Calling ridge gourd 'jhinga postho' is not gonna make it any cuter. It may be Bengali new year and we know Pather Panchali glorified poverty for several generations together, but ridge gourd??? How are you supposed to know your year will go well if you begin it in such abysmal taste?
Also, I may be full haiyya-Tamizh (note the zh!), but that doesn't mean I'm gonna want that hideous pachidi thing they force down our throats at new year's.... c'mon, that concoction is meant to taste like fourteen different things? That's just an excuse for bad cooking. Throw it into Macbeth, don't chuck it down my throat.
I've nothing to say about Kerala, the coconut and milk bit is funny on any day, not just new year's. And let SOME fish survive in the ocean no for a change, they needn't all be on your plate.
Finally, corny as it is (pun! pun! pun!), I've to say my favorite new-years-day traditional-food comes from Punjab. Give a man makki di roti and he's set for the year and many years to come.
Happy new year to you wherever you're from, wherever else you live and whatever you're (forcibly) eating :)
PS: If anyone thinks of any Dear Karunanidhi jokes I haven't already Tweeted, email me!
