tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023809150725835717.post6922312523471734694..comments2023-11-05T01:05:38.453-08:00Comments on chespeak: Chakka and the Life of Malayalis: From Dinner Table to Folk SongsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08922847649122074587noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023809150725835717.post-33940240294440865762010-02-22T18:45:54.756-08:002010-02-22T18:45:54.756-08:00nice articlenice articleRineezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10895298398266953167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023809150725835717.post-2787239537894430552008-06-12T19:44:00.000-07:002008-06-12T19:44:00.000-07:00Joseph Satyasdas writes in an email from Singapore...Joseph Satyasdas writes in an email from Singapore:<BR/><BR/>Dear Chekkutty,<BR/> <BR/>read the life and times of chakka. yet to eat chakka pickle or taste chakka wine. <BR/> <BR/>we do get chakka here, from malaysia and thailand. succulent and sweet, in aseptically packed packets.<BR/> <BR/> but the feel is different. <BR/> <BR/>the joy is in having it with a whole crowd, immersing in the smell, getting our hands sticky, and seeing the kurus pile up - for the chakkakuru mezhukupuratti the next day. now my mouth waters. and i miss my ammoomma's dishes.<BR/> <BR/>satyadasAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08922847649122074587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023809150725835717.post-65419638976506239552008-06-10T08:35:00.000-07:002008-06-10T08:35:00.000-07:00You might think I am nostalgic as I am away on and...You might think I am nostalgic as I am away on and off now but even at home I get nostalgic for chakka - we used to have plavus all around our house when I was a kid and now one by one all of them have gone. We used to take it for granted in those days but now it is quite a task getting a chakka from the market. What is life without chakka-manga! And if it is there in your garden, great!J.Geethahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07513478136910631305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023809150725835717.post-10611459910652522932008-06-10T00:23:00.000-07:002008-06-10T00:23:00.000-07:00Jagan Narayan writes in an email from Los Angeles:...Jagan Narayan writes in an email from Los Angeles:<BR/><BR/>Very interesting Chekkutty.. not the chakka, but the Manmohan singh article.<BR/><BR/>By the way we get chakka in all shapes and sizes here; coming from Thailand... canned varikkan chaka...and from Mexico full size version cut and ceran wrapped...also small ones for thoran...<BR/><BR/>All the kerala appams too are available here in the store, a special Kerala store: Coconut Hill.<BR/><BR/>ThanksAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08922847649122074587noreply@blogger.com