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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