NAVODAYA VIDYALAYA SAMITI

ENGLISH

CLASS X

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A BAKER FROM

GOA

LUCIO RODRIGUES

• Feast – An elaborate and abundant meal.
• Engagement – betrothal / a mutual promise or contract for a future marriage.
• Plump – having a full rounded, usually pleasing form
• Physique – the form or structure of a person’s body
• Testimony – evidence / a first hand authentication of a fact.

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WORD MEANINGS

BREAD-BANGLES

A distinctive ring-shaped bread with a crunchy crust and a fairly dry texture within forming a great snack. CHILDREN’S FAVOURITE.

BOL

A WEDDING sweet, dark in colour with a distinctive taste and appearance of half a coconut shell made of coconut, jaggery, coarse ground wheat, cardamom powder, toddy and salt.

BREAD

A type of baked food mainly made from dough with sat and yeast often baked in an oven. A FEAST and a PARTY loses its charm without bread.

SANDWICHES

A sandwich is a food typically consisting of vegetables, sliced cheese or meat placed on or between slices of bread. It is a must for a DAUGHTER’S ENGAGEMENT.

CAKES

Form of sweet food made from flour, sugar and other ingredients that is usually baked. It is a must for CHRISTMAS.

BOLINHAS

Goan cookies made with Semolina and coconut. Slightly crisp on the outside and soft inside. It’s a tea-time treat and a must for CHRISTMAS.

A KABAI

A peculiar dress which was a single-piece long frock reaching down to the knees. This was the dress code of bakers in the Portuguese days.

A shirt and a trouser that was shorter than full-length ones and longer than half-pants was the dress code of bakers in the author’s childhood.

• Written on wall
• Written with pencil.
• Bills collected at the end of the month.

Their plump physique is an open testimony to their happy and prosperous life as baking was a profitable profession.