Acid A cooking King

 I was teaching science at school. In chemistry class, I showed students a bottle of acid. In the chemistry lab, I did a simple experiment and showed students the physical and chemical properties of Acid. To make my lesson interesting, I taught students how, in cooking procedures, we do use acids to make food tasty and boost immunity. To clear the salient points of my lecture, I wrote a poem entitled "Acid- Equaliser- Immunity Booster" and pasted it on the notice board of my school. The same I am listing below for my esteemed readers.

Acid- Equaliser- Immunity Booster

 

Sourness—sourness ! in food guys,

It is #conjecturing our faces, guys.

Don’t worry dear, sourness is due to me, guys.

I am acid,

I contain hydrogen ions,

I am sour in nature, friends.

In fruits, lemon and  orange,

I am acid citric,

In #Tamraid I am acid #tartaric,

 In yogurt, I am acid #lactic,

In green apples, I am acid  #Malic.

 

My Sourness in food,

It is detected by your taste buds, friends.

They are present on your tongue-sides.

 

I(acid) actually brightens your food flavors,

I energize dishes and reduce their  greasiness,

I can reduce seafood, #aroma characteristics.

I prevent the browning of cut vegetables,

By slowing the enzyme that causes this,

My acidity is measured through scale of #Ph

Acidity for me (acid) measures on a scale of 0-7 pH.

 

In #Bollywood films,

My image is very bad,

Sometimes I am used as a destructive tool,

 By #villain of the film,

But friends for you,

I am actually very good,

My presence in food,

 Make you salivate.

It makes it easier for you,

To digest what you eat.

 

In the second wave of Corona,

Which was going on with swing full,

It was advisable to use citrus fruits,

Acid present in citrus fruits,

Boost the immune system to extent.

 

Acid, you act as an equalizer in my food,

Your place in cooking is like a king,

You balance out taste of sweet and salt,

You overall prevent any taste,

 Dominate in any dish.

 

Thank you, my friend Acid,

For being so nice and kind,

Helping with our immunity boost,

In the time corona difficulty,

My friend Equalizer,

and my family salutes,

You are respected for all you do.

To maintain our good health.

Thank you, my friend Acid,

For being so nice and kind,

Helping with our immunity boost,

In the time corona difficulty,

My friend Equalizer,

Me My family and salute,

You are respected for all you do.

To maintain our good health.

Dr Sukarma Rani Thareja

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Wish of Mother Rani

  

 Wish of Mother  Rani

It is very difficult for Rani to forget the formula which decides gender formation, ie, male/female in any species, ie, xx=xy (pair of chromosomes), which she was taught in tenth class by her biology teacher. Why this formula haunts Ms Rani till today is a million dollar question. She cannot forget how, under pressure from her mother-in-law and husband, she got herself aborted a few times, because she was carrying a baby girl. To some extent, she was also party to that awful decision.

She understands what she did was a sin—— and she was morally incorrect. But why did she take this decision? She has no concrete convincing answer to herself till today. The fact that she cannot share this black truth of her life with anyone in this world, even with her own dear and near ones, is a big pain for her. Rani knows that valid questions like—Are you mad, Rani?—What is the point in getting so much education if you can’t face the world?-etc—etc will be raised if she shares this secret with anyone, even if they are her own sisters. It is also a fact that all said and done, she is not ready to become a mother to her second daughter at any cost. When she looks back on her own journey, those sad dark patches of her life journey and unhappy experiences that make her reinforce her decision, that is what action she took was right, though it is painful for her till today.

Rani works as a helper in the canteen of a famous women's college in Delhi, and happens to get a platform for interaction with women coming from different walks of life. During many meaningful conversations, they convey to her that the time has come for Indians will study the necessary and sufficient conditions of this genetic formula, xx=xy. And very soon will implement those conditions in Indian society, in such a way that each citizen of’ India today ‘will feel pride, comfortable and will get equal rights and opportunity. 

For Rani, it is nothing but a dirty joke. She knows that for states of her country like Haryana and Punjab, formula xx<xy.

Enough is enough, but Rani is still waiting after 75 years of independence, that when we Indians, who boast of our cultural, spiritual and science- technical know how heritage, will come out from these conservative believes and assure ‘Aam nari’(ordinay Indian woman) like Rani that TV serials like ‘satyamev jayte’ will not get buried in history of India. When will ’ Aam nari’ (ordinary Indian woman) get justice from her own society, and will she feel proud in giving birth to a female child?

How will this be possible? Rani always asks these questions herself. Yes! It is possible, Rani, ‘didi ji’ in my college tells me, if we all sincerely salute to blessings of motherhood and count our blessings and recognize the talent, beauty and importance of a little bundle of joy and change our mental setup.

Rani is hopeful and still waiting for that new auspicious morning—

Sukarma Rani Thareja

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Cooking Makes Family Creative

 Now decades later, I’m the cook in my family so the daughter-in-law (my wife) doesn’t have to cook. Don’t get me wrong, she’s a great cook, too. I just like to cook. It’s therapeutic. And my married son is also the cook in his family. The daughter-in-law can also cook. But she doesn’t have to.

Being forced into pre-1960’s stereotypes is a sure fire way to cause tension in any marriage. There’s nothing in a woman’s DNA that make it her “responsibility to cook”. And, frankly, it’s none of your business who in their marriage cooks. Leave them alone and let them make their own way. And, if you don’t like the food, you don’t have to go there.

I have listed below my poem "Wonderful is Cooking Activity"

Wonderful is Cooking activity,

In my family,

Sometimes I cook,

Sometimes my husband cooks,

Sometimes my daughter-in-law cooks.

Therapeutic is a cooking activity,

There is nothing in a woman's DNA,

That makes it her responsibility to 

cook,

In India, people are always anxious,

To know who cooks in another family,

Is it fair to do so?

