we both went to a restaurant quite near our home.There while having a three course meal, we both ordered for two different salads.

It was the first time, that I was having that salad.Our salads came first, to be followed by the other food items. As I stated above, Ma’s salad was different from mine. So we both started having our respective salads. Ma’s salad was a cool and sweet one, while mine was an extremely bitter and tangy one.I simply couldn’t bear to have it after having two spoonfulls.

Immediately, I notified the captain of the restaurant, that the salad was not upto my expectations. He told me that, the salad which I had selected was made in that way only and nothing could be done about it. I told him, that it was alright and I pushed my salad aside.Few minutes later, he came back and said to me-“Sir, would like some warm chocolate sauce over it? That would make it more palatable.”

After much deliberation , I said yes to him and he poured the warm chocolate syrup over the lettuce leaves in the salad.

Believe it or not, the salad was much more palatable than before.

I called the captain later to my table and asked him -“The chocolate sauce, that you poured over my salad was it ganache?”

He replied -“I don’t know what that is sir, but let me ask the chef”.

He went inside the kitchen and with him, the chef came out and they came over to my table.

I asked the chef that whether the chocolate sauce was ganache or not?

He replied-“Yes, sir. It is indeed ganache”.

I had heard about ganache before, but hadn’t tasted a one that had been freshly made and I got to have it while it was still a bit hot, so it completely changed my outlook towards that salad and towards chocolate sauces as well.Before this incident, I used to be a little skeptical towards chocolate sauces or syrups,for that matter.But now that perception has completely changed.

From that day,ganache is one of my favourite food items.

There is an another tale with ganache which I shall relate to you sooner or later.

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Fitness Tracker- New Charm of Fitness Routine.

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The fitness tracker is the new development in the world of fitness.

Fitness trackers are the new fave. One out of three hands, have a fitness tracker, instead of a watch now a days.

These fitness trackers promise a lot of things. The biggest promise that they indirectly and subtly make, is to push you for your daily exercise,by giving you constant reminders, otherwise that costly fitness tracker will keep a watch on it’s own battery health, rather than your fitness and will look good on the backdrop of selfies.

Some of them come with the option of playing music , so that you don’t have to carry your iPods or mp3 players.

It maintains the regular history of your heart rate, heart beats and the number of steps that you have jogged, walked and even danced.

You can set a limit till which you would exercise.For example-You decide that you would jog five thousand ,a day. Your fitness tracker can help you with keeping up that count.

It is a multi tasker.It plays songs, keeps track of your sleep and sleep patterns, continuously monitors your heart’s overall functioning and it is a God sent gift to all the fitness freaks,who can be now even more fitness conscious and eat less than two breads a day, that the fitness tracker can even receive calls and sms, while you are shedding those extra five kilos, that you gained on your recent summer vacation. It is good for the bosses and their employees also.Neither of them can deny that they didn’t have their phone with them, while they were working out.

Fitness trackers are extremely handy and they can nearly do everything except that neither they can’t help you watch on T.V. and nor can they help you,play your favourite electronic game.

I don’t know whether everyone should buy a fitness tracker or not.But I do know one thing ,that, to buy a fitness tracker, a person must have the inclination to remain fit and it is primary, that a person remains fit, for himself rather than for the world or the fitness tracker, because, if he is true to himself then only he will be fit. Otherwise, all would simply be an mechanical exercise.

N.B.- I rather forgot one thing. Fitness tracker also keeps the time.Ha ha ha!

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Father's day is a very special occasion for children to celebrate.
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Happy Father’s Day.

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Father’s day is a very special occasion for all of us.This day gives us the opportunity to remind ourselves, that how fortunate we all are to have our fathers, to love our fathers and this day gives us the subtle opportunity to spend a whole day with them and to buy them nice gifts. Fathers are the basis of our lives. For a child his or her father is their best friend,guide and the strong force, that makes them keep on going.

Holding a father’s finger a son or a daughter learns to take his or her first steps on this earth. Many children are inspired to follow their father’s footsteps and they also opt for their father’s vocation.

Most of us, take our fathers for granted. The warmth and protection that a mom gives, grows more and basks more in a father’s protection and cover.

In most of the cases, father is the bread earning member of the family.Due to that, they put more time at their work rather than being at home and this often leads to them missing their kids birthdays, family occasions,festivals, etc.No one likes to miss any family functions or their kid’s birthdays.This shows that how much fathers work hard to make all the happiness available for their family.

Many children when they grow up and have their own kids, reminiscence that while bringing them up, their dads would be the strictest person on earth. More strict than one’s physical education or physical training teacher. Dads are strict, because it is the protocol. But inside love for their kids grows ten times with each day passing.

Love your dads and be with them and stand by them forever.Never disrespect them.Always respect them with utmost regards and love.

I love my dad the most and wish you all a very happy father’s day.

Never ever forget that God Almighty is the biggest father off all.

Nachos make a lively snack, especially in the evening.Here is a small style of eating it.
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“Burping” Mexican Nachos with Mustard Cheese Dip.

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Buy two packets of green chilly Mexican Nachos and buy a mustard cheese dip bottle.

Chop two onions and tomatoes nicely.The chopped pieces should be small.

On all those nachos, add one layer of chopped onion and one layer of chopped tomato.

Now,hold the nachos steady with it’s garnishing nicely done, so that the onion and the tomato doesn’t fall off and they must not topple off. Dip it into the mustard cheese dip and after dipping it, when you will eat the nachos, you will definitely feel and see that your day is alive.

Before dipping it, in the cheese dip, you can add a bit of sweet and hot sauce over the nachos.It is preferred to garnish all the nachos first, then arrange them in a plate and then have them one by one, by dipping them into the mustard cheese dip.Then, the adding of the sweet and hot sauce can also be done easily.

Have a glass of cold water nearby, as there is not a single person on earth, who can stop after eating a few nachos. So , it will get hot and that cold glass of water will quench the heat from the nachos.

Mexican foods are generally hot, so the burps are bound to burp.

This nachos preparation is extremely delightful and tasty to eat and hotter the nachos, the bigger will be the burp.

So, Happy Burping!.