My blogger buddy Cynthia (who coincidentally celebrated her birthday yesterday. Happy Birthday Cyn… ) tagged me for a meme to write seven random facts about me. So here you go…
- As a kid, I used to be (still am to a certain extent) a big germaphobe and would refuse to drink/eat anything from restaurants. That lasted till I went to college, hostel food made me a convert. Yeah, and now I live on restaurant food.
- I was as thin as a person could get till I was about 21. Then I came to US and within six months went up four dress sizes without me even noticing the change. I blamed my washer for shrinking my clothes, and kept buying new stuff. Not knowing my American size (All my clothes from India were in European sizes…), I had to try out different sizes anyway, so never caught onto the change… My regular lunch used to be Coke and Cheetos and a packet of peanut M&Ms from the vending machine at work, and dinner used to be from McDonald’s (Crispy Chicken Sandwich) or Wendy’s (Spicy Chicken Sandwich) every weekday. Oh and I used to snack on French fries every day too… When I went back to India to get married, Siv was seeing me after three months and almost didn’t recognize me.
- I am absolutely terrified of dogs, of any kind, ever since I was bitten by one when I was young. Now I know I shouldn’t run away from them, that will only provoke them more, so my defense mechanism is to bark back at the dogs, a few decibels above their own, and that really scares the bejesus out of them. Try it out next time, it works!
- My biggest pet peeve is dinner guests trying to take over my kitchen - if you know of a better way to cut the onions, I will be more than happy to watch and learn, IN YOUR KITCHEN!!
- I have a serious problem with gaming addiction. When the Microsoft Sidewinder force feedback wheel first came out, I played Midtown Madness for 12 hours straight and stopped only to throw up. When playing poker online was legal in WA (I mean before it was officially illegal), I used to play for hours on end, four tables at a time, till I literally fall asleep on my keyboard. When we go to Vegas (at least 3-4 times a year), I can go on playing table games for three days straight with as little as six hours of total sleep. When I buy a new cell phone game, I have to finish the whole game and unlock all the levels before I can move on with my life. That is the reason I stay away from Xbox. I am glad I took on blogging this year, I haven’t gambled this whole year.
- I have never used a honeybucket (Porta-Potty) in my life, hoping I will never have to. I would rather let my bladder explode than go inside one of those.
- I have attended the last baby shower of my life where the mother-to-be is not a close friend of mine. If you are after a gift, I will send you one, but don’t expect me to be there. I won’t smell cans and cans of baby food that looks like poo ever again, I am never ever going to dress another adult in a diaper made of toilet paper, and I definitely will not try and guess the perimeter of anyone’s tummy ever again. Unless of course the mom-to-be is a friend of mine. Okay, I will expand the definition of a friend to someone who has ever had a meal with me (no, other baby showers won’t count), coz if you are a friend of mine, we would have either gone out to dinner, or had been to each other’s house for dinner. If not, please don’t put my name on that invite!
I guess that is pretty random, right? More like random thoughts than random facts, but hey, it is called a Me Me after all!
With that I tag some fellow bloggers. Richa, Musical , Reena , Archana and Sheela , take it up only if you feel like, no pressure! 
I will be away on vacation till next weekend. Taking my parents to San Diego, Disneyland , Las Vegas and Grand Canyon… It’s going to be a hectic trip, completely devoted to touristy stuff, not my ideal kind of vacation, but it is not about me this time…
Until then, try and guess the main ingredient in the below picture… Yes, it is edible.
Clues:
- It is a traditional Kerala recipe, but made with an American staple, readily available in stores here.
- The recipe is from another food blog.
With that I bid you adieu, for now. See you all next weekend. All my US friends, enjoy the July 4th holiday, everyone else, just enjoy. Ciao!
Update - 05/07/07
And the winner is… Anonymous!!! . This is a chutney powder made of Beef Jerky, traditionally made with dried beef in Kerala. The recipe is from My Treasure My Pleasure. Thanks Annita for the delicious tip; I would have never thought of using Beef jerky in place of dried beef!
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i hear ya. i HATE as in HATE HATE HATE baby showers. who invented this crap? adn why? gift grab is the only reason that comes to mind.
It was a great MEME to read. have a great and safe trip.
I think the picture is red dry chilli chutney.
loved your meme…especially identified with the pet peeve dinner guest…i once had one who arrived a few hours early and insisted on making a dish!! alos loved the bark back at dogs!! i’d have tried it although i am the kind that can pet any animal…i’d usually have strays follow me home while i walked back!!
Hi Hon, thanks again for the wishes.
Have great fun with your parents.
As to the Meme, #2 had me laughing so hard
Me too! #3
As to gaming, I am a Nintendo junkie - bought myself the Nintendo DS last year for my birthday (lol)
The main ingredient, hmmmm, will do some investigation and get back to posting my guess
Lol! I went into my first honeybucket a few months ago. Never again… I had no idea baby showers were like that…
Have a safe trip! I love Disneyland.
