The Rupa Laughter Omnibus by Ruskin Bond

Author:Ruskin Bond [Bond, Ruskin]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
ISBN: 9788129106087
Google: a3qSqojhtd8C
Publisher: Rupa & Company
Published: 2003-01-05T18:30:00+00:00

My Failed Omelettes — and Other Disasters

BY RUSKIN BOND

n nearly fifty years of writing for a living, I have never succeeded in writing a best-seller. And now I know why I can't cook.

Had I been able to do so, I could have turned out a few of those sumptuous looking cookery books that brighten up the bookstore windows before being snapped up by folk who can't cook either.

As it is, if I were forced to write a cook book, it would probably be called Fifty Different Ways of Boiling An Egg, and other disasters.

I used to think that boiling an egg would be a simple undertaking. But when I came to live at 7,000 ft in the Himalayan foothills, I found that just getting the water to boil was something of an achievement. I don't know if it's the altitude or the density of the water, but it just won't come to the boil in time for breakfast. As a result my eggs are only half-boiled. "Never mind," I tell everyone; "half-boiled eggs are more nutritious than full-boiled eggs."

"Why boil them at all?" askes my five-year old grandson, Gautam, who is my Mr. Dick, always offering good advice. "Raw eggs are probably healthier."

"Just you wait and see," I told him. "I'll make you a cheese omelette you'll never forget." And I did. It was a bit messy, as I was over-generous with the tomatoes, but I thought it tasted rather good. Gautam, however, pushed his plate away, saying, "You forgot to put in the egg."

101 Failed Omelettes might well be the title of my best-seller.

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