Guest guest Posted December 29, 1998 Report Share Posted December 29, 1998 Dear Prabhus - Please accept my obeisances. All glories to His Divine Grace. Here in Berkeley, I would be pleased if you could assist us with a burning question: many times in the early to mid-1970's, hot milk prasadam was often served at night with bananas, usually refered to as 'hot banana milk' prasadam. This frequently was served at Henry Street in Brooklyn and later at 55th Street in Manhattan. We are now told that the use of bananas in milk offerings is totally un-bonafide and may even be bad for your health. Before all of our Bengali cooks go on strike, we would like to resolve this question. Any recollections or comments you have would be welcome. Jayate - Vasanta dasa ACBSP vdasa (AT) hotmail (DOT) com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 29, 1998 Report Share Posted December 29, 1998 >[Text 1973023 from COM] Most interesting -- on what basis is this not bonafide or unhealthy? In both Vancouver & Seattle when I was cooking at the time you mentioned this was a standard evening prasadam. Since living in Bangladesh for 20-odd years, where there are Bengali cooks a-plenty, this is the very first I've heard of such a thing. Milk & bananas are a traditional favorite here. Besides evening prasadam, Milk & bananas are often mixed with rice at the end of meals, at breakfast with either muri (puffed rice) or with khoi (popped rice). Where do your Bengali cooks come from? Possibly their objection involves cooking the bananas in the milk, bananas are usually served separately and then mixed while honoring prasadam. ======================== >Dear Prabhus - > >Please accept my obeisances. All glories to His Divine Grace. Here in >Berkeley, I would be pleased if you could assist us with a burning question: >many times in the early to mid-1970's, hot milk prasadam was often served at >night with bananas, usually refered to as 'hot banana milk' prasadam. This >frequently was served at Henry Street in Brooklyn and later at 55th Street in >Manhattan. > >We are now told that the use of bananas in milk offerings is totally >un-bonafide and may even be bad for your health. Before all of our Bengali >cooks go on strike, we would like to resolve this question. Any recollections >or comments you have would be welcome. > >Jayate - Vasanta dasa ACBSP vdasa (AT) hotmail (DOT) com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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