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or salt? no?

i just got flashbacks of Fantasia. if you add a dancing broom we're all set.

good lord. after reading the description of Tampopo we should totally riff off it. Hell it worked for Tortilla Soup which is a direct riff off Eat, Drink, Man, Woman.

I'm here....okay..so where are we? we don't know where's he's from, but his name's Ram - he may possibly be going to Mumbai, he's walking, riding a bullock cart, and driving with a crazed lorryman. he's meeting his goan christian soon to be girlfriend when he gets to possibly mumbai her name is either Florence or Sundranamba. there will be a lovesong (i nominate mongo for lyric wrtiting by the wya - he seems to have a knack for it), there will be singing in the rain. we have a magic tandoor? or a special samosa recipe? if the tandoor, then Sundranamba-Florence's location would have to be fixed, if samosas that make you fall in love, then perhaps Ram doesn't need his mother's recipes for when he becomes a snack-wallah. Instead of a his brother how about we make the twin Sundranamba-Florence's, and leave the friction as The Twin being the barrier between Sundranamba-FLorence and her one true love. Maybe the brother and the Hero can become partners and eventually have their own daabha after they defeat Evil Fat Landlord and his meat-eating goons. how's that so far?

unfortunately the bit about the girlfriend and her previous relations would have to be censored.

Mongo - you decide where he's from and where's he's going.

at some point she will be in the rain right? because if there's not female happily drenched and crooning, it's not a bollywood movie.

*lol* i like the bit about violence over daabha merchandising rights. the thugs ram meets on the road will also wind up working for the head fat man in charge of all extortion. he should also have a legitimate business like stall-renter/landlord. maybe sundranamba could be the goan christian girl? but then her name would be something like Florence or Ruth or Penelope.

that's sooo been done already mongo.

Vietnamese Coffee Thread Basically, what you got is this little coffee brewer the Vietnamese use that sits over a coffee cup with condensed milk in it. Its brewed very strong and it takes like 10 minutes for it to drip into the cup. Once all the coffee essence is extracted, you mix it up with the condensed milk, yeilding a very sweet, very strong coffee(usually flavored with chickory) that is then poured over a glass of ice. so sort of like Thai iced tea. *goes off to read thread*

well let's decide what type of street-food he's going to sell first and then reverse engineer from there. so we've got to decide what city he is in, what food he sells in his stall, and then figure out what area he comes from, which will then tell us what amma packed in the tiffin for him. and this is where indian food gets complicated.

oh there will be singing. and there will be aishwariya in a rainstorm.

Ram is always a good down-and-out hero name.

incidentally aishwariya and i share a birthday. learn something new everyday.

the thugs could steal his money, but not his recipes because obviously they are illiterate and don't know what they are.

*lol* y'all who have more exposure with india have to decide which city is the best city for our budding street-food-wallah. As for transport - well he could always walk. altho bullock cart, and train station have to fit in somewhere. maybe even a crazy lorry-driver. he absolutely has to meet tobacco chewing meat eating alcohol drinking thugs ont he way. And of course mom gave him yogurt and sugar! (incidentally - i just recalled soemthing about a green guava for a trip)

well it's gotta be a classic - village boy heads to the city to make it big. maybe armed with mother's recipes - because hmm...she might not live to see his return and wants to make sure his wife knows how to cook for him?

this is most likely a lie, and i don't even live around here but i gotta sya it. you're hungry posse won't get none unless you got funds,hon. okay i'm done. cya.

yes.

How is Vietnamese Iced Coffee different Jason?

i don't know if i'm ready for "naanini" to enter the american lexicon.

commissaries? PXs?

wow. i thought this was going to be about the scary pre-prepped sushi that kroger is about to rollout. they sent us some at work the other day. scary stuff.

heh. that would be pretty cool bhelpuri. someone needs to tell Mira Nair.

Vikram - i definitely agree with you and was thinking the same thing myself in regards to Chinese food tradition vs Indian food tradiotion. I think definitely the key point is that food providers are in no way glamorous in Indian culture.