Copper Bistro Network

You may not think it when you first meet my aunts, but they’re really extremely combative. They can’t even play snakes and ladders without debating. It invariably starts out in the name of fun but somehow evolves rapidly into a full-blown rivalry. Even something like rice becomes a sticking point when my aunts are together. Last year, they wanted to see who possessed the best rice cooker of them all. Nobody had ever witnessed so much rice prepared in so many different ways; it was extremely impressive. Leave it to my third aunt to leave the others trailing far behind. It was an achievement considering how rarely their families ate rice anyway.