Well today saw me learning to eat 'Indian style'... Every day I go in to work and they ask me what I've had for breakfast (or 'tindi' in Kannada)... As most of you will know I don't actually ever eat breakfast, but with the fear of them telling me to come with them and eat I have been embellishing the truth and saying
"yes yes I've had breakfast"
"what did you have?"
Damn. The dreaded question.
"Erm toast"
"toast? you mean bread?"
"yes"
Roars of laughter ensue. I mean who eats toast for breakfast?
EVERY DAY I have this conversation. So today I told the truth "NO I din't have breakfast".
So I got sent away to go and 'eat' but thank goodness- alone.. So I went away, had a coffee and came back.
"What did you have?"
"Coffee and muffins" (cause it's the only thing they sell that I know what it is.)
Laughter.
"Today you eat lunch with us"
"OK"...... SHIT.
So I put it out there and told them I cannot eat spicy food, I'm just not used to it.
"Don't worry it's not spicy"
Yeah right I know their idea of 'not spicy' but I had no option, other than to be rude, so I braved it and went to eat lunch with them, which was actually home cooked food they took out of their bags in containers.
So we sit down and then the realisation dawns on me, not only am I gonna eat food that's gonna blow my head off... I'm looking around the tiny room that is not even a staff room thinking 'oh God, no, there is no cutlery'.............
I came clean and said
"Listen guys this is my first time eating in this way (without cutlery) so this is going to be a learning experience for me".
They were so excited (and surprised) and so we tucked in. At first it was fine because it was a chapati (flat bread) with a pumpkin curry sauce thing which was easy to pick up with the bread as it was quite thick. Then came rice and a sauce the consistency of soup......
"I'm full now"
"No no you must try this too" and on my lid (of the container) it goes.... 'how the hell am I gonna eat this with my hands' I was thinking, but I did it. I was a great source of amusement for them and myself but eventually I got used to it.. and so, there you go, the cutlery in the house has gone in the bin. CUTLERY? Who needs cutlery? I'm getting down with the culture..... Only thing is, I'm right handed so I still wipe my bum (using toilet roll) with that hand, and now I eat with it too........
:)
Ciao
"yes yes I've had breakfast"
"what did you have?"
Damn. The dreaded question.
"Erm toast"
"toast? you mean bread?"
"yes"
Roars of laughter ensue. I mean who eats toast for breakfast?
EVERY DAY I have this conversation. So today I told the truth "NO I din't have breakfast".
So I got sent away to go and 'eat' but thank goodness- alone.. So I went away, had a coffee and came back.
"What did you have?"
"Coffee and muffins" (cause it's the only thing they sell that I know what it is.)
Laughter.
"Today you eat lunch with us"
"OK"...... SHIT.
So I put it out there and told them I cannot eat spicy food, I'm just not used to it.
"Don't worry it's not spicy"
Yeah right I know their idea of 'not spicy' but I had no option, other than to be rude, so I braved it and went to eat lunch with them, which was actually home cooked food they took out of their bags in containers.
So we sit down and then the realisation dawns on me, not only am I gonna eat food that's gonna blow my head off... I'm looking around the tiny room that is not even a staff room thinking 'oh God, no, there is no cutlery'.............
I came clean and said
"Listen guys this is my first time eating in this way (without cutlery) so this is going to be a learning experience for me".
They were so excited (and surprised) and so we tucked in. At first it was fine because it was a chapati (flat bread) with a pumpkin curry sauce thing which was easy to pick up with the bread as it was quite thick. Then came rice and a sauce the consistency of soup......
"I'm full now"
"No no you must try this too" and on my lid (of the container) it goes.... 'how the hell am I gonna eat this with my hands' I was thinking, but I did it. I was a great source of amusement for them and myself but eventually I got used to it.. and so, there you go, the cutlery in the house has gone in the bin. CUTLERY? Who needs cutlery? I'm getting down with the culture..... Only thing is, I'm right handed so I still wipe my bum (using toilet roll) with that hand, and now I eat with it too........
:)
Ciao
No comments:
Post a Comment