Please leave alone,

That respected Integrated family,

And let them make their own way,

 If somehow you,

Can't appreciate  their  cooking,

Please do not  make this cause of tension,

Best not to eat at their place,

Let them enjoy their cooking,

A peaceful activity,

That makes them Integrated,

creative family.

Sukarma Thareja 

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Quote about criticism Sukarma Thareja

 

One should not melt with praise, nor boil with criticism. Keep performing your duty selflessly. Because everything of this earth will remain on this earth.

Sukarma Thareja 

Secret of My granny's Sharp Memory

 

My dear granny goes to the temple,

 To light candles before God,

 She prays on bended knees for our well-being,

My dear granny cooks food for me every day,

People say Granny does her routine duty,

But friends more than routine duty,

 She is more exposed to the same activity,

Like a golfer practicing a swing thousands of times.

 That makes stronger connections,

 Between neurons in Granny’s brain,

In return, she gets a gift of God-good Memory.

The fact is each of the brain’s 100 billion nerve cells,

 It can have 10,000 connections to other nerve cells.

These creative projects my granny does,

 Makes- synapses, creates new circuits,

 Between nerve cells, which essentially remaps her brain.

The sheer number of possible connections due to creative activities,

Gives granny’s brain unfathomable flexibility,

 And builds up functional reserves,

 That provides a safety valve against future cell-neuron loss,

That makes Granny’s memory strong.

 

People also ask me how come your granny,

 Is so active and energetic with sound memory,

The secret is that my granny also does challenging,

 Along with her routine duties with amicable joy,

She does creative activities like reading fiction and painting,

 Learns new skills to make her brain active and strong.

My granny avoids doing creative, challenging activities,

Then some parts of her brain’s neurons,

 Which are not being used regularly,

 Will automatically get pruned,

Granny’s brain will be in a state of mental pruning,

That will make Granny’s memory weak.

 

Friends! To retain good memory, a gift of God, the best is should remain.

 Engaged in creative activities like my granny,

 Let one's brain do challenging activities,

So to have a strong connection between neurons of the brain,

As memory is a game of connections,

Please do treasure this God-given gift of good memory.

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Indian Curry

 India is a vast country. It has many states. Each state is unique in its traditions and, very importantly, infood curries. Food is still a very important activity of  women in India. Food diversity in India is absolutely

 mind-boggling, so is Indian curries.

I am fond of cooking. Being a chemistry teacher, I enjoy making my own recipes, and I also try them as and when I get time.  We Indians make different types of curries. 

We friends sometimes do discuss different curries, different curries  or gravies in our Indian cooking methods.

My friend Asha wanted me to write several different curries in the form of a little article so that she could send the same to her daughter living in USA. I wrote a summaryof different Indian curries. My submission  is as follows

 

 The Western and outside world thinks Indian curry is just one reddish oily one, either it is veg or nonveg. But it is not so. We have the following types of curries,depending on the main ingredients. I am listing below.

1. Regular ground onion, red chillies, and tomato curry.

 Like in chicken curry

2. Mashed lentils (dhals), chilly powder, tamarind gravy

.. Like in sambaar

3. Plain mashed dhal with red chillies and ghee…

as in dhal tadka

4. Onion, green chillies, tomato curry. Tomato gravy

 for rice and chapathis

5. Onion, chili powder, tomato curry.

 Like in potato -peas gravy

6. Onion, chili powder, tamarind curry. 

As in Chennai dish kara kuzhambu or Madras spicy red gravy

7. Onion, green chillies, and coconut paste curry.

 Like in kurumas, Kerala gravies

8. Red chillies, tamarind, and coconut curry.

 Like Mangalore gravies

9. Onion, chillies, cashew/almond paste,/cream curry.

 Like Lucknowy and Kashmiri curries

10. Bengal gram green chillies, ground together with curd added

 last…Tamil butter milk gravy

11. Bengal gram powder, curd, green chillies curry…

 As in Punjabi kadi

12. Onion, black pepper and tamarind curry.

 Milagu kozhambu..Tamilian pepper gravy,

Moral of the Story: Friends, we need one chilly/ pepper type,

 one base and one sour balancer or sweet balancer.

The base can be onion, cooked dhal,  Bengal gram paste, ground coconut, tomato, curds, tamarind, fresh cream, almond or cashew or poppy seeds.

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Unbaked Pichers

 My student Radha said, "School teaching is a very hard job. Even the salary structure is also not good, but Madam, you still keep a very strong opinion that a teaching job is most suitable  for me." 

I said, "My student, my parents-in-law are old and have 45 years of married life together. The pattern of their fights that I observe is always the same. They always try to change each other, which seems impossible. Both have individual personalities."

I further said"Out of love and concern about  loved one's health and safety issues, I have seen more and more people like my in-laws who tend to change their dear ones.  However, in this process, they forget their originality. They try to impose their wishes and habits on their loved ones, which sometimes is suffocating for them."

Friends, but in our teaching job, we teachers get the opportunity to inculcate good habits in our children/students by practicing good habits ourselves. We can teach them the right things when they are children. It's such a joy to make changes  in unbaked pitchers-our students

 The pitcher that is already baked(adults) will break if we try to change its shape.

We teachers, find a lot of things that could be improved in society. But it is very hard for us(teachers)to change parents, spouses, neighbors, colleagues, because they are baked, solid, and hard.

In the process of teaching, we teachers bring# positive changes in ourselves also. We learn to ignore things and let others live how they want. Sometimes, if the need arises, we maintain a distance from them to suppress unnecessary conflicts.

Moral of the story-Education is a process and not product. We teachers, are an important part of education. Teachers are always involved with unbaked pitchers(students), therefore, they are nation builders.

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