{"id":1302,"date":"2016-07-31T10:00:08","date_gmt":"2016-07-31T10:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/morningpost.today\/eng\/?p=1302"},"modified":"2016-07-31T10:00:08","modified_gmt":"2016-07-31T10:00:08","slug":"roasted-corns-on-the-cob-and-chilly-weather-of-malam-jabba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/morningpostnews.pk\/eng\/roasted-corns-on-the-cob-and-chilly-weather-of-malam-jabba\/","title":{"rendered":"Roasted corns on the cob and chilly weather of Malam Jabba"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\"><strong>By Fazal Khaliq\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>MINGORA: Before reaching the top of Malam Jabba ski resort, tourists pass through a thick forest on a zigzag road, where dozens of cold water springs, cool breeze and green pastures leave them in awe.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Their excitement doubles when they suddenly catch the smell of roasted corncobs sold by a boy at his roadside shed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Garnished with salt, chili powder and lemon juice, roasted corncobs is the snack tourists love to munch on in the chilly weather and heavenly environment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cWhen we reached here, the atmosphere forced us to take a pause and enjoy the serenity and beauty of the area. Enjoying the natural beauty, we smelt roasting corncobs so we\u2019d them,\u201d Kamran Zia, a tourist from Faisalabad, said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">He said cool chilly weather was the best time to eat roasted corncob.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cTaste of the roasted corncobs sold here is different. I\u2019ve found them more delicious than what I eat in my hometown possibly due to local environment,\u201d said Ishrat Usman, a tourist from Peshawar.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The earnings of corncob seller Ayanullah, member of a poor family, is the major source of his family\u2019s livelihood.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cOn average, I earn from Rs300 to Rs500 daily and most of it is used to buy food for family,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The child complained about his erratic income and said high sales were seen in the summer season when tourists showed up in large numbers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cThe tourist season lasts three months at maximum. Thereafter, I take up the hard job of a labourer. I enjoy smiles on the faces of tourists approaching me for roasted corncobs,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The child said he always prayed for a huge influx of tourists during the summer season for better earnings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">He said most of his clients belonged to Punjab and majority of them were women.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Fazal Khaliq\u00a0 MINGORA: Before reaching the top of Malam Jabba ski resort, tourists pass through a thick forest on a zigzag road, where dozens of cold water springs, cool breeze and green pastures leave them in awe. Their excitement doubles when they suddenly catch the smell of roasted corncobs sold by a boy at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1303,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[432,431],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/morningpostnews.pk\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1302"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/morningpostnews.pk\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/morningpostnews.pk\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/morningpostnews.pk\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/morningpostnews.pk\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1302"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/morningpostnews.pk\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1302\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1304,"href":"https:\/\/morningpostnews.pk\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1302\/revisions\/1304"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/morningpostnews.pk\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/morningpostnews.pk\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/morningpostnews.pk\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/morningpostnews.pk\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}