The Dramatic Hollywood Rabbit

Lemon & Salt June 2020 When I first moved to India I had a lot of time on my hands. There was also a lot of distrust of processed foods, pickles and juices to be precise. While opinions have changed I still find that homemade pickles tend to taste better. One of my favorite pickles is lemon pickle, we eat it with poora, a savory crepe made from chickpea flour, as well as other dishes. A friend of mine’s family made most of their own pickles and she gave me the proportions needed to make a lemon pickle. Hers also had red chilli, but I didn’t want chili in mine as I planned to give it to my children. I did however, love pickled ginger which is made from ginger, salt, green chilli and lemon. So I decided to be a bit adventurous and create my own pickle. If I remember correctly I used about 5kgs of lemons and some amount of ginger. I followed my friends instructions to the letter and after a month I got a good pickle that my family continued to eat for a decade. The bonus of a

“ Why cancel ...? Don’t let the media control you … It’s no worse than regular flu. If it’s your time, nothing will stop it. Wash your hands and don’t touch your face. I’m not putting my life on hold. Merry Christmas.” My stepmother cancelled her annual Christmas Tree Trimming this year due to COVID and a friend of hers posted the above.  I read this and red hot anger boiled in my stomach and rose through my chest.  How are there still so many people who deny the facts?  These are the facts as of today December 3, 2020. On average 2% of the people who have COVID 19 die from it compared to .1% of those with the flu.  On average around 40,000 Americans die each year from the flu.  Since February and the first official USA COVID 19 death, we have lost almost 7 times that amount.  This information is easily found on Google from reputable sources.  Yet people still keep comparing COVID 19 to the flu.   Statistics as per December 3, 2020 However, even if they don’t accept that a person is mo