I have visited Bengaluru a number of times and have lived there once for three and a half years. I have family living there even now and may even land up there soon for a short visit to catch up with family and needless to say, a number of friends.
Like almost all Indians, I too love peanuts. The real variety as well as the comic strip. I feel lost without my daily quota of roasted peanuts, which is also called groundnuts here.
It therefore came as a total surprise to me to learn about a festival that is celebrated there every year about which I had no knowledge whatsoever. That it was brought to my notice by a newspaper from the UK makes it even more wonderful – full of wonder!
What a country that I live in! I seem to learn something or the other new about it almost on a daily basis.
I LOVE peanuts. Tom makes our own p-nut butter.
I love the USA but remember India so well & would love to go back.
I am not at all surprised with both your statements.
Yay, lifelong learning! I love peanuts, too.
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Even people who are allergic to them love peanuts except that they cannot eat them.
Indeed – learning never stops and I never met a peanut I did not like!
LOL
Nor I. There is one particular peanut who is a favourite but who has unfortunately stopped blogging. http://peanutonthetable.com/
And every so often I hear about something about NZ that shows up in your Indian daily news…
Interesting how tidbits get published, sometimes nice things but not always…
but peanuts (groundnut) festival, kewl…
Yes, many things about NZ shows up in our press quite often. Particularly cricket news!
I love the guardian, and I love peanuts. They come together in your story, and we are fortunate to read about it! Thanks Ramana!
Entirely my pleasure STLF!
Are peanuts slow carb? This engaging physician has some startling ideas about carbs:
This is my learning, lately: https://www.dietdoctor.com/eat-slow-carbs-feed-gut-bacteria
I get Error 503 when I try to open the link. In any case, I don’t read such stuff and simply follow my instincts on the food that I can eat.