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  • Favorite School Lunches: A Taste of Our Past

    Favorite School Lunches: A Taste of Our Past

    Daily writing prompt
    Which food, when you eat it, instantly transports you to childhood?
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    Hey…

    I hope all of you are doing well…

    Being a typical Indian kid,
    we all carried lunches as soon as we started school,
    and that is where we were exposed to experiences,
    new things that we didn’t see before,
    flavors that were new to the palate,
    never ever tried before,
    in this life…

    So,
    what we used to do as kids,
    when the recess hit,
    we used to gather at a selected seat,
    and open our lunches at the same time and whatever each one of us felt appealing we took a bite out of,
    and after that,
    it was like clockwork,
    we used to try a bite or a nibble of food and then took more bites out of the things that we liked…

    One of the things that I remember,
    that’s very dear to my heart has been Pulao…

    It’s a steaming mixture of rice with vegetables of choice in it,
    which was my all-time favorite,
    all of my friends loved it too,
    So,
    I barely got a bite,
    it was rarely that it was made,
    and that too when That lunch box opened,
    and I took out a bite,
    it was then snatched out of my hand,
    like it wasn’t even in my hand to start with,
    there were some fights,
    some persuasion,
    sometimes it was admitting defeat,
    sometimes it was a win because they brought something good,
    and then someone else used to make them run for their food…

    Simple and happy times…

    Another one was chickpea stir fry,
    My mom used to prepare this in two boxes,
    because whenever I used to take this one,
    I BARELY got a bite,
    I mean BARELY even a single bite got into my mouth..

    It was so mouth watering that one of the lunch box used to just disappear,
    as soon I told them,
    what I brought today,
    so,
    I used to hide one of the boxes well under my books and told them I only brought one lunch today and they used to feel bad,
    telling me that,
    I can have their lunch,
    but,
    it was worth seeing their expression,
    as I pulled out another one of them,
    from my bag,
    hidden from everyone..

    Whenever the taste of the Pulao or chickpea stir fry comes to the mind,
    all of a sudden,
    the memories hit back like a wave hitting the seashore,
    again and again,
    reliving the days of my childhood,
    in an instant,
    as a flashback of all the fun we used to have…

    To all of the good times spent together,
    I hope all of them are doing well and are living a blessed life…

    Happy weekend to all those celebrating..

    Cheers 🥂

    Love Waakiye 🤍

  • Crafting the Perfect Chocolate Bar: A Caffeine Dream

    Crafting the Perfect Chocolate Bar: A Caffeine Dream

    Daily writing prompt
    Describe your dream chocolate bar.
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    Hey…

    I hope all of you are doing well…

    A genuine question,
    what’s up with today’s prompt,
    dream chocolate bar…?

    I was wondering if today’s prompt would be something that would push me in a direction to think that isn’t conventional,
    and would enlighten me or this little mind of mine,
    but no,
    Waakiye
    What’s your dream chocolate….?

    But,
    this comes as a breather of sorts,
    because,
    dreaming of food and coming up with creations different than what goes on,
    regularly is a challenge of sort too,
    because there are so many ways to create a dish,
    so being creative becomes something of a mandate,
    where your survival isn’t possible without something that is visually appealing,
    along with the taste,
    how it hits the palate…

    Now comes the dream bar,
    I am a coffee addict,
    So,
    if coffee or in a broader term caffeine was a part of a chocolate it’d be the best,
    but plain coffee in chocolate wouldn’t suffice,
    we’d have to cut the acidity too wouldn’t we..?

    So,
    to balance that we can add milk chocolate cookie crumble
    to give a sort of texture,
    we also would have to consider the filling that would be a part of it,
    we can use coffee cream in the form of a mousse or something like a coffee liqueur base,
    which would give the much-needed kick,
    and surrounded by it would be a mix of dark and milk chocolate,
    (Upping the content of dark chocolate to give support and stability needed to support the weight of the contents inside…)

    With that I’ve become a master (Of sorts) in this craft,
    One chocolate bar at a time…

    Cheers 🥂

    Love Waakiye 🤍

    That’s how I think it feels,
    all alone in a room,
    filled with light that has an origin,
    thinner than a split,
    though which we can barely get a glimpse…

    As the light travels,
    and hits what seems to be like a plate,
    and a half visible body of a person trapped within the seams,
    looking at the source of light,
    not being able to see,
    the actual origin…

    As he stares at the food,
    A bun,
    and a couple of donuts holes,
    It seems,
    he’s tired,
    greatly tired of eating them as he avoids looking at them,
    questioning its origin;
    as he continues to stare at the source of light,
    without even a single clue,
    he stares into nothingness,
    yet again…

    “A sufferer’s plight”