…yells her father, as the Bean wanders in to take a peek at the brownies I am baking. “Girls in our family are not encouraged to enter the kitchen.”
I nod approvingly, because I am a disaster in the kitchen and amazed at my foodie husband coming up with something like this. Until I hear his next line.
“They must study hard, work well and make lots of money so that their fathers can retire and become beach bums.”
Oh. I see. So it’s still about the men!
The Mad Momma 
Chuckle:))) Bean sure has her work cut out for her. In my family, I am supposed to hold on to a job so I can buy my parents a holiday home in Goa while my brother saves up to buy them one in the hills. My folks have a pretty specific and according to them simple needs from their kids.
they sound very much like the OA 🙂
thats the way … ahaa ahaa I like it!
Yep! its always about them! can’t help it!!!
Gah! Girls in the kitchen…I did a post on that.
In our case, the man’s always pottering (pottering, not cooking) about the kitchen and throws us all out:)
For some reason I could almost smell the aroma of your brownies wafting across the blogosphere:)
🙂 just for that I shall bake when you’re next in town. nothing for that Sue girl.
LOL!! 🙂 Its always abt the men!!
🙂 OA sounds just like my dad. And Nino’s Dad would know. He’s reaping benefits of all that advice now, give or take a few curries.
I recommend a youtube video of swami nithyananda, the divine feminine, for anyone wondering why they are born as women.
Two guysd watched this video yesterday, with unvavering attention.
Ahhhh smart guy! Brownie recipes please ???!
I couldnt get past ..where I was baking brownies…’ you never cooked when I was there!!! i wont believe you do now, until I see (or taste) them.
thats because i refuse to cook when a better cook is around!
Cunning reply!
oye- you dont know janaki. she’s a great cook. why should i cook when i have her around?!
I spoke to Janaki on the phone once!
No wait, sorry; it was on gtalk.
he he he.. Beanie baby… u r going to carry the burden on thy rather strong shoulders… errm.. without smoking at the workplace.. (sorry, cldnt help that one)
i lurve brownies…
is it easy to make? bakery somehow is very intimidating to me. I find recipes, but lack the confidence to make it…
is it just me that I find lil Beanie soo adorable even if the post is about her father’s remark!?
whoa whoa! backtrack – YOU? BAKING brownies?????? this i gotta see!! show us the pix girl, both during and after and i will believe!
wtf? how did all of you wake up to the fact that the only thing I do in the kitchen ever, is bake? have I NOT shown you hajaar pics of the kids licking the batter bowl when I am baking? do you not read my blog anymore? do you not love me anymore? am i not pretty anymore? does my bad skin bother you? are my teeth not sparkly enough?
what? what? what?
ouii..so cute MM 😛 Made me smile BIG 🙂
Would u be happy if I said for me you are awesome !
totally it would help – look at all the other ditchers. to think I’ve even fed that Perakath so many meals 😦
*Thinks wistfully of MM’s house*
stop being wistful. get a job here ! go go shoo.. . be proactive!
Are you *sure* you’re not a foodie, though? Few non-foodies respond to banoffee pie like you did. Are you quite, quite sure?
well lets put it this way. i appreciate good food just as I appreciate all good things. hell, i’m a libran. i’m just not willing to be the one cooking that food!
you bet we dont! like i was telling my mom, i do it, and i love it some times, but not all the time. in fact moms meals are always so interesting that i feel guilty just counting off “carbs-check, proteins-check, fibre-check…we eat out/take out for the “interest” factor. else there’s mom!
gosh. i’ll never be that kinda mom 😦
brownies i am hungry now
i’m baking.. you want? 😉
courier ?….
err… you dont get to be family just for nothing. come do your babysitting duty and I’ll feed you.
“They must study hard, work well and make lots of money so that their fathers can retire and become beach bums” – AWESOME!!! I love him!!! ROFL!!!
hello – why does everyone love it when dads are lazy while moms slog in the kitchen?
The feminist wakes up! I echo your thoughts. How meanly mennish! Err is that even a word. I dont care either ways.
Wait! You won’t courier the brownies even if I say I am a poor brownie starved 24 week pregnant soul???? Really?!
*groans* noooooo….. that is a low blow. How can I say no to a brownie starved soul. bangalore is the one place I cant figure out how to supply brownies to 😦
While you’re on the topic lemme remind that I too live in Bangalore 😛 I can mail you my address too.
Personal delivery – that’s the only way Bangaloreans will take it 🙂
uff… I cant take the pressure anymore!!
*goes running, screaming and pulling at her hair*
Is a paavam girl away from home, who has to eat the crap she cooks for herself everyday, eligible to get some Brownies couriered? Parcels from India reach Ireland in 5 days. If not brownies, anything that is homecooked and has a good shelf-life would do.
*shows her starved puppy-look to MM*
damn. i wish you’d said so a week ago. a friend just went back close enough… sorry chile.
Issokay! Next time I come home, I’ll invite myself to Delhi 😀
I am your supporter here MM … I remember many posts on baking. I know you bake. But strictly baking only I must add … 🙂
Does only OA get to stretch out on the beach or you are included in his grand plans as well ? If you are … are you still complaining??
phew. you’re my only pal CA… And no, I’m a hill person. So Bean’s going to have to buy two places if she wants to keep us happy. one for her father on the beach and one for me in the hills
Hee hee … the debate about you cooking and all the requests for brownies are vairy funny 😀 To me anyway.
You know, I think the folks’ve been lyinf to me. Apparently I am a capricorn but I think I must be Libran. I too am ‘appreciate good things but can’t be arsed to work at making them’ type. Hmmm …
What did Bean have to say about the brownies? In the oven and after?
how about Spore? are you taking orders for there? 😛 i loooove home-made brownies!!! 😀
Brownies…hmmm MM, can I have some pls?
Pl share your brownie recipe 🙂 And pics too if possible.
Bean will obey her father, of course I can’t be sure about the ‘dad retiring a beach bum’ part 😛
Girls in my family weren’t encouraged to enter the kitchen either! But only coz the girl in question (koff koff) had the dishonorable reputation of turning out rotis in the morning that could be used to play frisbee with by noon.
Am better now tho, maybe I should try baking too.
Heehee, MM, caught you! You know where, na? 😛
[Ducks to save her nosy nose form being cut off!]
hain? where?! where?!
The little correction you made about … 😛
LOL! jobless creature 🙂
Hmmm brownies! Should bake them for Christmas 🙂 No wonder Bean was underfoot in the kitchen! I would totally be in line to lick the bowl!
hey liked the new theme and the snow is really intresting
Girls not encouraged to enter kitchen? This is new! Good luck Bean 😀