“Harsh and rough were the times when our great grandparents arrived from India. With prayerful hearts and sweating brows, they tilled the soil or hawked the street as vendors. When the homespun cotton they brought from India wore out few had the money to buy new tablecloths, mothers substituted these with something for free. Armed with a pair of scissors and dexterously folding old newspapers, beautiful repeat designs will emerge." (Mayat 1982)

 

This is a great tip, remember ‘a women’s savings are equal to a mans earnings’(Mayat 1982)

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Another great tip is that when a guest has overstayed their welcome, the homemaker does not say this outright.

But a there is a dish, that upon being served, guests should take a hint and start packing is Khuri Kitchri (Mayat 1982). Even though this dish hints to guests to leave, it does it with the utmost of pride as it is one of the most delicious economical dishes.

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Last tip for this section, and I think it is quite an important one, teach your sons not to glance too often in the direction from which the food will appear, and to never be the one to reach out for the food first.

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Enter: Domestic worker

 

Set a table for 6 people

 

Enter Homemaker

 

Opens guidebook on how to fold the paper napkin and shows the domestic worker which style to fold the napkins in

 

The domestic worker sets the table and folds.

 

Exit: Homemaker

 

Homemaker goes into the scullery to make a dish, Khuri Kitchri. Even though this dish hints to guests to leave, it does it with the utmost of pride. It is one of the most delicious yet economical dishes.

 

Completes setting table for 6

 

Exit: Domestic worker

 

Enter: Men and a young Son

 

They take their seats

 

Enter: Young daughter

 

She brings in a Jug of water and places it closest to the adult males thereafter taking her seat

 

Enter: Homemaker and Female Guest

 

Both carrying the plates of food

 

The males dish out first

 

Then the son, daughter, and guest

 

Exit: Homemaker – she goes to refill the platters from the pot

 

“My son when you are invited to a dinner party does not glance too often towards the kitchen, nor pay too close attention in the direction from which the food will appear. Keep the reins of restraint in hand; be the master of yourself. Never be the one to reach out first for the food, nor consider it proper to begin before others. Likewise, never be the last to withdraw from the platter lest you be judged gluttonous.” (Mayat 1982)