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Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (20271) 20 May

In bengal pumpkin parval curry is popular with chapatis. Pumpkin is called kumro in bengali. Parval is called potol. Both are mixed with potatoes to make curry. They are eaten with chapatis and they taste delicious.

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lilacskies That seems very healthy.

19 Mar

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (20271) 20 Jun

In bengal, potato onion curry is very popular vegetable. It is eaten with chapatis. Potatoes are available all over the year and are essential vegetables. Onions are also available all around the year. The curry is liked by many...

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lilacskies How often do you eat it?

19 Mar

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (20271) 23 Nov

Matar dal in bengal is cooked with radish and potato. Matar dal is one of the popular lentils in bengal. Radish is red in colour in bengal. It is cooked with red radish called lal mulo in bengali. In hindi it is called muli. The...

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lilacskies I hope you enjoyed it.

19 Mar

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (20271) 9 Dec

In winter the cauliflowers are very tasty. West bengal is the highest producer of cauliflower in India. I had cauliflower potato peas curry with chapatis. Cauliflower is called fulgobhi potato is called aloo and peas is called...

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lilacskies I'm glad you enjoyed it.

19 Mar

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (20271) 16 Dec

Potatoes are the most useful vegetables. Bengal is the highest producer of potatoes in India. Diabetic patients avoid eating them. India has designated them as essential commodities. In winter they grow very well.

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lilacskies They are an important staple.

19 Mar

Four Walls @FourWalls (72613) • United States 19 Mar

They tell you to learn something every day. I did! Now that I’m enjoying lunch after my lesson I’ll let you learn a song that you may have heard in older TV shows or movies. Let’s go back 70 years to one of my favorite...

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lilacskies @FourWalls It was a wild year for those who were alive then.

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Four Walls @FourWalls (72613) • United States 19 Mar

They tell you to learn something every day. I did! Now that I’m enjoying lunch after my lesson I’ll let you learn a song that you may have heard in older TV shows or movies. Let’s go back 70 years to one of my favorite...

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lilacskies I have never heard of this song and artist either. 1955 was an interesting year for music though.

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MARILYN @Marilynda1225 (84084) • United States 19 Mar

Happy Wednesday Everyone! one more day until spring!! Today is more springlike than the next few days will be. Since it's going to be nice my big plan is to sit outside this afternoon and enjoy sunshine and fresh air. Hopefully it...

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lilacskies I hope you get some new neighbors who are as good as your old ones! I hope you have a great day!

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Stacey @xstitcher (33594) • Petaluma, California 19 Mar

Tried this earlier, but my computer went all wonky, so now I'm trying again. Today I need to get to the post office and send something I sold on eBay. When I get home, I have a dishwasher to unload. Today at one, I have a...

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lilacskies I hope you get everything done and have a wonderful day!

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Fleur @Fleura (31355) • United Kingdom 12 Mar

The car I had twenty years ago had few ‘modern’ features. It had wind-up windows, an air-bag for the driver, and no annoying alarms. The doors were unlocked by putting the key in the lock. When that one was sadly written off by...

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lilacskies It looks like your car reverted back to the hippie days. Lol!

19 Mar

terri0824 @terri0824 (5029) • United States 11 Mar

This was my post about seven years ago...and at that time it had been about seven years prior that I had signed in... February 27, 2018 8:56am CST Ijust stumbled upon this account that I forgot about. Didn't even know mylot still...

im back

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lilacskies Welcome back!

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BarBaraPrz @BarBaraPrz (49026) • St. Catharines, Ontario 19 Mar

And the day is starting out warm and sunny and I'm watching a couple birds out my window doing what I'm assuming the mating dance. "He" sneaks up to "her" and "she flies away, but not too far. Then "he" sneaks up to "her" again,...

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lilacskies @BarBaraPrz I know. Lol! I'm glad you were amused.

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BarBaraPrz @BarBaraPrz (49026) • St. Catharines, Ontario 19 Mar

And the day is starting out warm and sunny and I'm watching a couple birds out my window doing what I'm assuming the mating dance. "He" sneaks up to "her" and "she flies away, but not too far. Then "he" sneaks up to "her" again,...

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lilacskies Mating dances creep me out. I look away and move on with my life when I spot animals doing it. Lol!

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Stacey @xstitcher (33594) • Petaluma, California 18 Mar

Didn't post much today because I spent the majority of the morning doing math practice on the computer. My neighbor drove me to the office, and I did the test for the third time. I don't know what to think anymore about how I...

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lilacskies Good luck with eBay!

19 Mar

Stacey @xstitcher (33594) • Petaluma, California 18 Mar

I've had this trading card for years, and thought, "Eh. Someone else might like it." The card is from the Lord of the Rings trading card game, and depicts one of my favorite scenes from Fellowship of the Ring. Elrond the...

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lilacskies Good luck with your auction!

19 Mar

Dena Miller @Dena91 (16865) • United States 18 Mar

AD 37 Roman Emperor Tiberius name Caligula (born as Gaius Caesar Augustus Germanicus) as the new Roman leader. Caligula would be assassinated 4 years later. 1314 King Phillip IV of France would have Jacques de Molay, the last...

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learn something new

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lilacskies How intriguing. Did you study history? Are you a historian, a history teacher, or a history professor? Or do you simply have an interest in history?

19 Mar

Stacey @xstitcher (33594) • Petaluma, California 18 Mar

It is 9:01 p.m. by my computer clock, and I need to get to bed. Tomorrow's Wednesday, and I will be going to the Post office to send a comic book I sold on eBay. At 1 p.m. tomorrow I have a phone appointment. In the evening,...

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lilacskies I hope you slept well!

19 Mar

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (20271) 28 Oct

Lau is the bengali term for bottlegourd. Chingri is the bengali term for prawns. Bottlegourd and potatoes with peas are cooked together with the prawns and it becomes lau chingri. It is very tasty. It can be eaten with rice and...

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lilacskies @sathviksouvik Are prawns expensive in your country?

18 Mar

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (20271) 28 Oct

Lau is the bengali term for bottlegourd. Chingri is the bengali term for prawns. Bottlegourd and potatoes with peas are cooked together with the prawns and it becomes lau chingri. It is very tasty. It can be eaten with rice and...

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lilacskies @sathviksouvik How often do you have it?

18 Mar

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (20271) 20 Oct

In bengal sardine fish is very popular. They are found in the bay of bengal. Fish curry is made out of the fish and eaten with rice. some potatoes and coriander leaves add taste to the fish curry.

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lilacskies @sathviksouvik How do you eat them?

18 Mar

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