Hello from India! Appologies to my fellow crows and readers for not having have written already! India is beautiful, hot, crowded, dusty. The air smells like cows and curry and the traffic is the worst I have seen anywhere in the world. But what is most important here is, as always, the food.
Eating Indian food 3 meals a day, every day is proving to be somewhat less difficult than I predicted although by no means ideal. I think I would honestly be perfectly happy if I could just have a good ol’ breakfast of yogurt and granola. But, all together, it’s delicious. So many spicy curries, chewy breads and fried tid bits that I feel stuffed to the gills all the time. And it doesn’t help that a full meal with all the trimmings at a nice restaurant costs about $5.00. Plus, given that this is a predominately Hindu country, a huge portion of the population is vegetarian, and all restaurants advertise themselves as being “veg” or “veg and non veg.” Makes it easy for a veggie crow!
Miss you all! More to come!
The Story of VBar
Told by Riane
Vanessa (VBar) Barton is a crow near and dear to my heart, although we often find her soaring the globe. Vanessa’s true passion is traveling; her most recent adventure brought her to India where she had been yearning to go for years. She will undoubtedly picks up a few tricks on her Indian adventure and always incorporates her cultural findings into her own culinary repertoire. I can’t help but draw the conclusion that this 'spice monster' developed her palette from her exotic adventures, I (and I know her boyfriend Mark has my back on this one) have definitely had to bring this heat crazed crow down a notch, after nearly catching my mouth on fire. But I have to say, I’ve gotten her back with another flavour; being a huge fan of mushrooms, I have forced VBar, on more than one occasion, to get past her inhibitions and eat whatever mushroom laden dish myself and the other crows have created. Well hats off to you Vanessa, who can now confidently say ‘I don’t mind mushrooms’ from her initial, ‘I hate mushrooms.’ On that same note, she’s the only vegetarian of the group but is slowly warming up to meats, given her sister crows’ influences. Proud’a you.
Her second passion is cooking which emanates with her Italian heritage. Her Sicilian roots are evident in her flair in the kitchen, often cooking up Italian classics including, but definitely not limited to: Homemade marinara, not to mention PASTA like her Sicilian Grandma used to make (which has been borrowed on more than one occasion), pumpkin risotto, tiramisu and even homemade limoncello! She’s a crafty crow, jarring her own sauces, tackling homemade booze and even growing her own kitchen herb garden. Always ready with open arms and a delicious cocktail, VBar is the Italian flair in our flock.
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