Tuesday, May 9, 2017
Lots of Tulips and a Cheese Slicer
Lots of Tulips and a Cheese Slicer
Yesterday, we drove down to Keukenhof Gardens near Amsterdam to see the tulips in bloom. The gardens are open for a limited period of about two months in spring every year. Since spring decided to make a delayed entry, the tulip season is almost upto the end of May this year.
My first connection with tulips and Holland is of the movie Silsila. I still remember how I just wanted to be there as soon as I saw the song Dekha ek khwaab toh with millions of tulips in it. I wondered how it would feel to be amongst so many flowers. I now know how it feels. And I also know that the feeling is so overwhelming that it is too difficult to be put in words. Actually, I said jokingly to my husband that I have become so used to the urban I-see-nature-only-on-my-balcony-and-nowhere-else life, that I am getting stressed looking at all those wonderful flowers. :) And nature is supposed to de-stress you!
So, is this a non-food post then? No, there IS a food connection. And that is actually one of the souvenirs I bought at the gardens. Here it is.
As usual, while I was looking for a souvenir, it was the foodie in me looking for one too. (And no, I dont suffer of Split Personality Syndrome. :)) This Cheese Slicer is what both of us agreed upon. Isnt it nice? And very souvenir-ey? And it slices cheese too!
I tried using it on the block of Parmesan that I had in the fridge, and it gave me neat, thin shavings. Now I dont know whether to use it regularly or whether to just preserve it, so that I can pass it on as a family heirloom later.
What do you think I should do?
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