Ma and her discussions

CCW: Chana chor-garam wala( roadside vendor who sells fried chickpea snacks).

CCW to Ma: aunty take some chana chor today

Ma: oh it is fried

CCW: it is good and fresh and you take it all the time

Ma: what did you fry it in

CCW: same old regular oil

Ma: which oil, kerosene?

CCW: no no peanut oil i think

Ma: tell me properly which oil

CCW: phalli oil

Ma: which phalli

CCW: soybean oil

Ma: i cant eat soybeans

CCW: but its soybean oil

Ma: I cant eat soybeans coz of thyroid problem and most likely that soybean is gmo. Is it organic soybean oil?

CCW: what is organic

Ma: ok, you lost a customer.

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Me to Ma: Did you reduce your milk consumption, since 70% of all milk in india contains detergent and urea.

Ma: yes, we get it from milk man now, so it not polluted, the cows have access to a field, and we dont drink at night( 1 glass less consumption).

Me: Did you ask your milk man what the cow eats

Ma: yeah some dried fodder from his field

Me: cow should eat fresh grass

some days later after mom's  investigation.

Ma: cow goes into field once she finishes weaning calf and eats green grass

Me: where does the calf go and who decides when he is weaned ?

Ma: offo, Talk to dad

some days later

Ma: They sell bull calf to neighboring farmer

Me: are you sure?

Ma: I will get you their phone number to ask these questions