Mooku vechha Gooja & Erendu kaadu Gangalum !!

This blog post is a Special Supplement targeted at the  Tamil folks of my génération.

 

Wonder how many of us can recognize the familiar ring of these words !

And how many of the younger kids in all the large cities / towns and abroad know what these articles are ??

·                 Thirugu  gooja, mooku vechha gooja

·                 Kaadu vechha gangalum

·                 Kullikara mondali

·                 Onnu-kulla-onnu-kulla-onnu joartholai

·                 Pithali shombu, paal kachera annda

·                 Vengala paanai, thannir shombu

·                 Eversilver adukku

·                 Aruvamanai

·                  Kal Kachatti , eeya shombu

·                 Thuddupu & challadai

·                 Villumbu vechha poashi

·                 Oorgai Jaadi

·                 Periya thambalam

·                 Kuzhandai paaladai. Gindi, marpachhi bommai

·                 Kaapi filter

·                 Illuppa vaanali

·                 Onnu mela onnu mela  onnu tiffin carrier

·                 Shombu, Kulavataram

·                 Anjanna potti

·                 Ammi, voral, vollakkai, kalloral

·                 Kai vechha pathiram

·                 Paal tookku

·                 Moonu kaal illupa stand

·                 Thengai thirivee

Alas, most of them have gone obsolete – now the modern home & kitchen is ruled by Teflon, copper bottomed alloys, stainless steel, glass, microwave compatible plastic and of course ceramic & melamine ware. And of course, induction compatibles too.

Also the sizes of today’s articles would be probably 5 to 10 times smaller than the grand old daddys of yesteryear's!!

I discovered all of these and much more while cleaning our ancestral home.  And sadly there were not many takers and I had to sell them off at metal scrap value ..

Krish..