We used to get the mud from our pond to make the diyas. Dried them in  the sun. We would gather coconut trushes and dried wood to make a fire to bake them. We made ghee from the milk from our cows. There was enough to share with the neighbors and other villagers. Some folks made coconut oil. We would help make Meetai, Jeelaybi ,  peyrah and manbhog......(Sp?)

Typical food would be Dhaal, Rice, Roti, pumpkin, Bhaigan, aloo, Mango curry, bhajee, Katahar, saijan leaf and whatever veggies were available.

Lyn, we did not have electricity in our villages too. Diwali lights would overcome the darkness.

Happy Diwali.

@Mitwah posted:

We used to get the mud from our pond to make the diyas. Dried them in  the sun. We would gather coconut trushes and dried wood to make a fire to bake them. We made ghee from the milk from our cows. There was enough to share with the neighbors and other villagers. Some folks made coconut oil. We would help make Meetai, Jeelaybi ,  peyrah and manbhog......(Sp?)

Typical food would be Dhaal, Rice, Roti, pumpkin, Bhaigan, aloo, Mango curry, bhajee, Katahar, saijan leaf and whatever veggies were available.

Lyn, we did not have electricity in our villages too. Diwali lights would overcome the darkness.

Happy Diwali.

Yes..my mom made cow ghee too..but she used this for the altar diya only.

My maa did all the cooking with the help of my  big sis.  I dont rem if it was Phagwah or Diwali she made nice gojha (plenty ginger) ..my fave n also gulgula., sweet rice, parsad, pera(cow milk) n for dinner it was paratha roti (with ghee) with wet vermicelli .  She didnt cook a lot of veggies ..she would fast n drink milk only. (My maa. Was the only one who did everything..we were just onlookers/helpers.

Ps I never liked Phagwah though..too messy n i hated the powder in my hair(which is wht most people loved to do..lol) when we were very very young I rem we all wore white dresses n my. Dad gave us small bottles with abeer. He made few holes in the caps so that whn we threw it at someone..it wasnt messy but formed little lots. We were not allowed to empty a cup on anyone or mess up their head or skin..it was just a sprinkling on the ice white dress/short. This, I liked but whn friends n realtives came,,,,man they messed up the whole house, which annoyed me as my sis n i had to clean up!!

small day..nice memories ..simple life!!

A very touching Diwali song by Mukesh.

My fave movie diwali song is from Hariyali aur Rasta

@Mitwah posted:

Childhood fave of mine  ..i still rem most of the lyrics

Have a Happy Diwali.

A neighbour would invite us to share in some foods and one was something like fine noodles and maybe raisins, it was sweet. Any idea what this is called?

@cain posted:

A neighbour would invite us to share in some foods and one was something like fine noodles and maybe raisins, it was sweet. Any idea what this is called?

Grandma Freida seh it's called Kugel.

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Dem people wanna learn fo make Kugel nuh. Thanks for the name now to look it up.

Oi man Mits, tell grandma Frieda is lie she lie that is Jewish food. What I asked about wasn't baked if I recall correctly and it had noodles and bit of liquid also.

@cain posted: Oi man Mits, tell grandma Frieda is lie she lie that is Jewish food. What I asked about wasn't baked if I recall correctly and it had noodles and bit of liquid also.

You will need this  ===>

Oh man, now I got to cut the cheese, lots of it. hehheh

@cain posted:

Oh man, now I got to cut the cheese, lots of it. hehheh

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@cain posted:

A neighbour would invite us to share in some foods and one was something like fine noodles and maybe raisins, it was sweet. Any idea what this is called?

Vamazelli ..that is how we say itin GY..lol

u can get it in 2 forms, wet(liquidy( or  ‘cake’ form

i mean vermicelli !! It is yummy

u never had it???

chk it out here

https://www.alicaspepperpot.com/vermicelli-cake/

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Is who dem spying ??? Lol

that’s plenty peepers

@cain posted:

Oi man Mits, tell grandma Frieda is lie she lie that is Jewish food. What I asked about wasn't baked if I recall correctly and it had noodles and bit of liquid also.

Bai cain..is vamazelli u talking abt..lol

i cant believe u ate it n dont know d name..lol

u ever had parsad /Mohanbhog?? or sirini(halwa/halva)

CAIN..

some vamazelli for u..

@Lynn posted:

CAIN..

some vamazelli for u..

Looks Yummy.

Last time I checked, Guyana was importing rice noodles, evaporated and condensed milk.

That could be it Lynn. I ate stuff I never knew the name of, As long as it look good...I nyam it.

Not sure of halwa or Parsad. What I had lots of was Sri Lankan fish buns and their sweet that's shaped like pretzels but with a honey taste and quite soft.

Mits, re your reader count. It seems as though the food stuff bring out the people, almost like cook it and they will come.

I forgot to mention trying to make some bulla cake again a week ago. I dropped one and is like it woke up my grandkids, might have also put a dent in the wood floor, the dam thing still come out hard like rock. Next time I not baking it, I might just put the dough in a crock pot and make bulla dumpling hehehehe

@cain, No Frills carries the Bulla Cakes, Ginger flavored.

Banna look yeh, we got Foodland (expensive like rass, I only buy on sale items) and we got Independent grocer, Giant tiger, Crappy tire.

I did speak to the Independent grocers manager about bulla and will drop off a package (empty of course). I was quite surprised to see they carry cassava and plantain, I couldn't even get those in Fenelon even tthough it was only a couple hrs out of T.O.

@cain posted:

That could be it Lynn. I ate stuff I never knew the name of, As long as it look good...I nyam it.

Not sure of halwa or Parsad. What I had lots of was Sri Lankan fish buns and their sweet that's shaped like pretzels but with a honey taste and quite soft.

Mits, re your reader count. It seems as though the food stuff bring out the people, almost like cook it and they will come.

Jilebi …i think u talking abt? The soft pretzel thing??

That is syrup fried in hot oil..lol

i dont like it at all

@Mitwah posted:

Looks Yummy.

Last time I checked, Guyana was importing rice noodles, evaporated and condensed milk.

U na serious??

@cain posted:

I forgot to mention trying to make some bulla cake again a week ago. I dropped one and is like it woke up my grandkids, might have also put a dent in the wood floor, the dam thing still come out hard like rock. Next time I not baking it, I might just put the dough in a crock pot and make bulla dumpling hehehehe

Hahahahaaaaa omg..why it coming out so hard…

btw there was a hard sweetie/candy in GY..they called it burnham balz..da ting was hard

@Mitwah posted:

@cain, No Frills carries the Bulla Cakes, Ginger flavored.

Inever had bula cakes which is strange as i lived in Cayman Islands for 3+ yrs.. lot of Jcan type of foods there

i know abt Bamie

@Lynn posted:

Inever had bula cakes which is strange as i lived in Cayman Islands for 3+ yrs.. lot of Jcan type of foods there

i know abt Bamie

I dip it in hot milk. Yummy!

I get it at Charlie's sometimes.

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@Mitwah posted:

I dip it in hot milk. Yummy!

I get it at Charlie's sometimes.

I have a store nearby that was owned by a Korean couple but they sold Jcan stuff (along with other WI items)

i am sure they have it…just that  i never noticed it lol

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A who dem dis?? Lord have mercy…

mussie dem venizs spying??? Hahahaha