AFVOA Newletters of Year 2003

Page 66 of 170 remaining 400 gm of oil into the vessel and allow the oil to cool in the vessel itself. Do not heat the oil with the vessel/but only pour it in the hot vessel. Step 4 Clean a glass bottle (1.5 kgs) dry it completely. Put all the ingredients of step 1 into the bottle. Only after the oil has cooled down mix the step 2 and step 3 ingredients into the bottle. Mix the mango pieces and the masala with a wooden spoon. Close the lid tightly and keep aside for about 2/3 days. The pickle can be used as and when required. The recipe is kind courtesy of Abhilash. E-mail: abhilash@hd1.vsnl.net.in ) Parable Number 2 The boy rode on the donkey and the old man walked. As they went along, they passed some people who remarked that it was a shame the old man was walking and the boy was riding. The man and boy thought maybe the critics were right, so they changed positions. Later, they passed some people that remarked, “What a shame, he makes that little boy walk.” They decided they both would walk. Soon they passed some more people who thought they were stupid to walk when they had a decent donkey to ride. So they both rode the donkey. Now they passed some people that shamed them by saying “how awful to put such a load on a poor donkey. The boy and man said they were probably right so they decided to carry the donkey. As they crossed a bridge, they lost their grip on the animal and he fell into the river and drowned. Management Lesson: If you try to please everyone, you will eventually lose your ass. @@@@@ Mango Ice Cream Ingredients (To serve 4) 4 ripe mangoes, 1 litre (4 1/2 cups) whole milk, 1 teaspoon lime juice, 4 to 5 tablespoons ground sugar or as desired, 115 ml (4 fluid oz) whipped cream. Method: 1. Peel, stone and cut mangoes into pieces and puree in a blender. 2. Boil milk until it thickens to half its volume. 3. Cool, mix in mango puree and sugar. 4. Pour into the ice tray and cover with aluminium foil or waxed paper and freeze partially. 5. Then take it out, beat well and mix in cream and 1 teaspoon lime juice. 6. Freeze (covered) until set. Enjoy Mango ice cream. (The recipe is kind courtesy of Ms Usha Avancha, Sarasota, FL, Email: srinivasavancha@hotmail.com ) Some Tips....