Childhood Memories

NG’s last post on Childhood memories, brought back some of my best and tasteful childhood memories. Since she has tagged me to that post, it gives me a better reason to preserve those memories in writing here, before they get stacked under these monotonous daily chores. So here I go … with 5 of those specialities which tickled my taste-buds as a child.

1. Milkfood Ice-cream: Well it was the first Ice-cream that started coming in the cup over the usual ‘Jet‘ ice-creams (those wrapped around sticks) which were a norm till then. The cup was out of the reach of my pocket money (rs 5) and I have been bad at saving, so buttering mom was my only chance at the cup.

2. Sweet Cigarettes: NG has said it, those white sticks with a red tip were a rage at one time, and Phantom was my brand (as i got it at the shop near my house).

 3. Tomato Ketchup: Well yes, not Pakoras but ketchup was my taste. I used to lick the bowl clean to make sure none of the ketchup was wasted. I don’t know whether it was exclusively a childhood thing, or the effect of all those stern looks and scoldings i received for this habit, but now ketchup is nearly a no no for me.

4. Coffee at parties: Coffee at marriage and B’day parties (the one they prepare with that fizzz machine) has been my favorite coffee ever since I was a child. As kids we used to hover around the coffee stall at parties to make sure we got maximum cups, with that tasty choco powder sprinkled over a hot cup of coffee. I bet, Cafe coffee day and Costa Coffee can never have it on their menu.

5. Rasna: I love you rasna, coz no one can beat that smell which that original red rasna carried along with the taste. Now, I am not sure if they manufacture the original red wala rasna, as the last time I checked (couple of years back) they had orange and lemon variants to offer. But I’ll still try to explore the market once again to see if I find my rasna taste and smell again.

Now that my turn is over, I would like to carry on this tasty tag to five others who are listed below:

Once you are through, please tag five people each to carry on the tag.

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10 Responses to “Childhood Memories”

  1. n aka zephyr Says:
    November 14, 2007 at 11:03 am

    Hi Sumit,
    I remember the milk food icecream… :) and I am not sure if a brand called 100% was different frm milk food or not… but I remember an icecream which was a spl treat… it was made into a shape of face and the eyes, mouth, hair/cap was chocolate and the rest was vanilla…

    And I also had a friend who was a big ketchup fan… infact all of us kids used to call him sauce master :D :D

    I think I was the only child who did not like rasna that much… I think it was too synthetic for my tastes :P

    And ditto abt coffee at parties… even though I wasn’t much of coffee drinker otherwise :P

    Its good to remember the days gone by :)

  2. savy Says:
    November 14, 2007 at 12:56 pm

    this is a nostalgic tag…and i can go on n on :)
    that jhag wali coffee was a sure hit for all the kids..and especially wen it ws free :D

  3. Jitu Says:
    November 14, 2007 at 4:59 pm

    Hmmm…. :)
    Down the memory lane??? :D :D:D:D

    I think I rememeber the way we savoured “Swad” :D :D:D:D I wonder if they still manufacture those.

  4. n aka zephyr Says:
    November 15, 2007 at 10:37 am

    Jitu
    i remember swad too!!! :)

  5. sumit26 Says:
    November 15, 2007 at 4:06 pm

    Hi NG,

    Wow you got it right, the logo of milkfood, did contain 100% embedded (in place of food I guess) earlier it was plain milk, vanilla and strawberry, but later on might have added the choc thing as well … anyway once the cassata’s and cones took over Milkfood did not survive for long :(

    It’s good to learn that there are others (outside my family) who are sauce-addicted as well, kyunki my nephew is also one :P

    Well, synthetic or not, the smell just bowled you over to add to that the sweet taste Rasna was the best.

    The coffee seems to be a universal favorite (Savy’s comment) .. no wonder the stall attracted maximum kids.

    Thanks for your comment NG, i can discuss these things going on and on and on …. :D :D

    Hi Savy Ji,

    Nostalgic it is for sure, ever since I read NG’s post .. it has all come back, come this weekend, I’ll try to rediscover some of those tastes :P

    As for the coffee, it surely was a hit …

    Hi Jitu,

    Yes, down the memory lane .. for good :D

    and I too remember swad … that hajmola like candy in the white wrapper … they all were a super hits in their own times.

    Thank you,
    Sumit

  6. Tejbir Says:
    November 15, 2007 at 6:00 pm

    Hi Sumit

    Good tag…brought back many lost memories.
    will definitely do the tag but it may take a little longer as i am currently in frankfurt
    and time and internet (my access to it) both are scarce.
    and yes i too loved that steam coffee with the long nozzle and the highlight was the choco powder that lied near it to spray over the jhaag. we would keep on spraying it and made a layer of choco powder over the jhaag!!!!! yummmy

    take care!

  7. lostpatrol53 Says:
    November 16, 2007 at 12:18 pm

    Grand place to walk down the memory lane

  8. sumit26 Says:
    November 17, 2007 at 12:06 pm

    Hi Tej Brother,

    I really appreciate your comment here … n sorry to be responding a bit late on this.

    I understand your busy schedule, and would wait to read your take on this, whenever you choose to post it, coz I am sure you will come up with something special as usual,

    As far as the coffee is concerned it has emerged as a unaminous favorite here :P

    Dear LP ji,

    So you have also slipped into the grand world of wordpress … leaving behind good ol’ o3… :D changing for good, i would say.

    Cheers !! n take care.
    Sumit

  9. Ellen Says:
    November 22, 2007 at 9:41 am

    Hi Sumit!

    So this is where you’ve been all of this time. lol :-) I went to your o3 blog and saw your last post there. Only then did I know that you indeed have left o3. WordPress looks like a nice place to build your new blog home. Am delighted to visit you here.

    So who else of our o3 friends are here? Are they many who moved out too? Wouldn’t it be nice if we could build a community here of old buddies from o3? It would be like a reunion of great friends. :-) With you hosting it. lol

    Take care always pls. Will be dropping by each time I’m online.
    God bless you and your family.

  10. sumit26 Says:
    November 23, 2007 at 7:47 am

    Hi Ellen,

    Welcome … to the new home :D

    I hope you and your family are doing well now.

    I also left o3 for the same reason as you did … Stupid tech issues.

    As for other’s I have only found LP here .. and a few others on blogspot .. you can find all tyhe links in my Friends list here.

    Reunion .. while I would be glad to have all of the old friends back, but as of now am not in touch with many. Also am short on time, mostly accept for weekends, but will always try to complete the circle and will keep adding them on my friends list.

    God bless you and your family !! Take care !

    Sumit

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