Everyone faces problems in life. Some people have a great presence of mind and can solve problems without panicking. Here I would like to talk about my aunt who solved a problem in a really clever way. I remember it was about 6 months ago. My aunt and uncle had come to our place and my mother was preparing dinner for them. As my mother was putting salt in the cheese curry, the box of salt slipped from her hand and a lot of salt fell into the dish. As my mother had not prepared anything else, she started panicking because it was already dinner time. My aunt came into the kitchen when she saw that my mother was looking troubled. She told my mother not to panic at all. She needed some duff and put 3 or 4 bowls of duff into the curry. After about 15 minutes she removed the door bowls and asked my mother to taste the curry. There was no excess salt in the dish anymore. My mother would not have been able to solve this problem on her own. She had started thinking that the whole curry dish would have to be thrown and she would have to cook the dish all over the again. But my aunt saved the situation and nobody even came to know and the problem had happened. My aunt is a great cook and she can fix her dinner for 20 people in just one hour. She also conducts cookery classes during the summer vocation. She is in her mid 40s but looks much younger. Whenever anyone is over family faces any problem she they seek her help for a solution.
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Everyone faces problems in life. Some people have a great presence of mind and can solve problems without panicking. Here I would like to talk about my aunt, who solved a problem in a really clever way. I remember it was about six months ago. My aunt and uncle had come to our place, and my mother was preparing dinner for them. As my mother was putting salt in the cheese curry, the box of salt slipped from her hand, and a lot of salt fell into the dish. Since my mother had not prepared anything else, she started panicking because it was already dinner time. My aunt came into the kitchen when she saw that my mother was looking troubled. She told my mother not to panic at all. She needed some dough and put three or four bowls of dough into the curry. After about 15 minutes, she removed the dough bowls and asked my mother to taste the curry. There was no excess salt in the dish anymore. My mother would not have been able to solve this problem on her own. She had started thinking that the whole curry dish would have to be thrown away and that she would have to cook the dish all over again. But my aunt saved the situation, and nobody even knew that the problem had happened. My aunt is a great cook, and she can prepare dinner for 20 people in just one hour. She also conducts cookery classes during the summer vacation. She is in her mid-40s but looks much younger. Whenever anyone in our family faces any problem, they seek her help for a solution.
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