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Taz's Chutney Chataka
The door to Taz's kitchen burst open and two girls giggling, pushing and shoving came into
the kitchen. Both of them chorused, "Hi Taz, we are here, ready to chutney along with you."
Taz raised her brows and looked them over, Bunny and Henna, her two scatterbrained friends.
"you girls are going to help me make chutney, dressed like that."
The girls looked at themselves, both were identically dressed. Shorts and short t-shirt
exposing their pierced bellies. Both of them at the same time, "What's wrong with the way
we are dressed?"
"We are making chutney, not baking a cake. Mind you I would never bake a cake dressed like
that." Taz glanced at her oversized t-shirt to the knees and jeans. "Girls making chutney
is a dangerous game. It tends to splatter and you could burn yourself from the splatter."
"Oh! What shall we do now? Could we borrow one of your t-shirts, please?"
Taz shook her head and said, "Go upstairs you know where they are. Make sure you pick an
old one. And don't take to long, we have to make fifty jars of chutney for the bazaar."
She shooed two of the out of the kitchen and started taking out, pots and pans, graters and
knifes and bags of cooking apples, unripe mangoes, peaches and plums.
About fifteen minutes later Bunny and Henna arrrived, somehow the two had managed to find
similar t-shirts. Taz now donning an apron gave one each to Bunny and Henna.
"Right start of by peeling the mangoes first."
Bunny asked picking up one mango, "Why are we making so much chutney? Is someone getting
married?"
Taz rolled her eyes, "My boss Jai Walia is having a fundraiser bazaar and volunteered me to
make chutneys. He said I make the best mango chutney ever."
Taz blushed a little as she finished speaking. Spicing up request want hurt anyone. no one
knows what he said to her anyway.
They got busy peeling, chopping and cutting up the mangoes, apples and the other fruit.
There were peels on the floor, on the counter and even bits in their hair. After some time,
Bunny whined, "how much more we have to do? My hand hurts. And I am starved, got anything
to munch Taz?"
Taz shouted, "You guys have been at it for half and hour and you are tired. As for food,
didn't you guys have breakfast?"
Bunny and Henna together, "We did, but all this work is making us hungry."
Taz stomping, "Ok, I'll go and get chocolate digestives." As an afterthought, "Or do you
want anything else?"
Both of them shook their and said, "Digestives is fine" Bunny hopping to the kettle, "I put
the kettle on, ummm tea and biscuits."
Taz came back with pack of digestives and opened the pack and emptied into a plate. Got
mugs out and made tea. The girls munched on the biscuits and sipped tea while in between
peeling and chopping the fruit.
Finally everything ready, Taz put on four pots on the stove and set up making up four
diffirent chutneys, mango, mango and apple, apple and peach and mango and plum. She sizzled
the spices, added sugar, poured vinegar, sprinkled spices and added the fruit. she got
Bunny and Henna to stir a pot each while she took care of the other two. Within few minutes
the chutneys were bubbling away. while stirring her pot, Bunny got splattered with drops of
hot chutney and she yelled, "ouch........that burns. Taz this is dangerous work." She ran
to the tap and ran cold water on her arm where the chutney was stuck. A little red speck
appeared. A few more squeals followed from Henna and Bunny. Finally the chutney were ready
and pots turned off to allow the chutney to cool.
"Ok girls, let's clean up mess and make room for bottles. Then we have to write out labels
and fills the jars."
Henna who could surprise now and then with an idea said, "Why don't you print the labels on
the computer, that way they will all be nice and neat and you can even add little
pictures."
Taz beamed at her, "Fine get cracking on it then Ms Artsy."
Henna ran off, having got out of cleaning the kitchen, now she could take time and do her
favourite thing, do some design work.
The labels were declared brilliant when Henna showed them to Taz. The chutney jars were
filled and ready for labelling.
Bunny was scowling at Henna and at the first opportunity whined, "How could you leave me
alone to clean up all the mess. There was more on the floor where you were stood peeling
than on my side."
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On the day of the bazaar Taz arrived with Bunny and Henna with boxes of chutneys. They set
up a stall and arranged the jars in an attractive way. Before the bazaar opened, Jai walia
walked around to see for himself everything was ready. He stopped at Taz's stall and looked
at the prettily labeled jars. "So Taz must have had a busy few days making all these
chutneys."
Taz all flustered, "Nahi sir, I had helpers. These are my Bunny and Henna, they helped."
Jai flashed one of his famous smiles at the two girls making them blush. He picked up a jar
and opening it, "Do you have a spoon? I want to try."
Taz taking the jar from it said, "sir first you have to buy. Rememer your rule, no tasting
until its paid for first."
She picked up a plastic spoon and asked, "Well are you buying?"
Jai laughed, "I guess I am if I want to eat it."
He took out a note and gave it to her and took the jar and spoon from her. Twisting the cap
off, he took some in a spoon and put it in his mouth. The girls all stared to see his
reaction. "Hmmm not bad, infact quite chatpatzy."
Taking some more money out he handed it to Taz, "keep a jar of each for me at the side. I
will pick it up later."
When he had gone, Taz hugged her two friends, "Did you see what he said? He actually liked
my chutney. What was that word that he used?"
"Chatpatzy" chorused Bunny and Henna.
"Yeah I must remember that for next time I will call my chutneys Taz's chatpat chutneys."
Henna and Bunny giggled, "Next time you will be making the chutney on your own too."
