Weekend "vaayanottam"

Disclaimer – this is definitely not a post that you would expect to see in a cookery blog, but just jotting down some knick knacks of a lazy weekend afternoon timepass.  

Friday afternoon lunch is always “hot” straight from the pan, a once a week luxury for “hubbie-bie” who for the rest of the days take it tiffined off to work.  Fish is an almost staple part of our plate, but most days its grilled, but ..come friday….well….u definitely need a break.

എണ്ണയില്‍ വറുത്ത ചൂടന്‍ മീനിന്ടെ വാലെ കെട്ടാന്‍ കൊള്ളുവോ grill അടിച്ചതിന് ?

That Friday morning was exceptionally relaxed..nothing much to do….(and that’s when you land up doing the most craziest of things. ..very much an occassional “jobless” mom). Kids were just busy as usual with their bikes and cars, dashing through the lobby and the hallway. He had brought in some fresh fish that morning , so its definitely “fry-time”.

With four men at home aged 35 plus (the dad), 7 , 4 and 3minus, the "fish" menu goes like :

*    Spicy, bony ...whatever...as long as it is fresh and sizzling hot (definitely for the father, and mommy too)

*    Spicy, but boneless ...for big B

*    Spiceless, boneless for the younger two.

മീന്‍ വറുകുന്ന മണം അടിച്ചിട്ടാകും ആശാന് ഇരിപ്പ് ഉറകകുനില്ല. ആഴ്ച ഒന്ന് കഴിഞ്ഞു വീട്ടില്‍ മീന്‍ ഇന്ടെ stock തീര്നിട്ട്.  so, ഒരു gap ഇന് ശേഷം കഴികുമ്പോള്‍ എന്തിനും സ്വാദ് കൂടുതല്‍ ആയിരിക്കും .

സമയം ഒരു മണി ആയി. ആശാന്‍  kitchen ഇല്‍ വന്നു seat പിടിച്ചു . 

dH - “നല്ല ചൂട് ചോറും ...... ചൂട് മീന്‍ വറുത്തതും പോരട്ടെ.... പോരട്ടേ....."

ഭാര്യ  - "മീന്‍ വറുത്തു കഴിഞ്ഞു. പക്ഷേ കഴിക്കാന്‍ കുറച്ചു wait ചെയേണ്ടി വരും .

dH – ഹോ...photo session ആയിരിക്കും . പുള്ളി കൊതി അടക്കി തിരിച്ചു പോയി..... back to the living room, browsing the sports and news channels on tv all at once.

He knew exactly what I had in mind. Had made this fish fry some time back, but just left the head on ..and God! It was the most weirdest thing I had ever seen.

  

 By the time its fully fried, its teeths would have all protruded out. Somehow, I couldn’t take some snaps that time, so was definitely waiting for the next time for this same fish to be brought home . And this time, yes….so, definitely was not gonna lose this chance to click before it was all bones.

                                                gheeeeekkksss !!!

കുറച്ച് കഴിഞ്ഞപ്പോള്‍  വീണ്ടും വിളി കേട്ടു ..."അതേ ....മണി ഒന്നര ആയി !"...വിശപിന്ടെ വിളി

 Off goes the plate, straight to the dining table….but with teeth , or no teeth…in minutes..it was in this shape.

It does make me wonder, if ever this fish could think WHILE it was being fried (yeah, that’s what I said before ,  when there isn’t much to do, you start thinking the wildest) what would have been its thoughts ??

Would it have been in the lines  of…

"ഈശ്വരാ ...എണ്ണയില്‍ ഇട്ടപ്പോള്‍ തുടങ്ങിയതാ വായിലോട്ട് നോകിയുള്ള ഈ comment അടി . ഇങ്ങനെ യുണ്ടോ ഒരു "വായനോക്കി " പെണ്ണ് .... 

Yours truly....