I hate, detest, abhor baby showers. And the games….puke.
Equally hate anyone stepping into my kitchen.
I have a counter-top that separates mu kitchen and the family room & everyone is told that it is the ‘laxman-rekha’.
Hi Sig! I am ROFL - especially #3. Would you even bite the dog, if it came to that?
And I’m a Nintendo junkie, but only when it comes to Mario and Luigi discovering new worlds, not the action-packed ones.
I agree, dont like the idea of my guests coming inside the kitchen and I also stay away from their kitchens..though its a give& take respect,many a time, its out of laziness and not wanting to dirty my hands
Enjoy your vacation , hope your parents have fun…
Shn
I am equally scared of dogs, I shout Mummy! as seen as I see one and dogs run away from me and one dog shouted back at me recently.
And do post the pictures of West Coast, we never get a chance to go there, we use our holidays to go to India.
Sig, i so agree with you on the kitchen bit! especially with my few square inches kitchen (ok, that was a bit of exageration)!! but, really, sometimes it does get on yoru nerves. Helping is one thing, but the kind’a stuff you mentioned, takes things to quite another level ;).
as for baby showers, never been to one. i am sure i wouldn’t go to one anyway ;).
he he, thanks for the shout out for the meme! i would, for sure :).
Have a fun weekend, sweetie.
hugs,
musical.
That is certainly one random meme.. The pic is coconut based powder?
Either a coconut-based dry chutney/chammanthi or dried shrimp sambal.
Mamatha
Fry with beef jerky?
Hi Sig
Thanks for tagging me! Wow.. i have never done of these meme thingies.. will give it a try and see how it works out.
I unfortunately have been a zillion baby showers and i dont like the games and at mine, insisted to my sis in law NOT to have ANY games. That was my only request. I cant stand em either!
I will post my meme soon.
Thanks!
wow nice reading the meme. Have a wonderfull vacation dear!
So the baby showers seem to have really got to you! He, he…life in the US can be trying.
What in the world are honeybags?!! And what a name for something that must be for what it must be for!
very nice meme to read….
is it corn puttu?…or beef puttu?
srivalli
www.cooking4allseasons.blogspot.com
LOL! sig, u r too funny
u a germaphobe, who knew! i too am scared of dogs, i think my neighbors dog knows that & never misses a chance to bark at me 
thanks for the tag, enjoy ur vacation, err i thot u had given up gambling
Haha! That was fun to read! Enjoy your vacations Sig!
OK, I;m definitely trying #3 as I’m too terrified of dogs. I think I usually scare them more than they scare me, but the barking should really throw them for a loop. Very amusing, Sig.
Have a great time. Las vegas three times a year!I can’t stand that place but I love the Canyon. Loved your meme
unakka chemmeen chammanthi!
is it chutney podi..?
haa i know wht u saying about baby showers… when i was in my preggyness state i strictly told all my friends, not to dress me with any ponytails, and nappies and no feed games… so they organized a ‘decent’ one for me. I dont think the idea is ‘gift grab’ its just having some fun as the mother-to-be waits…. i guess
beef jerky (unnakka erachi) chammanthi/oolathiya
hey sig! just saw the post - and dear me, sure, 7 random things about me, eh? would love to… am vacationing around july 4th as well and promised myself i won’t blog or check email, (HA! it’s like saying i won’t eat a square meal during my vacation)… and see whose space i peeked into now?
guess what? i am terrified of dogs too - even the itty bitty ones no bigger than my shoe! and, the only baby shower i managed to be present at in all these years here is my own
have a great trip with your folks, see you when you get back - you know, even though we haven’t broken bread together, looks like you have a friend
Loved to read ur meme.. truly randon
btw, a wild gues.. is it quinoa? or cocunut? or corn??
Have a gr8 trip!
Sig, I don’t like anyone, I mean anyone invading my kitchen…, well,probably apart from ma…
As for dogs, it’s Dinesh who is the hater…I love them…
Have a great time with your folks…
ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha…..
ha ha haha hahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaa…..
sorry….
haha ha ha ha ha ha ha…
ok…i cant stop laughing girl. u r really funny:)
have gr8 time with ur parents n come bk with loads of pics:)
by the way, would love to see u barking back @dogs;) ha ha ha ha ha….
looks like upma or puttu made from angel hair pasta…!
sig, enjoyed learning abt u.i too am scared of dogs ..what is a honey bucket?enjoy ur hols with folks.. it might be fun ..
as for the guess..tuna chammandi podi?
Thanks everyone for your lovely words and guesses. I have updated the post with the correct answer.
Anita and Shaheen , HoneyBucket is a portable toilet company which I didn’t know serves only Washington Oregon and Idaho. Honeybucket is such a famous brand around here, it is synonymous to porta-potty for us.
I love you for this…you made me laugh out real loud….BTW I have never attended a BABY SHOWER, until recently i didn’t even know such tortures existed hehehehe
You are FUNNY darling!
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