DRINK YOUR FOOD, CHEW YOUR WATER
“The more you eat, the less flavour; the less you eat, the more flavour.” Chinese Proverb M y elder brother, Franklin, had a large circle of friends when he was a young boy. One evening, a friend of theirs had invited eight of them to his house for a dinner. The friend’s family was known for a judicious lifestyle… They cooked less, seldom wasted any food or indulged in any sort of excess. So, that evening, when my brother and his seven other friends went around the dining table at their friend’s house, they were in for a shock: besides a moderate quantity of rice, chicken gravy, some veg dish, there were sannas (soft idlis prepared at Mangalorean/Goan Catholic houses)… But, only ten or so in number! Each one in the group took one sanna.. . “Eat very, very slowly,” the leader of my brother’s mischievous group instructed in whispers, “You won’t be able to pick another from the table.” So, they settled for one sanna each, and kept munching and chewing like a cow,...