clay jars

 

 

             The wistful jars 

 

 

 

 

 

I remember as children my cousins, my brother and I would sneak into granny's kitchen to steal some tamarind from her clay jar (bhorni / bharni). These jar were used for preserving various food items such as pickles, water pickles, salt, tamarind, and to make fruit wines and vinegar. These jar were made of different shape and sizes to serve different purposes. These storage jars are rarely found in the goan kitchen now a days. But there are a few household who still use these clay jars for storing food items whereas some display these as showpieces, a sort of reminder of the good old day.