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I always looked forward to visits to my Granny's place during my School's Summer-holidays. It was real fun as all my cousins also came and we had a gala time.
Granny's favorite words were - Eat & Sleep!
Granny was a great cook and ensured that we all ate yummy food.
She also wanted us to sleep in the afternoon so that she, my grandfather and the rest of the elders could enjoy their afternoon siesta.
But, we never slept and indulged in all sorts of fun activities. When our excitement levels made our voices loud, Granny would warn us to keep the volume down!
Granny made excellent pickles. She would add spices to the cut raw mangoes and put them out in the sun to dry.
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Seeing the open treasure in front, I was tempted to sample the half-made pickles.
Ditto was the case with all my cousins!
As we all collectively yielded to our temptation, one afternoon, our army finished off the entire collection that Granny had left out in the sun to dry!
You should have seen her face when she woke up from her afternoon nap and let out a cry of shock & surprise!
"You kids have just finished off so many jars of future-pickles! You will have stomach-upsets..."
Seeing Granny's concern that we might have upset-tummies, I was tempted to inform her that we had even finished her entire bottle of Chooran!
Time for more shock & surprise!
It seems kids were permitted only one Chooran ball per day & we had gobbled up innumerable ones without counting!
Learnt a lesson for life- Take care of temptation!
This post is a part of Write Over the Weekend, an initiative for Indian Bloggers by BlogAdda.
Prompt- This time we’re aiming at making it more creative! Your post must contain, ‘ I was tempted’.
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Lol I never did that. Not much fond of pickles :D
ReplyDeleteNice tale for the prompt :)
I looooove pickles. This is a true story :)
DeleteThanks for the appreciation, Anmol.
Yup I could guess it's your story. Girls are usually fond of pickles right ;)
DeleteBTW congrats you topped the list this time :D
DeleteYay! Thanks a lot Anmol :)
DeleteYes it is my story :)
Hahaha reminds me of me.
ReplyDeleteI love pickles and anything spicy and tangy :)
Damn, I'm hungry now :D
Haha Soumya :) We share common interests!
DeleteEven I am hungry now though I also had pickles for lunch :)
Aww, great :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for reading :)
DeleteA tangy, spicy post it is, Anita! Always fun to walk the memory lanes of carefree childhood :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Beloo!
DeleteI love your choice of words- Tangy & Spicy - that's what pickles are about.
But, yet to earn my Tangy/Spicy badges from BlogAdda :) Trying :)
I loved it! I know its true as i have also experienced the summer afternoons where grandparents want the children to sleep, but children don't care about the temperature and want to explore the world outside home! And doing something forbidden in your grandparents home is always an enjoyable experience.
ReplyDeleteYes, very true, Ratna! We share similar experiences :)
DeleteKids love grandparents homes :)
loved it..........
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot :)
Deletehaha...reminds me of the tamarind pickle my grandmother used to make :D
ReplyDeleteI love Tamarind pickle & Chooran, Naba :)
DeleteOoh such a tempting prompt! Nicely done Anita
ReplyDeleteCourtesy BlogAdda! Join in! Thanks a lot:)
DeleteI am tempted looking at your pickle picture.
ReplyDeleteHa ha! Common temptation :)
DeleteYour temptation sure gave your granny a huge shock...!! :P
ReplyDeleteYou bet! :)
Deletehahaha.. a pickling tempted post :)
ReplyDeleteThanks, Ankur!
DeleteWanna indulge in the same fun activities again! Missing them :)
Yum yum yummy post..!!! Woo....ww; Im craving for my Mom's Mango Pickle. :)
ReplyDeleteBeautifully written :)
Thanks for the yummy comment :)
DeleteFun indeed. :)
ReplyDeleteI remember having stolen some fro neighbor's.;)
Hehe! Indrani, we all have such fun tales :)
DeleteA nice read, Anita. Good one. Can feel the pulse though I missed all these kind of activities because of my hostel life during school :-(
ReplyDeleteThanks Jayanta. Okay. I am sure you have many memories too.
DeleteWe indulged in such fun during our Summer holidays :)
Children can tolerate a lot, right?
ReplyDeleteYes! Kids love treats! Happy to eat :)
DeleteGood Present and written.
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot :)
DeleteNo meal is complete without pickles!
ReplyDeleteVery true :)
DeleteBeautiful post about two associated activities (freaking out on raw mango pieces being sun-dried and then freaking out on choorans, etc.) that many have indulged in as children.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the appreciation. Yes indeed! Kids have common interests :)
DeleteThis year here in my hometown we have a good mango season and my mom has made all types of mango pickles. I will wait for weekends so that I can come home and taste all these mango pickles. My mother pickles has saved me when I was working outside. Rice+curd+pickle made my lunch... :)
ReplyDeleteTrue Krishna. That's my favorite meal too. I love Mango Pickles too :)
Deletethinking of raw mangoes is mouth watering nice take on the prompt
ReplyDeleteThanks Cifar! True, really mouth-watering :)
DeleteBrings back memories of my long last childhood
ReplyDeleteThanks Sureshji! Happy you went on a walk down the memory-lane :)
DeleteQuite a different story! Pickles, my all time favorite! :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Preeti :) How we love pickles!
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