Food Festival

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Food Festival

E M Adithyan

Food is the weakness of the people of all ages. Health and happiness to a large extent depends on the quality of food. Moreover, food is perhaps the only item people above BPL can satisfy. Even billionaires will not be able to satisfy their passion for other items including clothes.

We make tall claims from terrace tops about our improvement in quality. However, we either ignore or are blissfully ignorant about a fundamental fact. ie; quality should begin from Kitchen. (Food) If quality food is served, other qualities like quality of work, quality of service, quality of product, quality of work culture, quality of life etc will automatically follow suit

It is proposed to conduct food festivals starting with state food festivals of each state in all other states culminating with Indian Food Festival at different parts of the globe. To begin with Kerala food festival will be held at all the other state capitals. In the event of popular demand from public, food festival can be conducted at other places of the state as well. Requests for conducting festivals at other places may be forwarded to the Central organising committee through the co-ordinators of the respective states committees.

Highlights:

1 The best of cuisine of the state will be arranged

2 Many of the items in the festival will not be available in Hotels because either it is uneconomical or/and the production process is cumbersome/time consuming

3 To the extent possible natural cereals and vegetables produced without using organic chemicals and pesticides will be used

4 Traditional utencils like Kalchatti ( Utensil carved out of Stone/rock),Charakku (Bronze vessel) ,Pathi (Wooden vessel used for mixing),Kathan chembu (Copper vessel), uruli (Bronze vessel mainly used for frying), Paya (Mat made of grass/leaves) Marakkayil (Wooden serving spoon), Cheena Bharani (China clay utencil) etc will be used

5 Cooking will be done in traditional way with bare minimum use of mechanical and electrical appliances

7 Food will be served in Vazhayila (plantain leaves) instead of plates

6 Traditional beverages like cocunut water, Jal Jeera, Lassi, Butter Milk (the name is a misnomer. It contains neither butter nor milk), Chukku Vellam (Dry Ginger water), Jeeraka Vellam (Jeera hot water), Chukku Kappi (Herbal coffee), Rasam etc will be served. Cold drinks (Nay, cooled drinks) like Pepsi, coca cola etc will not be served.

Objectives

1 To promote regional, national and international integration

2 To develop friendship and fraternity among people of different castes, creed, region, religion and language

3 Create awareness about our rich and varied food

4 To explore the possibility of creating new food items by judicious mixing of items/ingredients from various regions

5 To promote research, innovation and invention in cooking technology

6 To create great cooks (Crooks please excuse. We are already having great crooks)

7 To discourage the use of junk food, fast food and superfast food.

8 To promote health, happiness, productivity, profitability etc through good food culture

9 To use Food Festival as an effective tool for National and International understanding

10 To promote National and International Tourism

11 Food for thought. Better food better thoughts

12 Encourage use of food with medical value to improve immunity and reduce use of slow poison (Allopathic Medicines)

13 Enhance capacity of body and mind by judicious mix of various items. (Eg:Using Spectacles/lens is not the panacea for weak vision. Remedy lies in improving the eye sight or at least prevent it from further deterioration. This is possible by intake of some special food items)

Ayurveda elaborately explains medicinal value of various food items. For more details, please read Ashtanha Hridayam, Ashtanga Samgraham Charaka Samhita, Susruta Samhita etc. For better understanding learn Sanskrit, our Grand Mother tongue

14 To achieve the ultimate objective of making this world a much etter place to live in.

Applications are invited from general public for inclusion in the organising committee Criteria for selection as committee members is as follows.

1. Members will be admitted after proper screening only

2. Admission will be based on the recommendation of Screening Committee

3. Persons having knowledge/interest in cooking will be given preference

4. Members should have pride in Indian culture, civilization and Indian food

5. Sycophants, flatters, leg pullers, back baiters, liars, puppets and people with crab mentality, ego etc will be automatically disqualified from membership

They will be required to travel extensively by all means of transport ie; Bicycle, Moped, Scooter, Bike, Rickshaw, Auto Rickshaw, Car, Tempo, Bus, Train, Helicopter, Plane, Boat, ship etc except by post

Committee members will have a rare opportunity to meet and interact with celebrities from all walks of life. Organisers guarantee that (No Bank Guarantee will be given) not a single category of people will fail to visit the festival.

Festival will be a real mouth opener (not applicable to those whose mouths are always open) to all those who enjoy tasty and nutritious food.

Organisers are expecting unprecedented rush for the food festivals. In view of this admission will be restricted to invitees/pass holders only during the first three days of the festival. Food fans can do advance booking from 4 am to 8 am and 5pm to 9 pm to avoid disappointment. If anybody misses the chance they can visit other state capitals

Subsequent to the successful completion of one round of food festival, even the staunchest supporters of subversive, suffocating, self deceptive, self defeating, scandalous, surreptitious, scurrilous, sulky, sullen and sacrilegious slogans like "Sons of the Soil" will slowly and steadily submerge into more subtle and sober slogans like "Sons of the other soil"

After the conclusion of the state Food Festivals, Indian Food Festival will be held at different parts of the globe. An Indian Food festival can be organised at least for a month without repeating a single item.

Can any other country in the world boast of such a incredible feat?

Be a proud Indian