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14% of the country is horrified by the taste
of pork. 80% reveres the cow for befriending
and comforting the deity Krishna through his
ancient tribulations. Unfortunately for fish,
sheep, and chickens, their ancestors never
made the honored (or dishonored) lists—but
there’s 30% of the population who don’t
much care for consuming any living being.
So this is an easy (if less than doctrinaire)
country to be a vegetarian. Again, there are
exceptions, and you can find pretty much any
meat in some obscure corner of the culture.
But as a visitor, why would you want to?
We consume as much as we want, but no
one ever suffered a guilty conscience from
gorging on vegetables.
Not a lot of drama:
In general, we expected a much more
complicated relationship with food than we
found in India. In a mega-state like Maharashtra,
there exists the potential for every
kind of misery (New York and London
come to mind), but widespread hunger, at
least in the urban areas, isn’t the scourge it
used to be. Obesity is rare, but so is visible
malnutrition. Famine has all but disappeared.
Indians might not over-eat, but they relish
amoebic challenge flying coast to coast in
America, much less to Europe, Africa, or
Asia. A week or so before arrival in-country,
we start a regimen of probiotics, but only
because we drop all inhibitions at the first
exotic aroma. And as for ice cubes, brushing
teeth, suspicious plastic bottles, and all
the other water-based shibboleths, we keep
meaning to start paying attention. Maybe
someday we’ll find out the hard way. Maybe
we won’t.
So…
As Indian-obsessed foodies, we’re just
getting started. We did take lunch with
one of the premier chefs of India, where
the chocolate dessert truffles were served
suspended in a magnetic field (we have no
idea why, but it took the waiter longer to
suspend them than it took us to swallow).
But our most memorable meals have been
among the least gaudy and expensive. And
that is the true secret of Indian food—simple
ingredients blended with mouth-watering
spices and cooked to perfection. So easy.
So relaxed. So good.
Next up: Down on the Bayou—Five Days
Lost in Louisiana.
Ben & Glinda Shipley, published writers
and photographers, share their expertise
and experience of their many world travels.
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Mumbai street food stalls in the Muslim market off Mohammed
Ali Road.
the foods of their culture and will welcome
your awestruck admiration.
As for the foreigner’s digestive adjustment—
to put it delicately—that issue has never proved
more than vaguely inconvenient for us. We both
sport pretty weak stomachs, and face an
Which hand does what? Lunch a mano in the mountain tea plantations of Munnar.
Milk for sale, but not much else. Along the Colaba Causeway
in Mumbai.
A little of this, a little of that—a midday Mumbaiker Thali with a refreshing plain lassi.