Moscatel: Following the existing trend of a new normalization that is emerging every day, some new popular has emerged: homemade food that is aimed mainly at friends and family.
Shaikha, an Omani woman who remains in Seeb, is known in the circle of her circle of relatives and friends as a perfect cook. When the pandemic turned the WFH (HomeWork) into a family word, Shaikha’s friends who painted in the personal sector and in government offices struggled to manage the tasks of family members, young people in the house and household paintings. “One day I made sparrows and sent it to my cousin who was pregnant. She told her friends so much that they asked me if I could do it for them too and they were willing to pay,” Shaikha said. “Soon, many of my cousins and friends ordered their favorite dishes. They know the strict hygiene standards I respect and the ingredients I use, because I also take great care to use less oil and fewer processed ingredients. Shaika has a maid, who is helping with all the preparatory paintings.
Home-cooked foods have been around for some time, but the pandemic has done more because of unsannified hygiene and healthy characteristics that can be customized.
Shilpa, a 25-year-old resident of Oman, who remains in Muscat’s Old Town, is popular for sandwiches and gujarati theplas, which supplies his friends and the extended circle of family members. Gujarati herself, Shilpa, confirms that there is a developing call for those days for her farsans. At 50, the narrow and agile Shilpa takes care of the kitchen alone, with only a little help from her son, who has a supermarket nearby.
For the many irreducible restaurant hoppers, the sudden series of checks and security measures led them to the paranoia that made them even order takeaways from restaurants. Aditya Govind, who is an independent Internet designer, says: “I used to go out for lunch every day. But now, with the COVID-19 scene, I’m afraid to look at the food outside, because I don’t know who cooks the food and how hygienic the kitchen hands are. I have a friend who’s a smart cook and recently was fired. She is a cook for an organization of 4 friends: smart nutritious foods, and we know she is obsessed with cleaning. you get your pocket money for your service and we are very happy with your food.
Manal Al Hassani paints those days from home for an airline, but discovers time on weekends to prepare his special cake orders. “I am known among my circle of family and friends for the variety of cakes I make. As I paint from home, I only take orders for the weekend because I can’t say no to my close friends and circle of relatives,” he says. Manal, who has two daughters over 4 and two.
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