Hey Roland, such lovely stuff, gave me an insight into Surat Biscuits as well as the inspiring story of Ajibai Banarse.
Thanks, on a rainy day what more can you ask for? Best Sonia On Sat, 4 Jul 2020 at 03:39, <goanet-requ...@lists.goanet.org> wrote: > Send Goanet mailing list submissions to > goanet@lists.goanet.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > goanet-requ...@lists.goanet.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > goanet-ow...@lists.goanet.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Goanet digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Orchata (Carlos Peres da Costa) > 2. Re: Orchata (Roland Francis) > 3. Schedule for Saturday 4th July 2020 (CCR TV) > 4. Re: Goanet - Rains in Goa (Vivian A. DSouza) > 5. Re: Global Goans Helping Goa (Roland Francis) > 6. USA - Your Friends Are Crying. (Roland Francis) > 7. The Parsi Bakers of Surat (Roland Francis) > 8. Ajibai Banarse - London?s Grandmother (Roland Francis) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2020 09:21:02 -0300 > From: Carlos Peres da Costa <cperesdaco...@gmail.com> > To: Goanet <goa...@goanet.org> > Subject: [Goanet] Orchata > Message-ID: > <CAD=dsqV7+JpZKfMJC6y6VFeXRQgRumvONrFknU2ZZJXwBU= > g...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > In response to the posting on Orchata in Goanet of june 30 last, and > interest of some readers on this topic, I would recommend readers > interested in this topic to read: > *https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/history-of-horchata > <https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/history-of-horchata>* > > The Goan Orchata to me is an adaptation of the original Spanish Orchata > where almonds are substituted by cashew nuts in many goan orchata > preparations. > > Carlos Peres da Costa > Recife. Brazil > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2020 12:06:39 -0400 > From: Roland Francis <roland.fran...@gmail.com> > To: "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!" > <goanet@lists.goanet.org> > Subject: Re: [Goanet] Orchata > Message-ID: <82af11e0-3ca6-4118-98bc-67e9ead15...@gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > Imagine walking in 1950s Marg?o, looking at a board over a restaurant with > the bold letters ?Orchateria?, stepping in and finding an animated > discussion between a couple of Salcette landlords on why the Portuguese > should be kicked out of Goa! > > Roland. > Toronto. > > > > On Jul 3, 2020, at 8:21 AM, Carlos Peres da Costa < > cperesdaco...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > In response to the posting on Orchata in Goanet of june 30 last, and > > interest of some readers on this topic, I would recommend readers > > interested in this topic to read: > > *https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/history-of-horchata > > <https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/history-of-horchata>* > > > > The Goan Orchata to me is an adaptation of the original Spanish Orchata > > where almonds are substituted by cashew nuts in many goan orchata > > preparations. > > > > Carlos Peres da Costa > > Recife. 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Goa's Premiere Mailing List" > <goanet@lists.goanet.org> > Subject: Re: [Goanet] Goanet - Rains in Goa > Message-ID: <1054911455.2052620.1593788036...@mail.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Oh the monsoon rains !? My favorite time to be in Goa.Sitting with my wife > in our wide and deep balcao, with rain drops falling, and sometime gusts of > wind,nestled? on a quiet cul-de-sac in a densely wooded area of my village, > with our little doggie curled up at myfeet, this is almost heaven. > Temperatures? in the high 70sF or low 80s are perfect.? The trees and other > vegetation around have lost their coating of red dust, and? being wet, are > glistening emerald green.Our wide lawns are at their best.? They need to be > mowed, but we will have to wait for a few days of sunshine befpre we place > the lawnmower on the soggy lawns.? The sun comes out for very short spells, > casting a glow over everything.? This is the Goa that I love.? > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2020 14:03:31 -0400 > From: Roland Francis <roland.fran...@gmail.com> > To: "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!" > <goanet@lists.goanet.org> > Subject: Re: [Goanet] Global Goans Helping Goa > Message-ID: > <CA+x1-5SKuTcC1YgockV9VPU2S= > 3vvcaiv9_us6myb6tnhz6...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > Do you have any reservations in naming your group moderators and admins? > > If not, do so. > > On Fri, Jul 3, 2020 at 3:20 AM Miguel Werner Egipsy Souza Agnelo < > wernermasegi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Greetings!! > > > > All posts will be > > checked for authenticity before approval by our Group Admins & Moderators > > > -- > Roland Francis > 416-453-3371 > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2020 14:51:04 -0400 > From: Roland Francis <roland.fran...@gmail.com> > To: goa...@goanet.org > Subject: [Goanet] USA - Your Friends Are Crying. > Message-ID: <1ba4d60b-2cf6-4317-8db8-159a69b0e...@gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > Friends of the USA everywhere are crying bitterly. The very same adjective > used in my post ?Unreliable USA? a few days ago, has been used twice by CNN > in this short video. > > The whole world can see Trump going down the drain and taking the country > with him. Why can?t Americans? > > Why Europe's trust in Trump's America is tanking > > https://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2020/07/03/us-coronavirus-covid-19-post-american-world-robertson-pkg-intl-hnk-vpx.cnn > > Roland. > Toronto. > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2020 17:13:35 -0400 > From: Roland Francis <roland.fran...@gmail.com> > To: goa...@goanet.org > Subject: [Goanet] The Parsi Bakers of Surat > Message-ID: <ed26db42-ed04-4a4f-8825-bea727b41...@gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > In 1608 the British were permitted by the Mughals to establish a factory > in Surat. A few years late the Dutch East india Company also set up a > factory in Surat. Surat became the headquarters of the British Western > Presidency before they moved headquarters to Bombay. > > The Parsis who worked in the Dutch factory got the ovens when the Dutch > left Surat. Thus started the legacy of Dotivala Bakers and other Parsi > family owned bakeries that are still iconic in the city of Surat, > continuing the legacy of the thriving centre of British, Dutch, Portuguese, > French, Persian and Armenian mercantile colonies.that existed in medieval > Surat. > > Surat?s famous muslin cloth was used as the flour sieve and the dough was > made without any water. The dough was fermented with palm wine called > toddy, causing the dough to rise and making the bread soft when prepared. > These breads were also long-lasting. > > Faramji Pestonji Dotivala continued to supply breads to the remaining > colonials in the 1700s after the factories were closed. The leftover dried > breads were sold cheap, which gained considerable popularity due to their > lightness and crispy texture. With the increasing demand, the bakers began > to dry breads in the ovens especially to achieve the desired dryness and > texture. They were also shaped differently. Even today these biscuits are > made and are very popular, and are known as Irani biscuits. > > Doctors recommended these biscuits as an easily digestible, relatively > low-calorie, energy foods, boosting their popularity. Once the patient had > recovered strength, he was advised to eat biscuits with fat so the biscuits > were made using excess shortening, giving birth to the Farmasu Surti Batasa > or Butter Biscuits that are now a Surat staple. > > Surati families whether Parsi, Hindu, Jain or Muslim, have these biscuits, > often dipped in ?malai? with their afternoon cuppa. The Parsee bakers baked > the local sweets with dough and pure ghee to make the short-bread like > biscuits called Nankhatai. > > In the absence of flour mills, the wheat was kept in storehouses sealed > with cow dung, hand-milled by the women of the families using manual > grinding stones, and the resulting coarse flour was sieved through muslin > to separate the germ and bran. Refined flour and semolina were also > obtained for the confections. > > When prohibition was introduced in the State of Bombay, and later Gujarat, > toddy was replaced by a fermenting agent made of hops and potatoes. > > Thanks to Surat, I have enjoyed butter biscuits, nankatai, sagla bagla, > hari or mawa, Saher, Mazda, Khurshed and Persian. > > Credit to Anil Mulchandani. > > Roland. > Toronto. > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 8 > Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2020 17:31:01 -0400 > From: Roland Francis <roland.fran...@gmail.com> > To: goa...@goanet.org > Subject: [Goanet] Ajibai Banarse - London?s Grandmother > Message-ID: <4e508246-28b0-4c12-a44e-8764e8e8b...@gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > This is the real life story of Radhabai Dahake from Yavatmal. She was the > second daughter of a farmer. Uneducated, she was married at a very early > age to Tulshiram Dehenkar. She bore him five daughters. As she had no son, > she & her husband were ostracised by the family. Tulshiram passed away > soon, leaving Radhabai (aged 33 then) alone with her daughters. > > In the year 1945, at the age of 35, she was married to Sitarampant > Banarse, 20 years her senior. He was a widower with two sons. He had just > returned from London where he had a flourishing business. By that time > Radhabai had already got three of her daughters married. > > In the year 1947, leaving her two daughters in India (as per her new > husband's instructions) she moved to London. Her husband ran a lodging & > boarding facility for Indian students & residents in London. She started > working here as a house-help. People started calling her as Ajibai > (grandmother). While working here she learned the intricacies of running a > business. > > In 1950, Sitarampant passed away. During this time Ajibai brought her two > daughters from India to London. Meanwhile her stepson made plans to shift > her back to India. But Ajibai was not ready to go back to a life of > poverty. She decided to stay back. > > Based on her experience, her friends and friendly neighbours, she started > her own lodging and boarding house in 25, Hoop Lane. All this based on her > goodwill as she did not have any money with her. > > Due to her loveable nature, caring attitude & culinary skills, her > clientele grew to an unmanageable extent. Without money, no education, > little knowledge of English; she still managed to survive. Her Hoop Lane > residence became a famous place for all Indians in London. She started > celebrating Indian festivals like cultural events. From 1960 to 1973, she > served first as Vice President and then President of Maharashtra Mandal & > President of Indian Cultural Centre in London. > > In 1965, she constructed a Sai temple in her residence (one of the first > Hindu temples in Europe). Her visitors and well wishers, included the > Indian High Commissioner in London, the visiting Indian Cricket team, > Archbishop of Canterbury, Bhimsen Joshi, Vijayalaxmi Pandit, Acharya Atre, > P L Deshpande, Yashwantrao Chavan, Swami Prabhupad, Swami Chinmayanand, > Shankaracharyas of different pithas. > > Indira Gandhi called her a self made woman. The wealth she earned brought > out her philanthropist nature. She undertook various charitable projects in > her village in India. > When she passed away, the Queen sent the Mayor of London as her > representative to the funeral. > > The house is now run by her family. Ajibai's granddaughter is now the > President of Maharashtra Mandal in London. > > This is the real life story of a non-educated woman from a rural village > of Yavatmal to the dizzying heights of London, in the period 1940-60. A > woman who rose to such heights due to her determination and never give-up > attitude. > > A truly inspiring story of Ajibai Banarse, better known as Londonchi > Ajibai (London's Grandmother) > > (Thanks to Rajendra Kulkarni). > > Roland > Toronto. > > > > End of Goanet Digest, Vol 15, Issue 465 > *************************************** >