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In a message dated 1/23/2003 9:19:47 AM Central Standard Time,

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> My wife and I are very conscious that it is only our middle class status

> that allows us to afford decent food, and if the pay slips, so does what

> we can afford to buy. There goes being Vegan. There goes fresh fruits

> and veggies year round. There goes handy frozen foods made for veggies.

> There goes any spare time at all, if we insist on keeping up the pretence.

>

I agree. I am also in the middles class, not rich, and not poor, Me and my

fiance both work and we find, that buying food is expensive. We try to buy

fresh veggies and such, but I find that frozen and canned veggies are more

cost effective for this family. Most of weekly food consists of pastas

dishes, rice dishes, and soup. I am a pescatarian, and he is a meat eater,

but he rarely buys meat, and I make vegetarian dishes. But we found that

planting our own garden saves alot on fresh veggies. We had cucumbers,

tomatoes, potatoes, zucchini,rhubarb and strawberries. I froze the zucchini,

and I cooked a lot of dishes during the summer with what came from our

garden.

 

 

 

 

Anna

 

 

 

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Hi Kevin,

 

Indian spices are so many it would be very difficult to list all the ones you

might be interested in. You could shop for dried ginger, coriander powder,

chilli powder (you get different varieties here... chilli powders which give

colour but are not that hot, decent colour and moderately hot, kinda-ok colour

but bounce-off-your-chair hot!!! The works!!).

 

I would also suggest you look into the awesome " namkeens " (quick snacks) there.

You'll get these in any sweet and namkeen shop in Mumbai. Try the " Baakarwadi "

for sure! Here's a tip - you can ask for a sample to eat before you buy

anything! That way you'll know whether you like the stuff you are buying!

 

Take care and have loads of fun. Mumbai is a great place to set off on a

culinary journey.

 

Cheers/Sukanya.

 

Message: 6

Mon, 08 Nov 2004 20:27:43 -0000

" feline_rancher " <feline_rancher

Tips for Mumbai [bombay]...?

 

 

I am travelling to Mumbai, India next week, on business. But I will

set aside at least a day to do some culinary exploring.

 

Now, I know that there are a number of Indians in our group, and I

love Indian [northern] food and spices. So, here's my question....

 

Are there any really great Indian spices/herbs that I should look for

and buy while in Mumbai, which are not easily found in the USA

[Georgia]?

 

Thanks,

 

Kevin

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Thanks Sukanya.

 

I just got back and didn't have a minute for shopping, all work this

trip.

 

But I will try again in January.

 

Kevin

 

, sukanyak@v... wrote:

>

> Hi Kevin,

>

> Indian spices are so many it would be very difficult to list all

the ones you might be interested in. You could shop for dried

ginger, coriander powder, chilli powder (you get different varieties

here... chilli powders which give colour but are not that hot, decent

colour and moderately hot, kinda-ok colour but bounce-off-your-chair

hot!!! The works!!).

>

> I would also suggest you look into the awesome " namkeens " (quick

snacks) there. You'll get these in any sweet and namkeen shop in

Mumbai. Try the " Baakarwadi " for sure! Here's a tip - you can ask

for a sample to eat before you buy anything! That way you'll know

whether you like the stuff you are buying!

>

> Take care and have loads of fun. Mumbai is a great place to set

off on a culinary journey.

>

> Cheers/Sukanya.

>

> Message: 6

> Mon, 08 Nov 2004 20:27:43 -0000

> " feline_rancher " <feline_rancher>

> Tips for Mumbai [bombay]...?

>

>

> I am travelling to Mumbai, India next week, on business. But I will

> set aside at least a day to do some culinary exploring.

>

> Now, I know that there are a number of Indians in our group, and I

> love Indian [northern] food and spices. So, here's my question....

>

> Are there any really great Indian spices/herbs that I should look

for

> and buy while in Mumbai, which are not easily found in the USA

> [Georgia]?

>

> Thanks,

>

> Kevin

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