Chatting with my mind

  Being a foodie sometimes i just wonder who taught us to cook rice, to make bread and so many of those delicious dishes, cooked and processed saviors that helped us to survive every day. Who was that first man/woman who invented those , yes as per me these inventions are life changing and no where  less than any major scientific revolutions that we observed.  When we were living in the cave also i read that human started learn the usage of fire. But the major breakthrough is knowing the usage of Salt. How many of the human sacrificed their life as a young apprentice while trying some new fruit / fish/ milk. Not everything is edible in this world. Out of those trillions things to figure out and eat what is right, that is a great elimination round that we have passed without any trace. Current form of Homo Sapiens  exists in this world around 200,000 years ( source ) so how eventually the food also evolve in different phases around the same duration of time. Like our...

"Phuckha" is one of the street food ( it falls under Chat category) in India, that everyone like. It's very hard to pass a street side stall that is serving "Phuchka". Being born and brought-up West Bengal, India - this is the name and taste i was familiar with till i step outside my home and observed that it is widely enjoyed and appreciated across India. At different phase of life, this dish brings me a different memories and savor. Primeval memories comes when my Maa, Fulma (Aunt) and with neighborhood aunts called "Phuchkawala" ( the man who sells phuchka) inside our house compound, would circle around him and start eating the serving from the seller - there were so much controversies with the number he was serving , the size of serving , the potato is not spicy enough, the water is not enough and at the end the ask for one "dry" "phuckha" with masala inside 😀. Now with the mid-age i think "Phuchkawala", is one of the...