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fw: south indian food, dishes and plates

updated tue 5 jan 10

 

Frances Howard on mon 4 jan 10


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From: "Frances Howard"
Sent: Sunday, January 03, 2010 10:03 PM
To: "CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG"
Subject: Fw: South Indian food

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> From: "Frances Howard"
> Sent: Sunday, January 03, 2010 2:15 PM
> To: "ivor & olive lewis"
> Subject: Re: South Indian food
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>> Dear Ivor,
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>> I have found that browsing in the cookery book section of your library o=
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>> bookstore will give you a multitude of pictures of plates, dishes etc.
>> Some of the photographs are quite splendid, even possibly authentic, and
>> they certainly make the food look very appealing and colourful. They ar=
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>> often very different from the plates you might use or what you might see
>> for sale in various shops. After I had looked at some Indian cookery
>> books I realised how boring the plates I was making and using were and s=
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>> changed a bit. Though you wouldn't want them necessarily all the time,
>> maybe a bit much. Cookery books are a good place to start for ideas for
>> shapes and decorations though.
>> Frances Howard
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>> From: "ivor & olive lewis"
>> Sent: Sunday, January 03, 2010 2:00 AM
>> To:
>> Subject: Re: South Indian food
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>>> What table utensils are required for these exotic foods. Are they
>>> earthenware or stoneware. Do you decorate them with traditional
>>> patterns.
>>> Where would we find illustrations ?
>>> Making then would be a good project for the New Year.
>>> Best regards,
>>> Ivor Lewis,
>>> Redhill,
>>> South Australia
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