My fondest school memory is the memory of our class picnics. Yes, class picnics happened once a year usually. But in Class five we four friends decided once a year was too little and decide to do something along the lines of the Malory towers midnight feast. So we zeroed in on feasting once a week. But how to manage a feast in school?
When there’s a will, there’ away. The tiffin time would serve as make-shift picnic time and each of us would bring something to share and feast on.The day was finalized.
The last hurdle was talking to our mothers.
Luckily moms in those days like us today were always wondering about what to give for tiffin that would be healthy, tasty, and be eaten. Yes, that’s a worry because kids are experts at exchanging their nutritious yet unimaginative snacks, for something delicious and (usually)unhealthy. So when we decided on the menu, we picked one item each and told our mothers that they would need to make four servings of it, wonder of wonder they agreed.
The stuffed paneer paratha, aloo dum, fish chop, chicken cutlets or fish cutlets, fruit cakes, and tea cakes made for delicious memories over tiffin break.
I don’t remember when we stopped doing it, but the memory of those chicken cutlets and fruit cakes still makes my mouth water.
School friendships are like testing waters for adult relationships.My best friend from school is settled abroad and the last we met was in 2004. The years seem to fade into one another as we have more silver in our hair. Sometimes we wonder about purani jeans and woh pal and even if we did fit into those purani jeans ,woh pal is gone forever. Except in my memories.
Writing this for the #BlogchatterBloghop.
Hey Amrita, yes school tiffins had a variety of things that we loved in that span of time only. Like, Cupcakes were one of my favourites as I could take them in hand and runwith friends as well.
That’s so true Geethica. Thank you for visiting
Sharing tiffins was our favourite pass time too! A friend used to get the most bizarre things in her tiffin. Once she got only grapes 😐 Loved this little trip down memory lane 🙂
Reading your post surfaced up a similar fond school memory of my own and made me smile.
Lyrics of a song come to mind. “Bas batein, batein, batein reh jaati hai, bas chhoti moti yaadein reh jaati hai.” 🙂
Yes that’s the song Priyanka. It makes me smile too reading your comment. Happy to meet you on the blog.
I hope that you get to see your best friend soon! I know how hard it can be with the distance. My best friend died 2 years ago from pancreatic cancer, and it tore out my heart. Thankfully I had seen her the year before at our high school reunion. I hope that you get to connect in person sometime in the near future with your BFF.
I hope so too.I hope your friend rests in peace wherever she is.Good Friends are like guiding lights ,they are there till we need them and somehow ,then one loses touch.
Amrita, what a charming memory! And how wonderful your mothers went along with it! I know your hearts were enriched by this little chapter.
Yes mothers were crucial part of the plan.Luckily they agreed.Hope you are doing well Kebba
What great memories! After I graduated I lost touch with so many of my friends but thanks to FB we all get back together to reminisce about the good old days.
Yes that’s a good place to find friends .I too am part of a school group
You’re speaking of foods I don’t know, but picnic memories are a nice thing to look back on.
Thanks for sharing!
Laurie
Hi Laurie ,yes the food can sound a little different and picnics are always fun.Thanks for visiting
You mademe think back to my elementary/JHS days. We had an annual picnic (it was a religious ritual), but it was our personal get togethers for birthdays and summer days that I recall with the fondest of longing.
Yes personal get together with good food and fun is what makes childhood so enjoyable. We need to keep doing more of those
Thank you for sharing your lovely memories, Amrita. You brought a smile to my heart. What is woh pal? I tried searching but only got a song.
Hi Victoria ,your search result is right.Woh pal means “that time” or those years in this case.Its Hindi words which I wrote in English.Its wonderful that you searched for it.Next time ,I will be writing it down .