Mitushi: Questioning the masses to see who still love their roots? Me: Not really.

Bonjour!

Before I go into beginning a random lecture on nothing in particular, I’d like to thank everybody who’s been reading this blog AND supporting it. You all are amazing. The present class 10 batch has surprisingly been extremely appreciative!

Almost EVERYONE I know has been so supportive J

And I’d like to mention a certain gorgeous young lady who’s been there through it all, supporting me like crazy, urging me to update ASAP and helped me out with this post as well: Ranjabati Basu. Thanks so much. You’re THE best. :D

Oh yes, I’m so sorry for updating after so long, I’m a lazy bum. But on a serious note, I’ve been busy, I swear :P

Yes. So, being a Bong from Kolkata, my aim in the beginning was to focus on Kolkata’s food mainly. Not Bengali food, because I’m not very fond of maach-bhat, but the food available in Kolkata.

And we all know what Bengalis are known for: their MISHTIS! Yes, their sweet preparations. To be honest, I was never very fond of sweets as a kid (Kid-I still am, but you know what I mean). But then, my taste buds decided to change their liking (For the worse, *sigh*) and I’ve hogging down sweet stuff all the time.

I think among Bengali sweets, Rasgullas and Mishti Doi (Mitha Dahi) are the most famous. But if you ask me, I’d go for Mishti Doi any day.

So, about three weeks back, me and Ranjabati were basically sitting jobless (atleast I was) and decided to contest a poll betweek Mishti Doi and- waitforit- Cadbury Dairy Milk Silk. 

Yeah, yeah, I know, you must be thinking Cadbury Silk never stood a chance against MD. Well, atleast that’s what I thought. Turns out it was actually a very close competition (WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU MY FELLOW KOLKATA RESIDENTS?).

So we asked about 52 people, and guess who won? Like I had predicted, MISHTII DOIIII :D

Here are the results:

MISHTI DOI: Me, Ranjabati, Srinjeeta, Malvika, Sehrish, Anik, Shrabasti, Tito, Mum, Sruthy, Arnesh, Rishi, Gourav, Ranja’s mum, Ranja’s dad, Pratiksha, Shreya Cheema, Asmita, Samudra, Arshi, Roopkatha, Saranic, Soham, Ranjaboti, Priyank, Gunraj, Ritika, Rishab, Taniya, Sukanya, Mom, Subarna.

Thus, TOTAL: 31

CADBURY DAIRY MILK SILK: Aindrilla, Anmol, Ayush, Ilina, Shatakshi, Mitushi, Meghna, Sushmita Didi, Rukmini, Debanjan (Mama), Madhu di, Ranja’s ddbhai, Anushua, Sahil, Payel di,  Mitali, Subhadip, Sharonya, Aman, Rohan.

Thus, TOTAL: 21.

Hahahaha. *Evil laugh*

Okay, here are a few comments from friends. Let’s hear our youth’s thoughts. xP

Me:Mishti doi or Cadbury silk?

Mitushi: Cadbury doi xP

Me: Choose one. -_-

Mitushi: Erm,Cadbury silk.

Me: Oh. Okay.

Mitushi: Blog? Questioning the masses to see who still love their roots?

Me:Not really.

Just Polling.

I asked a few people why they chose Mishti Doi over Cadbury Silk. Actually, I asked everyone but most of them had really, really lame answers. Anyway, three answers I really liked:

1.RANJABATI: I am Bengali and silk simply cannot beat a taste we have been familiar since forever.
Me: *Nods head vigorously*

2. SEHRISH (Best answer according to me): Mishti Doi is.. home. Silk you can get anywhere. But true mishti doi can be found only in Calcutta.

3. ARNESH: Because doi is doi. NOTHING beats doi. 


Finally, Ranjabati’s opinion on all this:

Yes, I was backing mishti doi. But then, I don’t suppose I can help. After all, I’m a Bong. And as much as I love chocolates, Cadbury Dairy Milk Silk simply cannot satisfy my taste buds the way Mishti Doi can.

Every time someone voted for silk, I was like “Damn!” I was also very surprised when my Non-Bengali friends voted for mishti doi more than my Bengali friends.

It was an exciting experience, I must say.

Silk came into the market a few years ago. Was an instant hit. The concept was melted chocolate. I don’t know why, but no one realized that even normal dairy milk can be left at normal temperature and ta-da! You get the same result. My favourite flavour is the plain milk chocolate.

Doi! Ahh! And I’ve always liked a clean, non-lumpy scoop of mishti doi after a huge Bong feast. It is like the perfect ending. Without dalda, ofcourse (Visit Kamdhenu.)

I say:

By the way, you can google how to make home-made Mishti Doi. It’s actually pretty easy. Silk-lovers, can’t do that now, can you? *smirk*

And and. Mishti doi is cheaper than silk! (Taking into consideration the fact that most of the teenagers are broke all the time)