Parallel Cooking

Cherry

By pkroutray

Sat, 19 Aug 2017
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Parallel Cooking

P K Routray

 

An experience I must share

that I have preserved for sixty years with care.

That dazzled in comparison

to the system now is in common.

Over generations after generations

a clan shared the same house without partitions

sharing the rooms, court yards and kitchen

with cooperation, fun, fight and friction.

Bitterness of fight did occur but lived short,

To end it elders and youngsters contributed a lot.

The subject being myriad I limit my option

to only the part of kitchen and dining portion.

In one kitchen parallel cooking took place

Ladies folk enjoyed the cooking with laughter in their face

cooperating, chitchatting they cooked with pleasure.

The dishes got enriched with nutrients from their spirit in ample measure

The dishes got distributed and shared with joy.

Over eating took place with tasty dishes by the way..

The monotony of single cook and lone kitchen

even with music to taste today cannot be hidden.

The environment of kitchen and dining space prevailing then

is missing in mechanized modern kitchen looking desolate and barren

I long to go back, squat on the floor to get the dishes from my auntie’s hand

with “some more and some more” sweet sound, smile of satisfaction from my mother grand.

 

 

 

 

Certificate U
Poem
Singing in My Thoughts (Poetry)
Other Non-fiction

Comments

Submitted by Jane Hyphen on

Enjoyed this, a reminder of some of the positives of cramped living, sharing and co-operation were key. Now we're all so obsessed with cleanliness and having our own space, it's all very clinical. We're a social species, like rabbits, who live in complex social groups. Never keep a rabbit alone in a hutch, their lives are cut short by loneliness. Sorry I went off topic there.  

 

Submitted by pkroutray on

Thank you very much for your visit and remarks.

 

Submitted by Di_Hard on

This is so true, a brilliant idea to write about, thankyou for posting! I used to have only myself to cook for and  love cooking for my family now, it's the best. The kitchen is the most important room for sure :0) I hope my son has such happy memories as you have shared so eloquently here

 

Submitted by pkroutray on

Thank you very much for your visit to my site and for your lovely remarks.