But, unfortunately, here in India, there is no concept of weekends except some central govt depts, where saturdays are also off.
Most self employed persons would have to work for their bread and butter for 365 days. Although, private and state govt jobs have sundays off but no body wants to come out from the homes on holidays, especially in meteros.
All they want is to take rest and no guests are welcome either.
By the way, we do not have weekly payment system either, but monthly only.
Sanjay, The only days off that I had last year was weather related about 3 days worth, thats about average if that.
So I understand fully. I do love my job and that is a boon.
But, surely you are friends with nieghbors? If so an enjoyable interaction can be done by taking turns on monitoring and making a communal spot for it. We call this a block party. Its a break from routine and can be relaxing and refreshing mentally. Cooking food, eating it socially has historically world wide been a way to bring neighbors together.
Eric, I am from the Sonoran desert area. I remember some damn good versions of chili, stew. Skip Texmex and look for fish chili if you want something good. I never learned the recipe but, surely there has to be something online. I do regret not learning some of my favorite foods. I live in Mississippi now and cannot get home to eat those foods, plus my skills suck compared to real cooks.
Fish chili… I’ll have to do it at home and not with friends though. One friend is allergic to fish, an other, shell fish… It makes me cry. I love both…
I’m getting better, cooking is a hobby that I’ve picked up. I still have the odd burnt food, like tonight’s burgers, but I’m one of the best of all my friends and family…
Yes, i have two very close friends since childhood.
We also have very good relations with two of our neighboring families and exchange our foods with them sometimes.
Still, this concept of social get togather is not very popular in India. We prefer to stick to the family usually but occasions like marriages and deaths mean too much for us. Almost all relatives, or at least one from each relative family must come and stay for some days with the hosts.
You can call it family get together if you want.
It can be fun and relaxing.
Burgers lend themselves to a very gourmet meal. If you get a chance ,practice with lamb, pork or turkey. Lamb is the hardest to get right but, so worth it. You don’t find mutton in the USA but sheep burgers are darn fine too if done right. Generally medium rare. Spices vary greatly according to taste. I recall a fantastic French style mutton burger, darned if I recall the details, it was about 2 decades back.
Oh a chili burger stuffed in a pablano chili with a good Mexican cheese as a topping…
Ok now I am hungry…
Lamb is actually really easy to get in Colorado. My local Grocery carries it… Don’t even have to go to the more difficult places. And there is a place in Downtown Denver that carries a Lamb Burger on the normal menu, Paramount Cafe. It’s really good.
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