I am prompted by the discussion about eggs & our sometimes ( often ? ) misuse of the English language.
Similarly our misuse of the word curry ( something that was explained to me many years ago )
Maybe itâs not dissimilar in some ways to the old British usage of Biro when actually referring to any brand of ball point pen. Or âHoover the floorâ when actually meaning to vacuum the floor.
But we liked the âcurryâ flavours and made them into our own and something we like and call curry. And the UK balti was invented in Birmingham.
UK people will remember school dinner curry with raisins in it
The same with sphaghetti Bolognaise, what we cook up here is nothing like anything in Italy!
But I think itâs rather endearing to think of all those UK households cooking up their own family version
Weâve simply nicked the ideas and made them into UK dishes
Every man Iâve ever dated thought his version of sphaghett bolognese was the best in the universe
The first article said the woman using the term was from Arizona. Maybe itâs a regional thing. If people use the term curry for Indian food, what do they call Thai curries or Japanese curry?
I used to love a Thai green curry from a certain restaurant. The next Thai restaurant had a very different Thai green curry. I went to the library to look up what was in the Thai green curry I liked. I found a book with curries from around the world. It showed the different spice blends from different regions in the world. But it didnât answer what was in the Thai green curry that I liked. I did, however, have a fascination for spice blends after reading that book.
I think this whole debate is nicely summed up by one chef in the articles shared in the opening post: âChef Ranveer said: âI totally agree that this debate is just a waste of time. If you know your food and are confident about it, it doesnât really matter what people call it.â
My favourite curries are, in no particular order, chicken jalfreezi, thai green curry, and japanese katsu curry. And any dish that uses tamarind. My question is whether a spicy north african tagine can be called a curry?
I used to like Vesta meals, my favourite was the Paella (sp?). Vesta learned from the Strand cigarette debacle and their meals were labelled as being for two even thought there was clearly only enough for one person - apparently it made the purchaser feel less of a loser.
(For some reason I think I posted this in the wrong thread.)
misuse of the English language.
