Vodka Tonic. Gin and Tonic. Mixes all around.
My husband and I are beginning a poker night here in India (Texas Hold 'Em to be exact) and we are inviting friends over this Friday night to enjoy the festivities. Libations will abound in honor of our friends vodka, gin, whiskey, beer, and wine. It is not some drunken 'free for all' just a get-together to teach some new friends some old tricks. Many of our friends here have never played poker so my husband and I are teaching them the basics (without any betting for real money of course). We have always had a standing poker game going in the US in each place that we lived as a great way to enjoy time with friends while playing a competitive game so we are looking forward to starting up a group of like minded people here.
Yesterday I headed to our local retail store to purchase a few needed items for the said get-together. The store I usually shop in happens to be my husband's employer so as I wander the store it is not uncommon for me to take pictures of things I see or call him with questions about products or question why a shelf looks a little bare (aka short on merchandise).Some people might call it pushy. I say what better perspective to get than from a customer. Plus, I have a vested interest in ensuring the company is well run! Yesterday I had to place such a call to my husband.
While looking around for something to mix with vodka I was searching for tonic. You know your standard tonic. But all of the names on the products were like "greek" to me. So I call my husband and say, "Hey go ask your buyer what the locals call tonic here. I don't know if this product I am looking at is tonic or not. It has a funny description on it called just Indian Water." I hang up and say under my breath with a little laugh, "these are the funny kinds of conversations I have while living here."
Is this the same as that?
I can't find this spice on the shelf. What do they call it in India?
Or my favorite....can I smell that and see if it is similar to something we use in the US.
I genuinely love that there are a million different kinds of flour here too. Different flour to buy to create different Indian foods. But which do I buy if I just one standard kind of flour (similar to the US) for making cakes? I had to try 3 kinds before I found a good one that sort of works for me. But sugar for some reason only comes in one kind...granulated...so my brownies and cobbler always come out a little grainy.
Anyways, my husband calls me back and says that yes it is the same as tonic. I buy 6 and immediately taste one when I get home. Yup...it is tonic!
My husband and I are beginning a poker night here in India (Texas Hold 'Em to be exact) and we are inviting friends over this Friday night to enjoy the festivities. Libations will abound in honor of our friends vodka, gin, whiskey, beer, and wine. It is not some drunken 'free for all' just a get-together to teach some new friends some old tricks. Many of our friends here have never played poker so my husband and I are teaching them the basics (without any betting for real money of course). We have always had a standing poker game going in the US in each place that we lived as a great way to enjoy time with friends while playing a competitive game so we are looking forward to starting up a group of like minded people here.
Yesterday I headed to our local retail store to purchase a few needed items for the said get-together. The store I usually shop in happens to be my husband's employer so as I wander the store it is not uncommon for me to take pictures of things I see or call him with questions about products or question why a shelf looks a little bare (aka short on merchandise).Some people might call it pushy. I say what better perspective to get than from a customer. Plus, I have a vested interest in ensuring the company is well run! Yesterday I had to place such a call to my husband.
While looking around for something to mix with vodka I was searching for tonic. You know your standard tonic. But all of the names on the products were like "greek" to me. So I call my husband and say, "Hey go ask your buyer what the locals call tonic here. I don't know if this product I am looking at is tonic or not. It has a funny description on it called just Indian Water." I hang up and say under my breath with a little laugh, "these are the funny kinds of conversations I have while living here."
Is this the same as that?
I can't find this spice on the shelf. What do they call it in India?
Or my favorite....can I smell that and see if it is similar to something we use in the US.
I genuinely love that there are a million different kinds of flour here too. Different flour to buy to create different Indian foods. But which do I buy if I just one standard kind of flour (similar to the US) for making cakes? I had to try 3 kinds before I found a good one that sort of works for me. But sugar for some reason only comes in one kind...granulated...so my brownies and cobbler always come out a little grainy.
Anyways, my husband calls me back and says that yes it is the same as tonic. I buy 6 and immediately taste one when I get home. Yup...it is tonic!
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