I think our childhood days were really golden age with less traffic in the city lots of time to play on the streets and all the fun filled blues of summer, but i really feel sad that our younger generation can never have such a fun filled activities that we used to have all they do now is watch tv, play video games, browse internet everything in front of a dumb display console.
recently while walking through the streets in my neighborhood i saw a pod falling in front of me from the Rain Tree(ACACIA) this really made me nostalgic and made me write this post on how we were making cork balls ourselves using those pods.
So how we made the cork balls when we were kids?
We used to collect the pods from Rain Tree(ACACIA), we were finding a nice place to crush the pods usually in front of our home on rock slab and we used to smuggle cooking oil or coconut oil from the kitchen, now after collecting all the resource, we used to crush the pods of Rain Tree(ACACIA) and after that grid it until it becomes paste now once we get a consistent texture so that we can make a ball we used to pour oil on our hands and proceed to make the ball out of that dough by rolling on our hands in a circular motion once the ball is ready we used to dry them in sun for 3 to 4 days see below pic.
part of image taken from : http://being-sahan.blogspot.com
I still remember the odd but nice smell of the Rain Tree(ACACIA) pods which used to stay for several hours even after washing hands with strong soap, if any of you guys have made cork balls like me during their childhood do comment
i think this post really mean for the people who enjoyed their childhood in 70's and 80's
i bet at-least majority of the people during these days in India would have made their own cork balls or seen friends making it in their life time.
i bet at-least majority of the people during these days in India would have made their own cork balls or seen friends making it in their life time.
recently while walking through the streets in my neighborhood i saw a pod falling in front of me from the Rain Tree(ACACIA) this really made me nostalgic and made me write this post on how we were making cork balls ourselves using those pods.
So how we made the cork balls when we were kids?
We used to collect the pods from Rain Tree(ACACIA), we were finding a nice place to crush the pods usually in front of our home on rock slab and we used to smuggle cooking oil or coconut oil from the kitchen, now after collecting all the resource, we used to crush the pods of Rain Tree(ACACIA) and after that grid it until it becomes paste now once we get a consistent texture so that we can make a ball we used to pour oil on our hands and proceed to make the ball out of that dough by rolling on our hands in a circular motion once the ball is ready we used to dry them in sun for 3 to 4 days see below pic.
part of image taken from : http://being-sahan.blogspot.comI still remember the odd but nice smell of the Rain Tree(ACACIA) pods which used to stay for several hours even after washing hands with strong soap, if any of you guys have made cork balls like me during their childhood do comment
1 comments:
nice to share the very good technique of making cork balls.. yes, i used to make such balls in my younger age.... Making kites and kite fighting in the air is another interesting game we used to play in our kids ... great days..
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