Indians love American pizzas – the most popular fast food

The world of today is fast paced and one can get connected to chat with anyone thousands of miles away at the click of the mouse. Advances in modern day technology have eliminated distances and, likewise, have given rise to a new trend in food – namely, fast foods.
There are any number of TV channels like TLC, Khana Khazana and Food-Food that showcase the wide varsity of fast foods on offer all around the world and one can sit for hours in front of the screen as his mind wanders off to America or Turkey or Australia to observe their fast foods and food habits.
Incidentally, several fast food giants like KFC, McDonalds, and Dominos of America have already arrived in India and some more like Burger King, the world's second larger hamburger chain, has already stepped in while Wendy’s is waiting at the doorstep – these are also of American origin.
Moreover, TV programs on food and cooking are very popular and these are available in every channel – language is no barrier because it is all about innumerable combinations of well-known items that abound in the kitchen. The attraction is, basically, in the packaging as the contestants do in MasterChef who have to think out of the box to come up with novel ideas.
A favorite question that used to be put to would be brides of yore in Bengal was aimed at trying to ascertain the extent of creativeness the girl was endowed with.
The question would usually be a simple one – ‘suppose some elderly relatives suddenly descended upon you and plan to stay over for the night, what would you serve for dinner?’
It has to be remembered that the scene is a remote village where bullock carts are the only means of transport, where kerosene lanterns provide the only source of light after sunset, where shops are absent hence, getting something off the shelf is also absent and where no one would venture out in the darkness to pluck vegetables from the field or throw a net in the pond to land some fish!
The girl had to, perforce, rely only on what was physically available in the kitchen at that moment and, naturally, her options were extremely limited. In some cases, the girl would be told what ingredients were to be used, in other cases, the choice would be left to her. If she was able to conjure up some good recipes and managed to obtain pass marks, she would be assured of favorable placement in her new house – after marriage.
In order to pass such examinations, these girls were taught how to make umpteen plus one preparations out of a simple vegetable like potato. It can be fried. It can be boiled, mashed and converted into quite a number of mouthwatering dishes. Small freshly removed potatoes can be boiled and cooked with green peas to present a fantastic dish called ‘aloor dum’.
Girls today do not have to face such critical examinations and undergo humiliation because they usually choose their life partners themselves –thanks to coeducation, interaction at workplaces apart from friendships at social networking websites.
However, in case such a situation does arise, the questions asked of them would probably be like – ‘do you know where pizzas originated from?’ or ‘how many brands of pizzas have you tasted? Which is your favorite?’ or ‘how many pizza outlets are there in your locality?’