[kj] OT: Miss the curries

[fluw]

<<Indian food here is somewhat popular in the big (especially 
East-coast) cities, but is almost non-existant once you get 20 miles or 
so from large cities>>

how much of america aside from the east coast and large cities have you 
seen gregg?


GREG SLAWSON wrote:
>
> I think the US gatherers were a bit curious, because in the US we 
> usually just say "Let's eat some Indian food". Also, curry just means 
> sauce, so there are many varieties of it. Indian food here is somewhat 
> popular in the big (especially East-coast) cities, but is almost 
> non-existant once you get 20 miles or so from large cities. I've been 
> to India recently, and the home-cooked food was good!
>
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>     From:  /fatpotanga <fatpotanga at gmail.com>/
>     Reply-To:  /"A list about all things Killing Joke (the
>     band!)"<gathering at misera.net>/
>     To:  /The Gathering <gathering at misera.net>/
>     Subject:  /Re: [kj] OT: Miss the curries/
>     Date:  /Sat, 12 Aug 2006 17:32:32 +0100/
>     >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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