Gold has been a valuable and highly sought
out precious metals Jewels, coinage and art long before the beginning of recorded
history. Due to its malleability, electric conductivity, resistance to acids
and chemical reaction Gold has other practical uses in addition to jewelry such
as in dentistry, Electronics, electrical wiring, colored glass productions and
finally eating.
Now you must be wondering that I must
be mad…..but hey Read here about the Gold plated Dosa at Bangalore. People are queuing
to eat the gold plated dosa at a cost of Rs 1011.00 each which does not have
any medicinal value but just a show of opulence. After reading the article I googled about gold
plating on eatable and I was surprised to see that this is not a new fad and in
fact has been used in world over in form of flakes or powder to add a
perception of luxury and high value. They are used in various desserts and confectioneries
in Asian countries similar to silver foils used on mithai in India. From the 16th
century Europe has used gold leaf in liquors such as Goldstrike from Amsterdam,
Schwabach from Germany and Danziger Goldwasser of Poland.
Since metallic gold is inert to all
body chemistry, has no taste and no nutrition value it would leave the body
unaltered and am sure that someone even more enterprising at Bangalore would
start a process for separating this precious metals from the human refuse …thought of it is quite sickening .aaaaaghh
Food for your thoughts !!!!!!
Pretty crazy!!! Seems more like ugly display of money by those who have it in all colors!
ReplyDeleteYeah crazy to have an Dosa for Rs 1011/-...but then can call those having it egoistic..flaunting their wealth around even on their eats!!!
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