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Source : 6th October, '06.
Bombay Times
Snakes for Lunch? Why not!
Geminis love to experiment with food and are ready to try anything at least once
Third in the constellation of the zodiac, Geminis are great foodies, always adventurous and considered to be lucky when it comes to diet and weight loss. By virtue of their birth sign, they have a fast metabolism rate that burns calories quickly, and hence can afford to gorge on food. And when it comes to trying out new stuff, they're willing to chew on almost anything!
Kanchi Kaul is a true blue Gemini as she confesses, "I love good food and if I eat, I feel happy. I have tasted a snake dish in Bangkok! It was a dry dish with some sauce, it was just okay and I did not find it as delicious as I had expected. But what I love and find yummy is gurda — just give them plain and I will eat it!" And since Kanchi does not have the tendency to put on weight, this adventurous foodie happily goes around trying different cuisines each day.
Neena Gupta loves Gujarati thali with its wide range of farsans, bhajis, dals, kichdi, sweet boondis and besan laddoos. "I love dosas, vada pav and among cuisines, it has to be Indian and Italian for me. On an everyday basis, I am a very basic dal-chawal person," reveals Nina. Gemini also stands for dual personality and who could fit the bill
more than Bobby Darling! Bobby admits to being a big foodie, "I am fond of very spicy food and can cook exotic food myself. Among unusual foods, I love stuffed karelas." Eating out 4 to 5 times a week is de riguer for Bobby and to keep his weight in check, it is drinking hot water immediately after meals that helps keep him trim.
Rasik Dave, Ketaki Dave's husband, is quite intrepid when it comes to tasting different food but goes more for continental, Mexican and Italian. This self-confessed foodie has "not one but all of 32 sweet teeth and gorges on puranpolis and gulab jamuns. Indian chicken curry made by my wife is my favourite." Once by chance, he tasted a wild duck dish in London, which he found irresistible and yummy and is still in search of that exotic dish everywhere. There are a few who are not experimental though and Pallavi Kulkarni falls into this category. "I settle for non-veg and Italian. I eat what is tried and tested. Even when abroad, I always opt for the safest bet, like chicken." She indulges her sweet tooth in rasgullas and tiramisu. Another nonfoodie Gemini is Shweta Gulati, Tia of Remix fame, who goes for Italian and "loves Thai curries at my friend's place. But food is never in mind and I can even go without eating for an entire day. A glass of watermelon juice is what I have everyday and the only unusual beverage I can boast of having is aloe vera juice for health reasons, but I hate its taste."
So what if some prefer to stick by their neembu panis and dal-chawal? When it comes to experimenting with the fork and knife, Geminis certainly know how to go the whole way!
