bites

mega-bites or nano-bites..

here's some i've been chewing on...

cucumber salad..
with lime

i remembre when i left home,
off to seattle to be a nanny
for jonathan and jo farwell's
two girls..to finish high school
at queen anne because they had
an awesome drama department..
the farwells were actors with seattle rep..
the girls were 11 and 13..
i was 17..

we had a luscious garden that year back home..
for my 18th birthday, my mama drove south
to deliver me a fresh cucumber..
i have loved them ever since!

every morning, in mysore..
there is a wagon filled brightly
with tomatoes, potatoes, cucumbers;
an array of vegetables for the day..
the peddler has the most compelling voice..
the language is not my native tongue
yet i can decipher each taste treat he has to offer!

mini idly!
i have these for brekkie every morning
with sambar and coconut chutney..
they are dear, little round rice patties..
the size of a rupee coin..
very light and easy to digest!.

phulkas and masala dosas,
fresh lime sodas and paneer tikka..
salt lassis and water balls!
chat, uttampam and vada..
jal jeera, pakodas, pakoras
AND there is pan!


shoe bites..
that is what my friend meenal calls blisters!