All food is Indian food
Posted by Aarti on October 12th, 2011 . Filed under: Uncategorized .
If you’ve blessed me by coming to any of my cooking demos recently, then you may have heard me talking about how Indians, or at least the Indians in my family, often think that all good things, all civilized things, all things worth lauding… originated in India!
Whether it’s the decimal point, the number zero, traditional medicine (ayurveda), the cotton gin, lining your eyes with kohl, how Sanskrit or Tamil (depending which end of the subcontinent you’re from) is one of the oldest languages in the world… we have a lot of pride in our long, LONG history!
It reminds me a little of the father character in My Big Fat Greek Wedding… while he thought everything goes back to the Greek, for my family, everything goes back to India.
Hence the hilarity of this video that my mum sent me yesterday… and the ball-sy claim that “all food is Indian food!”.
Enjoy!
-x-
aarti
October 12th, 2011 at 11:50 am
Although I’m not indian but I also believe that everything good come from india
I’m from Kuwait you might know where that is hehehe .. Many words , recipes , goods, teachers , doctors ..etc came from there
By the way I LOVE LOVE your show .. Our food network showed maybe 4 or 5 episode only .. Can’t wait to see the rest
Thanks a lot for everything
October 12th, 2011 at 5:48 pm
With regards to food you have a terrific point. Spices were the obsession of the aristocrats in Europe and they came from India.
October 13th, 2011 at 6:02 am
Fun video! And good point, Stuart Reb — it reminds me with the recent anniversary of Columbus Day, let’s recall the reason he was even in those rickety boats in the first place when he stumbled across the Americas: He was looking for a quicker way to get to INDIA for the food and spices!!!! ;^)
Love you and your show, Aarti!
October 15th, 2011 at 8:38 pm
What fun! Like an Indian version of a Saturday Night Live skit! Wonder what “she” would do with Irish corned beef & cabbage? (Yeah, I know, it’s more American than Irish! But what would March 17th be without it?)
October 18th, 2011 at 5:50 pm
Of course all good things come from India! Being 1/2 Indian myself, I can say that! LOL!
October 19th, 2011 at 7:20 am
Too funny, and I agree with aunty: don’t trust food cooked by a clown!
October 25th, 2011 at 2:41 pm
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November 10th, 2011 at 1:01 am
Ha ha.. the video was hilarious. Aunty is right! All food comes from India!