Question

There have been many changes over time, in our food. What can this mean? Use the seed story and what you know from your elders to explain.

Answer 1

There have been many changes in our food. Earlier, people used to eat chapatti of different kinds of grains but now wheat is the main ingredient of chapatti. My mother says that when she was a child, her father used to buy wheat grains. The wheat grains were washed and dried in the sun. Then it was taken to a chakki to make flour. Now, we buy packed atta (flour) and I have seen wheat grains in pictures only.

Most of the children of my age would not recognize a particular grain. For example; I was surprised when I learned how does the rice grain look with a cover on it.
Many of us now use instant food, instead of traditional food. I think people will forget how to cook some of the traditional dishes.