tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post7654668136140823186..comments2024-03-16T06:57:34.250-04:00Comments on Bong Mom's CookBook: Salmon Kabob and HappinessBong Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15407918137263251235noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-28273243528509638292007-06-22T15:03:00.000-04:002007-06-22T15:03:00.000-04:00Nice writeup Sandeepa...u have really framed up ur...Nice writeup Sandeepa...u have really framed up ur thoughts very well. <BR/>Nice entry for the MBP.I have also planned to do krithika's paneer kabobs .Prema Sundarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17534852355553755658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-11231338068745227472007-06-22T14:39:00.000-04:002007-06-22T14:39:00.000-04:00Wow Sandeepa ! what an insightful post. I am mostl...Wow Sandeepa ! what an insightful post. I am mostly a happy person, and feel happy around people who are less materialistic. But I do get stressed about work many times. I am very far from achieving equanimity to gain ultimate happiness :). I have almost completely managed to given up meat (but not yet fish...I am bong!). This is probably because I grew up in a semi-vegetarian household with father being vegetarian. But now I struggle to make a menu when I invite non-Indian guests for dinner. Could you please give some suggestions regarding vegetarian Indian menu? <BR/><BR/>My email address is chatpats@gmail.comMystichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07289383923384085212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-55643226263586106242007-06-22T12:27:00.000-04:002007-06-22T12:27:00.000-04:00AnhHope you make the "happy decisions". I agree de...Anh<BR/>Hope you make the "happy decisions". I agree decisions always make me jittery<BR/><BR/>Cynthia<BR/>Thanks for the recipe<BR/><BR/>Trupti<BR/>Thats exactly what I am trying to learn. Yeah paneer or tofu migh be good<BR/><BR/>Suganya<BR/>Its hard right ? One time you feel satisfied, the next moment you don't. Good that you now know to be satisfied and happy<BR/><BR/>Coffee<BR/>Would love to have you as my colleague :) You bring so much positive energy, really<BR/><BR/>Roopa<BR/>Yeah blogging makes me very happy and contented too<BR/><BR/>Linda<BR/>I know...looking too much into the futureis unnerving, taking a day at a time is best<BR/><BR/>Archana<BR/>Do try it, it shall cure your blues :) Wit thwo of you adorable twins you shouldn't have any blues at the first place :)<BR/><BR/>Sra<BR/>Ok no copying :) I love to comment on your blog too<BR/><BR/>Indo<BR/>For us we need to have something non-veg, even a little bit at least every other day. And now even my daughter is same, she asks for either chicken. egg or fish every day<BR/><BR/>Shapna<BR/>Thats so amazing. You catch all your own fish, that like a true blue Bong. Pacific salmon are better than the atlantic ones, aren't they ?<BR/><BR/>Richa<BR/>Hope venturing near, didn't mess up with your happiness :)<BR/><BR/>Sig<BR/>You are having loads of fun, I know. Love your cheerful presence<BR/><BR/>Meena<BR/>That was very nice " we never lost our happiness for which we searching through out of lifes in some thing else" -- so true<BR/><BR/>Jyothsna<BR/>Having you over makes me happy too :)Bong Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15407918137263251235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-8843101160304234212007-06-22T02:09:00.000-04:002007-06-22T02:09:00.000-04:00Well written post! Just coming here makes me happy...Well written post! Just coming here makes me happy!! And I'm drooling over those kebabs...they look gorgeous Sandeepa, and thats surely made me very very happy!! :))Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03338468510575659800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-6021881135241682322007-06-21T18:41:00.000-04:002007-06-21T18:41:00.000-04:00HI Sandeepa..I truely agree with what u said and h...HI Sandeepa..I truely agree with what u said and heard. Big things like money or a fame can;nt give u that much happiness, which small things give us. Like working hard for an exam and passing through with good marks or your guest or ur dearones enjoys the food prepared by you or some of your readers atleast one reader say that your recipe has done wonders for them:-)) BUt it takes lots of time..I think almost all of our lifetime to get realized that we never lost our happiness for which we searching through out of lifes in some thing else...By the way kababs are wonderful.Lovely dish. Even I can'nt leave non-veg for ever. That is why, what I do is I give up for short peroids in between;-)) <BR/>sorry due to some typing mistakes I deleted prevoius comment by me .Sorry abt that!oops!Meena Kandlakutihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04846817657201018416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-91201031677713660442007-06-21T18:37:00.000-04:002007-06-21T18:37:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Meena Kandlakutihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04846817657201018416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-10913226967557147172007-06-21T16:38:00.000-04:002007-06-21T16:38:00.000-04:00Ahhh well put sandeepa... Makes me think about wha...Ahhh well put sandeepa... Makes me think about what makes me happy... I am generally a happy person, I only think about what makes me sad and angry, but now I need to sit and figure out what makes me happy... right now it is a sunny day outside, I am working from home sitting next to the window, I feel pretty happy but a nice backrub and a cool margarita could just lift me to heaven... :)<BR/><BR/>Oh and those salmon kabobs, send some over and that will be "perfection"... :)Sighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16949737485794919264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-3564829446909177102007-06-21T15:26:00.000-04:002007-06-21T15:26:00.000-04:00yup, it's true, it's a breeze to be happy, till th...yup, it's true, it's a breeze to be happy, till that comparison bug creeps in :( only if that bug squashing were that simple.....