Kitchen Chronicles

It is a very normal day in the kitchen... girl is busy getting the oil ready in the kadia(utensil) for mustard seeds n curry leaves seasoning and the boy is lost in cutting onions... oil is hot n ready for the mustard seeds .. the girl drops the mustard seeds into the oil and immediately jumps some 3 feet away .. yup u guessed it right... she's freaking scared of the oil droplets that jump out when mustard seeds crackle... boy looks at this and starts nodding his head..then the gal gets ready to drop curry leaves into the oil from 1 meter away... boy stops cutting the onions ...

boy(like a modern day hero): give i will drop the curry leaves
girl(with a relieved look): take it.

boy stands in front of the stove holds up his palm inward, right above the utensil and looks at me

boy: see nothing happens.. you simply get scared.
girl: yeah yeah.. you first drop the curry leaves

boy drops the curry leaves n holds his palm again on top ... gives me a sweet smile.. immediately smile turns into funny frown.


ahha my love u got it right this time... sometimes the oil crackles do hurt :P ....


PS: No person was seriously injured / bandaged / hospitalized during the above event.

Domestic Battle!

What do most married couples fight about???

Reason 1 - Food & Cooking!

Not an issue with us. The boy manages the non-veg section and i look after the veg section and sausages section. We are very well co-ordinated in the food department. So no fights in the kitchen.


Reason 2 - TV shows!

The boy prefers only the movies and sports channels. And i am not a big fan of these sport channels. But being a good wife (coyly smiling), i let boy watch his football matches and F1. And he too lets me watch my shows (at least on their re-runs). So no fight over remote too here.


Reason 3 - Cleaning around the house

Boy is very helpful in this section. He shows his typical Virgo cleanliness streak here. So no fights over dirty dishes and brooms.


Reason 4 - Annoying habits

Either there are no such "tick off" habits in the boy or i have gotten used to all his pesky habits. And i dont hear the boy complaining much about mine too. So no fights over snoring or toilet seat covers.

So you think we dont fight at all??

Highly mistaken.... Wondering the reason for fight???

Reason is a big brown towel !!!


My mom had packed this towel along with all my other clothes when i moved in with the boy. The towel was totally forgotten. Few days back, the boy suddenly remembered about the towel and from then on the battle has begun.

Boy says his MIL has bought the towel especially for him. And i told the boy to call up my mom and get his confusion cleared. When my folks had called him to wish on his birthday, he asked my mom about towel, she sweetly took his side and agreed that it was for him.
Well i dint give up that easily. I got the boy another big peach towel as a birthday gift along with all his other gifts. Then i told the boy to forget about the brown towel. But canny boy says that he would lend me his new peach towel and i could use it permanently. aaarrgghhh!!!

Well the brown towel has never been used until now. It is still under the dispute for true ownership. Both the parties are not planning on letting it go.

So the towel tussle continues.......