Food

I haven't addressed the issue of food at all during these blogs. I totally appologize for that, and thanks Steph for bringing it up!

I mostly haven't brought it up, because it is rather uneventful...and I mean that in the BEST POSSIBLE way. Because the country is mostly Hindu and Muslim, and cows are sacred in Hindu (hence the roaming the streets) and pigs are concidered dirty animals in Muslim tradition....well, most of the country is vegetarian. Which make ME extremely happy. Since I am about to embark to Argentina, to the land of beef, where people are going to not understand me when I say I don't eat meet...it is so nice to be somewhere where my eating habits are more like the norm.

Most places say Vegatarian, or Pure Vegatarian, which means with no eggs...since to eat an egg is preventing a life. The spices here are wonderful, tons of cilantro, corriander, ginger, cumin, anise, masala etc. And you can tell all the ingrediants are fresh, the markets here are beautiful. In the north we ate lots of Aloo Palak (potatos and spinach), Gohbi Masala (Coliflower Masala), Channa Masala (chickpea masala) and stuff with Paneer (which is cheese curd). Then you eat that with Chipatti bread or naan...and you eat it all with your hands. Down here in the south we have been having lots of Dosas (which a big pieces of "bread" stuffed with various things....like I had an onion dosa for breakfast...poor bryan!) and there is much more cuisine yet to explore!

Unfortunately I don't have any really weird crazy food storys to relate. Haven't eaten anything terribly strange, accept for the large amount of cheese curd. I mean how weird can vegitables get?