<BR/><BR/>those look like paneer, till i ventured too near...<BR/>keep smiling...Richahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08386161012677274105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-39412771621229913912007-06-21T13:40:00.000-04:002007-06-21T13:40:00.000-04:00Hi Sandeepa, For the last 4 years my husband and I...Hi Sandeepa, For the last 4 years my husband and I have been catching our own salmon and halibut off the Pacific coast. Hubby, a true blue bangal and fisheries biologist, got tired of farmed salmon acquired boat and we haven't bought fish at the market since 2002. Abundance of fish has encouraged me to try different recipes, my favourite one is my own creation, a marinade of coriander, green chillies, garlic, lemon, olive oil and whiskey and salt and pepper. You can't go wrong with proportions so add however much you want. Try it, you'll love it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-55553033066919402402007-06-21T07:08:00.000-04:002007-06-21T07:08:00.000-04:00Sandeepa, what a lovely post. You write so well. L...Sandeepa, what a lovely post. You write so well. Like you said I have to have my share of chicken, fish and egg or the longing is going to make me real sad, though not everyday atleast once every week or so.<BR/><BR/>Cooking is what me the happiest but the sad part is not finding the time to relax and cook.<BR/><BR/>Those Salmon Kabab would have made anybody happy by the dozen.indosungodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11556193051268397994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-90315696663495400102007-06-21T05:32:00.000-04:002007-06-21T05:32:00.000-04:00Sandeepa, seeing your comments on my blog makes me...Sandeepa, seeing your comments on my blog makes me happy - just a little less selfless than Bee's reply, ha ha!srahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03243944393796831559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-23198167624251819242007-06-21T03:01:00.000-04:002007-06-21T03:01:00.000-04:00Hi Sandeepa,Nice to hop on late at night (today fe...Hi Sandeepa,<BR/><BR/>Nice to hop on late at night (today feeling a bit blue) and seeing your post on happiness and its true how we could get sucked up by external forces. Thanks the writeup and superb salmon. Its one of my favorite fish...<BR/><BR/>ArchanaA, mama of twinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06621129983488796382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-45299881926911446332007-06-21T00:03:00.000-04:002007-06-21T00:03:00.000-04:00Hi Sandeepa -- I do often think that you ought to ...Hi Sandeepa -- I do often think that you ought to be a professional writer :) <BR/>Happiness is a one-day-at-a-time kind of thing for me... tonight it's a couple of kitties and kiddies, all safe and warm in their beds. Thanks for giving me pause for thought on a really crazy day :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-78851749203092937902007-06-20T23:26:00.000-04:002007-06-20T23:26:00.000-04:00thats a great post Sandeepa, even for me whenever ...thats a great post Sandeepa, even for me whenever i think i make mayself push at being happy and contended with what you have. of course now that the food world had made a great change with the interactions and love to make wonderfull food. this is the container of happiness for me even when i am done i try going on to different blogs. Food is indeed an ideally imp pasrt of life which is why we all are here today. <BR/>BTW the salmon looks great but not my bowl of food. have a nice day:)Roopahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03715088868467234305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-56011188135206915352007-06-20T22:17:00.000-04:002007-06-20T22:17:00.000-04:00Indeed!!!!!! I felt you are almost reading my mind...Indeed!!!!!! I felt you are almost reading my mind when you wrote that!! hahahaha<BR/><BR/>Usually in my work place I am this big philosophical guru to all my colleagues (when I am the youngest of all) and time and again I am only preaching this to them since the only thing I hear around the table when we gather for lunch is lack of satisfaction at each and every point of life!!!<BR/>Dissatisfied with life, partner, kids, house, family, car...... even clothes and movies!!!!!! Why let these things take over our lives??!!!! Be happy with what you have....... and if you are dissatisfied with something there is a rare chance you will ever be satisfied with anything else!!!! The craving will just increase and find no boundry for itself!<BR/><BR/>Great post sandeepa!! I know I say this on your every post but your have outdone yourslef with this one. :)<BR/><BR/>And I more than welcome your tangdi kabab into my ghass phoos. :)Coffeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12361203237120149470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-44491854883036670592007-06-20T21:14:00.000-04:002007-06-20T21:14:00.000-04:00There are no better words to say what you said. I ...There are no better words to say what you said. I totally agree with you Sandeepa. That satisfaction part, I face it day-in day-out... But I have grown up (very recently ;)) to be satisfied with what I have and what I am. If I am truly depressed about not getting something I truly deserve, I think abt the people in Africa, who have literally nothing, and yet they face life courageously... And that keeps me goingSuganyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12821337638419512585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-51387391186872868382007-06-20T20:21:00.000-04:002007-06-20T20:21:00.000-04:00Being content with what I have, I am finally learn...Being content with what I have, I am finally learning that this is where true happiness lies.....I still have a long way to go..... We're our own worst enemies you know..once I get past this, I'll be able to define it better!