My love for food is
quintessential and for cooking an exquisite one. Experiments are the base of my
cooking and where my taste buds are concerned, they are more of spicy ones than
sweet. Well, the thing is where all the people in the world are worthy and in
love with sweets, I on the other hand don’t have a sweet tooth to die for.
I like my food spicy with a li’l tang to indulge in.
I've been thinking on
this topic quite a lot and the urge to write this one has originated from the
time I saw ‘Queen’- an Indian movie where the protagonist goes to travel Paris
by saying that she’s on a honeymoon and that too alone
(strange, isn't it? Nah!) . When an Italian cook asks her to
compliment his food, what she says is that a li’l bit more salt and pepper with
a dang bit of lemon will make the food taste even better. But surely the
Italian guy disagrees with her because everyone is so much attached to his/her
cuisine that a single exclamation leads to a doubt which needs to be cleared
off.
The taste of food has much to do with the taste experience of the entire
world. Indians are concerned with their food being spicy with all the other
Asians but the guys on the other side of the world-the sophisticated ones like
their food which consists of only one type of flavor. That’s why the taste
level is spicy in the southern areas like India, Pakistan, Mexico, and
South America while on the top, the French, Italians, Germans, North Americans
and the Mediterranean people are more likely to eat what we Indians call
‘hospital wala khaana’. If we present our ‘fever waali khichdi’ to them, may be
they’ll be impressed but the ‘Pani Puri’ or the ‘Chicken Tikka’ will surely
leave them to run for their lives. If you present a French dish to an
Indian, you’ll get the same response that the Italian guy got from Rani, the
protagonist of the film ‘Queen’. I'm not saying that they don't use chili in
their food or their food is flavorless but the spiciness is way too less as
compared to the Asian or Mexican food.
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The level of spiciness goes on decreasing from south to north and from east to
west. No wonder that the world’s spiciest chili, the 'Bhut Jolokia' which
is also known as ‘The Ghost Chili Pepper’, can be found in
the regions of the evergreen Assam – settled on the eastern coastline of
India.
Well, that was
food for thought but you guys go on eat something and don't miss out the
flavors of the world by dieting. Eat whatever you like and don't feel guilty.
Believe that who you are is the best you have achieved till now because you
don't know what surprises life has in its bag for you. Enjoy to your
fullest.