[kj] OT: Miss the curries

fatpotanga fatpotanga at gmail.com
Sat Aug 12 12:32:32 EDT 2006


I'd die without good curry.
It is the food of the gods.
It is also the 'thing' in the UK as it's better than most of the other slop
we have ;)

Apparently research has shown that if you eat curry, as little as once every
3 months it helps reduce the onset of, erm.
What was it now?
Ah!  Alzheimer's!





On 11/8/06 23:22, "Jiri" wrote:

> On that OT note, here's a nagging, culturally naive question: What is it
> with curry in the U.K.?
> 
> I remember seeing it all over London, and quite frankly read it
> referenced in tons of fiction and non-fiction set in England--not to
> mention when you natives rave about it before a gathering! Is it so
> prevalent as a relic of empire building...immigration trends, or just
> because it's so damned good (and flavorful)?
> 
> I actually like curry quite a bit and have many choices/places to get it
> in my otherwise-not-exactly-cosmopolitan midwestern city, but I also
> have many other choices around town for Italian, Vietnamese, Thai,
> Bosnian (due to a huge recent refugee influx), Mexican, Cajun, Central
> American, South American....
> 
> So enlighten me, why is curry seemingly "the thing" in the U.K.?
> 
> -Sheltered Jiri in STL
> 
> Jari Pakarinen wrote:
>> God damn it. Went to the Guardian site to look for the tinnitus remedy
>> and found the article about Indian home cooking. Oh I would kill for a
>> good curry right now... brings back the the days I spent in the UK.
>> 
>> I'm off back to lurkin'
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