<BR/><BR/>Kebabs do look good! I'll substitute Paneer!TNLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14550939425063803575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-52349829106073888582007-06-20T18:34:00.000-04:002007-06-20T18:34:00.000-04:00Sandeepa your kebabs look really good, I wish I co...Sandeepa your kebabs look really good, I wish I could have some right now.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for those insightful comments about peace and happiness, I must say, they had me thinking... thank you.<BR/><BR/>Please do not ever hesitate to contact me for anything you need to ask, it is never a bother, always a pleasure.Cynthiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01565340772467109199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-37099190363239714532007-06-20T18:18:00.000-04:002007-06-20T18:18:00.000-04:00Your post is so well written Sandeepa...Am I happy...Your post is so well written Sandeepa...<BR/><BR/>Am I happy? I guess I am happy, but there's still disastisfaction here or there. I am facing a lot of decisions in life now, and the one that makes me happy is the toughest! But, I am up for it! :)Anhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09712039473488252840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-80498257707450143452007-06-20T17:34:00.000-04:002007-06-20T17:34:00.000-04:00SJthe taste is not really "desi" but grilling made...SJ<BR/>the taste is not really "desi" but grilling made the salmon moist, something I liked. Try adding some other spices if you want it spiced up.Bong Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15407918137263251235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-60152191684015984262007-06-20T17:32:00.000-04:002007-06-20T17:32:00.000-04:00SraThanks and get right back here and confess. Di...Sra<BR/>Thanks and get right back here and confess. Did you hear that :) ?<BR/><BR/>Asha<BR/>Hey I don't know all that Kannada. "Swalpa adjust maadi" and "Stop Madi" and "Kannada Gottila" is all I know :)<BR/><BR/>Bharathy<BR/>Seriously we should cut down, but considering the amount of activity that goes in our life its not really a peaceful lifestyle as a Yogis, so maybe we can indulge a bit more<BR/><BR/>Ramya<BR/>I know but those are spurts of happiness...how do you remain happy ?<BR/><BR/>Sharmi<BR/>Kids bring so much happiness, I agree and life now totally revolves around them<BR/><BR/>Jenndz<BR/>It takes a lot of confidence to do something like what you have decided. Best of luck for all your endeavors<BR/><BR/>Bee<BR/>Your coment made me happy too :) but frankly thats not the answer I expected, more pleeeeez<BR/><BR/>SJ<BR/>ha, ha would love to seriously. Par kya kare paapi pet ka sawal :) But I am lucky my present job at least leaves me enough time to write something I like, even though its only at my own blogBong Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15407918137263251235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-80823776468391996092007-06-20T17:12:00.000-04:002007-06-20T17:12:00.000-04:00Sandeepa, eriously, you need to leave current job ...Sandeepa, eriously, you need to leave current job and become a columnist (assuming you aren't one already!). Very thoughtful post - so well written - a sensitive thought provoking post. The salmon looks lovely too. I am always on a the lookout for salmon recipes that tickle the desi palate.SJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13064852967846506552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-73029314532917506822007-06-20T16:11:00.000-04:002007-06-20T16:11:00.000-04:00so true, sandeepa. let's just say, your blog is on...so true, sandeepa. let's just say, your blog is one of the things that makes me happy.beehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18128812845273224940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-28491176460998352162007-06-20T15:14:00.000-04:002007-06-20T15:14:00.000-04:00What a wonderful article you have written here San...What a wonderful article you have written here Sandeepa. It really made me think. I have just switched from a nine to five job working for someone else, to following my own passions and working for myself! With that comes many changes and some hard adjustments. But I really loved reading your thoughts becuause it reminded me to stay true to myself and what I want to do with my life even when it is hard sometimes. Thanks! And the kabobs look beautiful! I am really really happy to have you as part of the foodie blogroll!Thistlemoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17898600488153652504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-56203932796371825802007-06-20T14:55:00.000-04:002007-06-20T14:55:00.000-04:00lovely write up which made me ask to myself what w...lovely write up which made me ask to myself what would make me happy. to be frank , after marriage we start getting so responsible that I have even stopped smiling and life has become to mechanical and just like a robot. <BR/>the one thing in the present day makes me laugh and brings happiness is my Son. <BR/>To say I am a very fun loving person and find happiness in every small thing. for example when I go to farm market, looking at all the roses and so many other beautiful flowers in a row make me so happy.<BR/>oh Sandu its a big list!! will tell you some other time.Sharmihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02269369149098453324noreply@blogger.com