[Magdalen] Indian (and other) English

[Lesley de Voil]

My mother's Prestige Pressure Cooker tucked the pressure relief valve under
the handle that went across the top of the boiler. It was a necessity in
our household - we were able to enjoy much more the cheaper cuts of beef
that all turned to grey lumps that could be swallowed with a suitable
amount of sauce.
My favourite recipe was Hedgehogs - beef rissoles with white rice mixed
into them, cooked in a tomato sauce. Having never, at that stage, seen a
hedgehog, I nevertheless assumed them to be more attractive than the much
larger and spinier Australian echidna, with which I *was* familiar.

Regards
Lesley de Voil

On Tue, Mar 3, 2015 at 7:30 AM, Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com> wrote:

> I remember the *one* time my mom used her new pressure cooker that Dad
> gave her for Christmas (late 50s)... clearly something she had wanted....
> all three of us stood in the kitchen while it whistled, steamed and roiled
> on the electric burner, then the top blew off.... never used it again
> (probably got rid of it). I have no idea what was in the pot.
>
> Lynn
>
> My email has changed to: houstonKLR at gmail.com
>
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>
> When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have not
> a single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave me."
> attributed to Erma Bombeck
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Jon Egger" <revegger at gmail.com>
> Sent: Monday, March 02, 2015 11:40 AM
> To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Indian (and other) English
>
>
>  Jay, my mother, too, had a fear of pressure cookers.  I've been watching
>> some vids on You Tube about pressure cooking and can see where her fear
>> may
>> have come from.  Despite the 'modern changes' the cooks always remind the
>> viewer of the dangers that come with pressure cooking.
>>
>> +++
>> Grace & peace,
>> jon
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Mar 1, 2015 at 9:43 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>  After working so much with many Indian doctors and nurses , I developed a
>>> positive fondness for the peculiarities of Indian English, which is as
>>> different from American or British English as they are from one another.
>>> I
>>> often peruse Indian cooking and other sites and I just came across an
>>> expression I hadn't seen before. I am familiar with one expression which
>>> is
>>> used frequently to describe the process of heating mustard seeds in oil
>>> until they make a spluttering noise, which is always written in recipes,
>>> "Splutter the mustard." That always makes me smile, but this one made me
>>> laugh out loud. Indian cooks have a love affair with their pressure
>>> cookers. I don't....I'm scared to death of them....but I was reading a
>>> recipe today for dal which included the phrase "Pressure to four
>>> whistles."
>>> It makes sense, of course, but verbing sure does weird language.....and
>>> Indian English verbs a LOT!
>>>
>>>