The door to Taz's kitchen burst open and two girls giggling, pushing and shoving came into
the kitchen. Both of them chorused, "Hi Taz, we are here, ready to chutney along with you."
Taz raised her brows and looked them over, Bunny and Henna, her two scatterbrained friends.
"you girls are going to help me make chutney, dressed like that."
The girls looked at themselves, both were identically dressed. Shorts and short t-shirt
exposing their pierced bellies. Both of them at the same time, "What's wrong with the way
we are dressed?"
"We are making chutney, not baking a cake. Mind you I would never bake a cake dressed like
that." Taz glanced at her oversized t-shirt to the knees and jeans. "Girls making chutney
is a dangerous game. It tends to splatter and you could burn yourself from the splatter."
"Oh! What shall we do now? Could we borrow one of your t-shirts, please?"
Taz shook her head and said, "Go upstairs you know where they are. Make sure you pick an
old one. And don't take to long, we have to make fifty jars of chutney for the bazaar."
She shooed two of the out of the kitchen and started taking out, pots and pans, graters and
knifes and bags of cooking apples, unripe mangoes, peaches and plums.
About fifteen minutes later Bunny and Henna arrrived, somehow the two had managed to find
similar t-shirts. Taz now donning an apron gave one each to Bunny and Henna.
"Right start of by peeling the mangoes first."
Bunny asked picking up one mango, "Why are we making so much chutney? Is someone getting
married?"
Taz rolled her eyes, "My boss Jai Walia is having a fundraiser bazaar and volunteered me to
make chutneys. He said I make the best mango chutney ever."
Taz blushed a little as she finished speaking. Spicing up request want hurt anyone. no one
knows what he said to her anyway.
They got busy peeling, chopping and cutting up the mangoes, apples and the other fruit.
There were peels on the floor, on the counter and even bits in their hair. After some time,
Bunny whined, "how much more we have to do? My hand hurts. And I am starved, got anything
to munch Taz?"
Taz shouted, "You guys have been at it for half and hour and you are tired. As for food,
didn't you guys have breakfast?"
Bunny and Henna together, "We did, but all this work is making us hungry."
Taz stomping, "Ok, I'll go and get chocolate digestives." As an afterthought, "Or do you
want anything else?"
Both of them shook their and said, "Digestives is fine" Bunny hopping to the kettle, "I put
the kettle on, ummm tea and biscuits."
Taz came back with pack of digestives and opened the pack and emptied into a plate. Got
mugs out and made tea. The girls munched on the biscuits and sipped tea while in between
peeling and chopping the fruit.
Finally everything ready, Taz put on four pots on the stove and set up making up four
diffirent chutneys, mango, mango and apple, apple and peach and mango and plum. She sizzled
the spices, added sugar, poured vinegar, sprinkled spices and added the fruit. she got
Bunny and Henna to stir a pot each while she took care of the other two. Within few minutes
the chutneys were bubbling away. while stirring her pot, Bunny got splattered with drops of
hot chutney and she yelled, "ouch........that burns. Taz this is dangerous work." She ran
to the tap and ran cold water on her arm where the chutney was stuck. A little red speck
appeared. A few more squeals followed from Henna and Bunny. Finally the chutney were ready
and pots turned off to allow the chutney to cool.
"Ok girls, let's clean up mess and make room for bottles. Then we have to write out labels
and fills the jars."
Henna who could surprise now and then with an idea said, "Why don't you print the labels on
the computer, that way they will all be nice and neat and you can even add little
pictures."
Taz beamed at her, "Fine get cracking on it then Ms Artsy."
Henna ran off, having got out of cleaning the kitchen, now she could take time and do her
favourite thing, do some design work.
The labels were declared brilliant when Henna showed them to Taz. The chutney jars were
filled and ready for labelling.
Bunny was scowling at Henna and at the first opportunity whined, "How could you leave me
alone to clean up all the mess. There was more on the floor where you were stood peeling
than on my side."
XXXXX
On the day of the bazaar Taz arrived with Bunny and Henna with boxes of chutneys. They set
up a stall and arranged the jars in an attractive way. Before the bazaar opened, Jai walia
walked around to see for himself everything was ready. He stopped at Taz's stall and looked
at the prettily labeled jars. "So Taz must have had a busy few days making all these
chutneys."
Taz all flustered, "Nahi sir, I had helpers. These are my Bunny and Henna, they helped."
Jai flashed one of his famous smiles at the two girls making them blush. He picked up a jar
and opening it, "Do you have a spoon? I want to try."
Taz taking the jar from it said, "sir first you have to buy. Rememer your rule, no tasting
until its paid for first."
She picked up a plastic spoon and asked, "Well are you buying?"
Jai laughed, "I guess I am if I want to eat it."
He took out a note and gave it to her and took the jar and spoon from her. Twisting the cap
off, he took some in a spoon and put it in his mouth. The girls all stared to see his
reaction. "Hmmm not bad, infact quite chatpatzy."
Taking some more money out he handed it to Taz, "keep a jar of each for me at the side. I
will pick it up later."
When he had gone, Taz hugged her two friends, "Did you see what he said? He actually liked
my chutney. What was that word that he used?"
"Chatpatzy" chorused Bunny and Henna.
"Yeah I must remember that for next time I will call my chutneys Taz's chatpat chutneys."
Henna and Bunny giggled, "Next time you will be making the chutney on your own too."
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