The other day I had to trim off the edges from bread, and instead of chucking them in the bin, they are great with any sabji microwaved (or grilled) with a generous drizzle of virgin olive oil:
This was a few weeks ago
Tuesday, September 13, 2005
Is 'kadar' (value, respect) becoming old fashioned?
In today’s world of disposable items and fast food we seem to be forgetting the value, the gift of what we have. The concept of 'kadar' appears to be suffocating in the cacophony of media advertising blasting it’s messages everywhere. It is not the 'in thing' to talk of having (let alone have) ‘kadar’ for anything. This erosion is seeping into the very places where we should be advocating such values - I just think of the many times I have been to the gurudwara or some smagam where there is food aplenty, but also much wastage. I cannot claim to be free from this lack of 'kadar'. It's not hard to imagine how people in poorer countries would look at our behaviour - horror springs to mind.
The other day I had to trim off the edges from bread, and instead of chucking them in the bin, they are great with any sabji microwaved (or grilled) with a generous drizzle of virgin olive oil:
This was a few weeks ago
The other day I had to trim off the edges from bread, and instead of chucking them in the bin, they are great with any sabji microwaved (or grilled) with a generous drizzle of virgin olive oil:
This was a few weeks ago
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You scared me singh
I must be dyslexic
You said "The other day I had to trim off the edges from bread"
and I thought you said "The other day I had to trim off the edges from BEARD"
eeww
sorry hehe..
didn't mean to mislead you anon - wouild be nice to know your name. Old people who've lost their teeth might sometimes make this request that you remove the hard edges (for them) of the bread.
Waheguru
This a very good post. Because I live in very beautiful and sometimes delicate surroundings, I care a lot about the environment. I don't want to loose what we have since we've already lost so much. I try not to waste anything. My brother and I both compost all organic waste and try to recycle what we can of other waste. We don't generate that much waste either.
My brother will pick an apple from his tree in the morning, and put the core of the apple back in his lunch box to compost later and return what came from his property.
I think we all need to learn how to respect everything as a gift from God. First, we need to respect each other and our differences.
...how thoughtful! And now, I'll try to keep it in my thoughts all the time, although i almost always do. You can imagine, my hero is Bhagat Puran Singh and his disciple cannot be wasting food! You know! But thanks for the reminder and the ideas :)
Absolutely agree Bhagat Puran Singh was a great soul, I feel I simply must post a picture of him in my next post!
I'm not quite sure about this blog thing - on the one hand I'm going on about respect and appreciation for what we have, but at the same time I'm also guilty of the same. I suppose if you described me as a fraud I might not defend myself too vigrously especially if the reference point was somebody like Prabhu Singh.
On a side note I find wholemeal bread makes a nice change from roti (some say it's easier to digest, not sure).
Waheguru
singh ji you have to go with the flow
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