{"id":736,"date":"2012-12-03T09:34:41","date_gmt":"2012-12-03T09:34:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/illumination2.wordpress.com\/?p=736"},"modified":"2012-12-03T09:34:41","modified_gmt":"2012-12-03T09:34:41","slug":"the-flame-trees-of-thika","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.itayemi.com\/blog\/2012\/12\/03\/the-flame-trees-of-thika\/","title":{"rendered":"The Flame trees of Thika"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Flame trees of Thika<\/strong><\/p>\n

I believe\u00a0the first time I watched\u00a0the TV-series\u00a0“The Flame trees of Thika” was in the mid-80s. For some reason about 2 decades later I started thinking a lot about it. I tried several times over the past years to “find” it with no luck. Most of the references I got was to the book, but it was the film I wanted to watch. I finally got my hands on the series recently and found it as delightful as I had found it back then.\u00a0There are lots of very interesting events and conversations in the series (actually a 7-part dramatization of the book), but\u00a0one of the reason\u00a0it seems to have stuck in my head is because of the event surrounding the making of the marmalade (I have lifted the conversation verbatim\u00a0from the film).\u00a0
\nThe film comes highly recommended by yours truly.
\nMrs. Nimmo – stirring the pot of marmalade on the fire:
\nMrs. Nimmo: \u201cWhat \u2026 on \u2026 earth \u2026 is that?\u201d<\/p>\n

Mrs. Nimmo – using the ladle to poke at the dead floating rat.
\nJuma (the cook): \u201cHow did that get there?\u201d<\/p>\n

Mrs. Nimmo: \u201cThat is what I am asking you, Juma.\u201d<\/p>\n

Shrugging his shoulders (as usual)
\nJuma: \u201cPerhaps it fell off from the ceiling.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mrs. Nimmo (disgusted): \u201cEwhh. Is that the custom of this kitchen? Do rats fall everyday from the ceiling, or do they jump up from the floor?\u201d<\/p>\n

Juma: \u201cRats come to sugar like brides to a rich man. I have told the mam-sab she must build a new kitchen as big and fine as the stables she builds for her horses, but she does not listen. So how can I keep the rats out?\u201d<\/p>\n

Mrs. Nimmo: \u201cYou can get rid of this one for a start.\u201d
\nMrs. Nimmo: \u201cAnd then throw away the marmalade.\u201d<\/p>\n

Juma (is shocked and confused): \u201cThrow away all these good sugar?\u201d<\/p>\n

Mrs. Nimmo (sternly): \u201cDo as I say.\u201d<\/p>\n

After Juma gets rid of the rat.<\/p>\n

Mrs. Nimmo: \u201cThen pour the rest away.\u201d<\/p>\n

Juma still in shock (to himself): \u201cThrow away good marmalade?\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Flame trees of Thika I believe\u00a0the first time I watched\u00a0the TV-series\u00a0“The Flame trees of Thika” was in the mid-80s. For some reason about 2 decades later I started thinking a lot about it. I tried several times over the … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":336,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[154,375,488,551,629,696,822,954,994,1026],"class_list":["post-736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-bride","tag-flame","tag-horse","tag-juma","tag-marmalade","tag-nimmo","tag-rat","tag-sugar","tag-thika","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itayemi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/736","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itayemi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itayemi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itayemi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/336"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itayemi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=736"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.itayemi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/736\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itayemi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itayemi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itayemi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}