Samosa cravings

"Samosa cravings"

"Two of this and two of that".. I said to the young sales boy, pointing to huge trays of fresh, steaming hot samosas, unmindful of the slight drizzle that had started a few seconds back which was now quickly gaining force.. I had been looking at these golden yellow delicacies every noon on my way to my daughter's school, my mouth drooling every time and today I just couldn't control my cravings anymore.. 

I was shock-jolted from already feasting on the same in my imagination by what the sales boy said next... 'Ellam chicken mathiyo chechi, beef vende? "  My eyes grew wide with shock.. I was holding the  brown paper packet, now beginning to show small oil patches, at the same time hurriedly fishing currency from my handbag.. I dumped the packet right there and ran out of the bakery, myself and my appetite fully drenched and wetted, leaving the poor sales boy wondering what had gone wrong.. 

Having come to God's own country two decades back has left me wiser.. Though I check and double check now to make sure I am buying samosas that have no poultry, cattle or egg variations (there are duck eggs too) and are purely vegetarian, I still bite into it with a lot of caution and fear of some alien taste... My taste for samosas is not the same anymore...