Diwali 2024 is upon us. I was wondering if anyone was planning the festival to do anything special.

I won't be cooking until the weekend but am planning a chicken dish and a goat dish.
Not sure which yet.

Quote from: bhamcurry on October 29, 2024, 01:41 PM
my active sinus infection has shut down any desire to mess around with food 

I wish you a speedy recovery

Quote from: bhamcurry on October 29, 2024, 01:41 PM
my active sinus infection has shut down any desire to mess around with food

Sorry to learn that, BHC.  For my part, a combination of advancing years, two sub-acute spinal fractures and recent open-heart surgery (replacement of aortic valve) have certainly diminished my interest in "mess[ing] around with food", but this is also accompanied by a significant loss in appetite so a single T/A curry (e.g., chicken Madras, pulao rice, saag aloo) will easily last me three days !
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All is indeed well, thank you BHC.  Almost eight weeks post surgery, have been driving for the last four, and apart from aches in back and shoulder, all is well.
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Thank you Livo.  I've heard others say that it can take quite some time to recover, but my surgeon stressed that I needed to start taking exercise as soon as I could comfortably do so, and that I should aim to walk at least a mile a day.  I can now manage two to three miles without over-stressing myself, so I think that his advice was a major contributory factor to my recovery.  In fact, I went in to see a friend who was about to undergo the procedure earlier in the week, primarily to demonstrate to her that she should be well on the way to a full recovery within a couple of months.
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** Phil.