Friday, February 24, 2006
The Gift of The Maggi
Half a bowl of rice and some curry. That was all. And the curry was 3 days old. He had looked in the fridge 3 times. It was his cooking turn. No vegetables. Even the 'sell by' date on milk was yesterday's. He had been in the US long enough to know that milk sours on the 'sell by' date. Half a bowl of rice and some curry, that was all he had. And he had an exam tomorrow.
He thought of his roommate. He would ask him to get groceries. He can quickly prepare some sabji if his roommate could get vegetables and paratha from the Indian store. Oh, but the roommate had a paper due this week. How could he forget. Must do something about this memory thing. He opened the fridge the fourth time, and cursed. And then he remembered. Oh, how could he forget. Last time they went to the Indian store, they had got a dozen packets at three packets a buck. He opened the cupboard above the stove, and looked behind the duct. Ah, there they were. The Maggi.
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The magi, as you know, were wise men - wonderfully wise men - who came "from the east" and brought gifts to the infant Jesus. Being wise, their gifts were no doubt wise ones. But the wisest of them all survived the test of time and travelled with the descendants of Jesus's messengers back to the east. And there, in the land of the last surviving magi, that gift was embraced by the people and was called "Maggi".
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Isn't it ironic that India is mad for Maggi, while Ramen is the 'top' brand in the US?
He thought of his roommate. He would ask him to get groceries. He can quickly prepare some sabji if his roommate could get vegetables and paratha from the Indian store. Oh, but the roommate had a paper due this week. How could he forget. Must do something about this memory thing. He opened the fridge the fourth time, and cursed. And then he remembered. Oh, how could he forget. Last time they went to the Indian store, they had got a dozen packets at three packets a buck. He opened the cupboard above the stove, and looked behind the duct. Ah, there they were. The Maggi.
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The magi, as you know, were wise men - wonderfully wise men - who came "from the east" and brought gifts to the infant Jesus. Being wise, their gifts were no doubt wise ones. But the wisest of them all survived the test of time and travelled with the descendants of Jesus's messengers back to the east. And there, in the land of the last surviving magi, that gift was embraced by the people and was called "Maggi".
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Isn't it ironic that India is mad for Maggi, while Ramen is the 'top' brand in the US?
