Daddy's home! :-) He's got quite a bit of time off so has spent the past couple of days at home. Reckon he'll pop into work at some point though, he rarely stays away for too long.

Yesterday my dad and I attempted to make "khasta roti" (think thats how you spell it!).....basically a type of chappati. Now you see, there's something about rotis (chappatis), in that in order to be considered a 'proper/good indian girl', you're supposed to be able to cook these things. (at least in my family).

With a little instruction from my dad (he knows the theory since he spent his childhood watching his mother/grandmother make then 3 times a day), and my minimal experience (from my grandma showing me a few times when i've gone to india)...........we made some. And not only that...they were round, and edible!

I'm aware that this sounds very trivial and ridiculous (maybe becuase it is?), but that was actually quite exciting for half a day. Mostly because its started to dawn on me lately that my knowledge of cooking is very limited. I can cook pasta and stuff...and know in theory what to do with meat and all sorts of other things, but I've just never cooked properly on a regular basis from fresh ingredients. When that happens in my house, my mum is generally cooking indian food and wants me out of the kitchen to get out of her way, which is fair enough I suppose.

Don't need to learn everything straight away...I know the basics and could survive if all processed food was suddenly stopped and there was only fresh ingredients, i think. (maybe they should do that for a week or 2 to see how people cope. hmm.)......but would like to learn a bit i think while i'm a layabout student.

wow, that was quite a long post. Haven't even said all I want to say. Will save the rest for tomorrow I think :-) Adieu xx