In general, I can conclude myself that I am not so picky in foods. I take whatever is available in the plate yet I don’t have anything
I am addicted-to in particular. However, I don’t like fresh milk. This may
sound little too much disgusting because milk is considered the best food in the
human-kind of all races, of all colors. But anyway, the smell of a fresh milk
gives me goosebumps.
I remember, one afternoon, when I was just about 9-10
years old, my mother was forcing me to take milk. I refused. That same
afternoon, I heard her talking to my father that the reason why I don’t like
milk must be because I have been feeding with cow milk for the entire breastfeeding
periods because she got pregnant with my younger brother when I am just four
months old. So, I realized that if a child is overfed with something of same
kind in the earlier stage of his/her life, he/she mayn’t like that item as they
grow old.
Anyway, coming to the point about the recent banning
of sea-weed imports, for the first time, all over sudden, I felt ‘ahh,
my favorite food is gone.’
I am saying that sea-weeds as my favorite food because
one day of last two months, all over sudden, I had that strong feeling of eating
one. That time we were in Bumthang, my boyfriend and me. We knocked-in every
shops, looking for a sea-weed chips but all we could bumped in was the raw
sea-weed, the circular one which we usually take as a soup. We couldn’t get any
packet of the ready-seaweed.
I was hugely disappointed because that was the first
time we went looking for a food I desperately want to eat. Anyway, accepting
its unavailability, we cut-off the day thinking that the feeling would go away
next day. But comes the next day, the 1st thought that came in my
mind was again the sea-weed chips. How crazy?
Again, we went to the shops that weren’t covered the
other day. And yes, finally, at one last corner of the shops, we could get it. I took several packets and my desire was
happily gone.
The next incident was I found myself buying a packets
of biscuits just because it’s written “crisp with sea-weed flavor” on its
wrapper. Though inside, the taste of sea-weed was nowhere to be flavored yet I enjoyed.
So then, I realized that I must be liking more of sea-weed items among foods
though probably, watching Korean dramas would have mentally influenced me more,
unconsciously.
Even now, I though don’t have the sea-weed chips in
stock, I have some raw sea-weed. So, never mind for the recent banning of
sea-weeds import after all, it is for the mass interest. I don’t want anybody
be effected by Arsenic and cadmium, the two toxics BAFRA has figured out. Great
work BAFRA. You are already doing best for the nation’s welfare!
Well, karma! I can sense a korean in you just with the way you described about your love for seaweed. May be you should try other korean dishes and confirm that the korean is all in and over you...LOL!
ReplyDeleteAnyways, i enjoyed you write ups. Read all of yours, starting from July..
Actually, you commented on dead hibernating blog which again subsided into blanks and when i saw your comment, one month has already passed. So, my curiousity to see the new blogger lead me into yours to comment.
Loved it...and i wonder if we ever stumbled with each other in Mongar failing to recognize. lets see there after..:)
Thank you Kinley sir. I am pleasured or lets say honored that you read all the posts so far. That's a wonderful news for a beginner like me whose reader actually is decreasing each day.
DeleteWell, yes, you know, i also like rice kimchi and sushi. Korean foods are amazing actually. Sadly, i haven't got to taste 'soju'-the drinks. Haha.
Anyway, i am looking forward to bump into you at Mongar someday.
You keep writing. I will always follow you.