Friday, February 26, 2010

Tales from the kitchen

Thou shall never overestimate thy culinary skills!

Thoroughly disregarding this rule, two men (one doggedly coerced) set foot into the kitchen with towering ambitions, one bent to prove to the other his prowess, which was famously non existent! A great deal of preparations went into the making of an elaborate mezze pla that would have put even the finest of executive chefs to shame!

The younger one, expressed his doubts over what he considered was an operation waiting to be botched, but the elder would have none of it! Alas, the former was quickly silenced. So he shouldered the dubious plan in the thick of distrust and the worst of expectations!

Soon came the big question; how would it be done? Phone calls were made to an unsuspecting lady who was in the midst of recuperating from an affliction. The younger man on one end, wanting to soften the blow on the lady, suggested exercise of caution to the elder accomplice, as he knew the possible psychological after effects on the lady who considers her kitchen so dear. After all, the experience of having co-ruined a priceless Pyrex dish, many years ago, still lingers fresh in his mind!

Finally, after explanations were sought, in what was extensive detail, the plan was put to happen. Fire lit, concoctions readied and condiments dispensed with the supposed precision of a druid's exercise, hope soared high! But hope, as is the case in many instances, lasted momentarily and came crashing when the kitchen was soon awash with a burnt foul odour!

After all of the mess that ensued, the duo could not have expected horse d'ouvres, canapes and wine on the menu, could they?

You can well imagine the characters in this cast, though I dare not mention them by names or suggestive indications! I shall leave that for you to discern!

Moral of the story - Thou shall never overestimate thy culinary skills!

22 comments:

  1. Beautiful post. Kept me engrossed till the end even though I guessed the result from the title of post.

    It is one of the thankless job that mothers and partners take care as we are always severed the best.

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  2. Hahaa-- Good...

    We all have our set of stories when it comes to kithchen annd Culinary ---Actually estimation is the tricky part (not of oneself.....but of the ingredients...ask me to make a dish the second time; it surely will taste different...

    aah!! the women in me seems very happy with the content of the post...Before the mood sets is, let me stop :)

    wishes,
    devika

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  3. :) was like walking through a maze while reading this post!

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  4. The moral of the story is.......mmmmm...good one.

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  5. Its always good to make an attempt though :)

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  6. Rajesh

    Thanks so much!

    Right you are when you talk about the dedication our women folk show towards nurturing our families...... but for them.......we'd have the burnt odour in our kitchens! At least for most of us!

    Surely for me! ;)

    Cheers

    Rakesh

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  7. Devika Chechi

    Lol! Yeah, talk about all the meticulous estimation and then the plan going soggy! ;)

    This probably is a lesson for me - which taught me that doing kitchen-ing ain't so easy, after all!

    Cheers

    Rakesh

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  8. Magiceye

    Lol, Sir! I loved that comment of yours ;)

    Trust me, this who exercise was like walking thru a maze in itself ;)

    Cheers

    Rakesh

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  9. Survivor

    U bet! We made a good attempt, so much so to prove that - well begun is half done ;)

    Cheers

    Rakesh

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  10. ha! You "plan" with cooking -- No wonder...it goes soggy! :)

    Cooking is a matter of the heart...Only rarely do men and their strategies work

    I said my curry taste different, because it would depend on my mood...But the diners say it is never tasteless :)

    anyway, take care when you cook further :)

    wishes,
    devika

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  11. Loooool! Bang on!

    Perhaps all the funny lengthy strategizing is whats making it fail!

    Cooking surely is an art - known to a blessed few! And I seem certainly not in that list ;)

    Cheers

    Rakesh

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  12. Funny post Rakesh :-)
    (are you always the cook at home .....LOL)
    Good cooking is diffecult but very relaxing or (stress) !! .... ;-)

    Congratulations to put the first comment on my blog ..... LOL
    I know there are to many cars parked on my blog !!!!

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  13. Anya

    Oh no......can you imagine what would happen if I were to cook????

    Thats certain disaster ;)

    Surely agree that cooking is a wonderful activity! An art more or less!

    And can you imagine how elated I felt being #1 on your space?

    Cheers

    Rakesh

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  14. Rak am I allowed to laugh?....I am so sorry bro...but sometimes we need to prioritize and if eating was the priority( which clearly wasn't) things would have been easy...and btw moral of the story well understood

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  15. :)

    Lesson one:
    http://www.learninghowtocook.com/

    LOL


    Have a relaxing weekend :-)

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  16. Shahid

    Lol! Of course you may laugh - for that is the intent of this post!

    And trust me, cooking is something that both these folks know not a thing about - I wonder if they'd ever learn though!

    Cheers

    Rakesh

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  17. Anya

    Looool!

    Indeed a lesson!

    Do have a wonderful weekend!

    Cheers

    Rakesh

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  18. Cooking is much tougher than watching a cricket match. And I learnt this the hard way!! No wonder.... :)

    Destination Infinity

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  19. DI

    Cooking surely is a lot tougher than many of the tough things we do!

    Undoubtedly!

    Cheers

    Rakesh

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  20. :) Funny.
    I understand.
    Have given up on cooking. Use the "Law of comparative advantage" in favor of not even attempting it :)

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  21. Prashant

    Indeed - And the look on our faces when all of that happened, was even funnier!

    Swore never to undertake such misadventures again ;)

    Cheers

    Rakesh

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