Anuradha Sridharan

This pack landed at my doorstep, thanks to K who placed the order on the BigBasket app and added a few junk items that I usually wouldn't approve of.  He got a earful and promised he would stick to my one-junk-per-order rule 😉  Anyway, let me take this as an opportunity to review a popular junk food that seems to be a favorite among kids and adults. Cheeslings is so addictive that many just munch on it while watching a movie. It feels so light and crunchy (similar to popcorn). If one is not mindful, it is easy to gobble up a large serving size. Let's look at the ingredients: Refined wheat flour (maida) Refined oils (palmolein and palm) Sugar Iodised salt Cheese (1.8%) Yeast Raising Agents [503(ii), 500(ii), 341(i)] Invert Sugar Syrup Spices & Condiments (mustard powder) Acidity Regulators (270, 296) Emulsifier of vegetable origin (diacetyl tartaric and fatty acid esters of glycerol) Flour treatment agents [1101(ii), 1100(i)] ...

This epiphany struck me one night while I was scrubbing the kitchen sink after washing a pot load of dishes. What does the job " washing dishes " entail? Does it only mean washing the dishes in the kitchen sink? What's the process one typically follows to make sure this task is complete? Keep the dishes that were washed in the afternoon in their respective places in the kitchen cupboards Fill the bowl with dish wash liquid/soap Bring all the dishes that are lying on the kitchen counter which are to be washed  Wash the dishes Wash the scrubbing pads that were used to wash the dishes Scrub the sink and remove all the dirt/grime Put the sink knob and cover the outlet As you can notice, there are always a few tasks that need to be done before and after the main task.  For any task, visualizing the workflow helps us to understand this pre-/post- tasks better. For critical projects, most of us plan ahead and break down the job at hand into these ...