Curry - The World's Greatest Dish?
@pgiblett (6524)
Canada
February 23, 2016 12:48pm CST
I love curry. It has been said more than once that the way to an English man's heart is through his stomach, provide a superb dish and he is hooked for life. Well curry is certainly a great dish that is capable of winning over a nation and changing its taste habits forever.
Do you like curry? Or are you afraid to try something new?
I will say it again I love curry, and as an Englishman living in Canada I have to say there are not enough restaurants serving good curries in this part of the world. It is wrong to say that curry is an entirely Indian dish as it has a long cultural heritage in Britain from 1390 in an English recipe book called "The Forme of Cury" which talked about spicy food.
People from India tend not to use the word CURRY, there are many alternatives sag, karahi, karai. Dishes like the Spanish paella, have some resemblance to a dish Indians call pilau or pilau biryani. Italians also have similar dishes made with rice.
Do you like spicy food?
It has been said more than once that the way to an English man's heart is through his stomach, provide a superb dish and he is hooked for life. Well curry is certainly a great dish that is capable of winning over a nation and changing its taste habits fore
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@TiarasOceanView (70022)
• United States
23 Feb 16
My Irish born Mother has made curry all the years I have lived.
She still makes it today at 87.
It is not like the spicy Indian curries, but simple and delicious too.
I adore Indian curries though and make my own form of it.
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@pgiblett (6524)
• Canada
23 Feb 16
In the article I linked to this post I have included some of the history of the great curry. The british isles certainly had spicy dishes for a long time, although it is only from the 17th century the British (and in this instance I do include many Irish) did develop a taste for curry.
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@TiarasOceanView (70022)
• United States
7 Mar 16
@cacay1 Yes I did Erly. Also my time living in UK with some Indian culture of friends help me to learn it.
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@cacay1 (83619)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
7 Mar 16
@TiarasOceanView, wow, did you inherit it friend the cooking with curry like the way your mother did?
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@Tampa_girl7 (50955)
• United States
23 Feb 16
Yes, I love spicy foods. Have you tried curry ketchup ?
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@pgiblett (6524)
• Canada
23 Feb 16
I wonder what our Indian friends would say about Curry Ketchup? @Daljinder @vandana7 @UR_Forever_Raja @Shiva49 @amnabas
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..you can keep your ketch up if you want.
@DaddyEvil (138952)
• United States
27 Feb 16
I've never tried a curry, Peter. I know the herb, but personally, I have never used it in any dishes I cook and I have yet to try Indian cuisine.
I love most foods from around the world that I have gotten to try that don't also incorporate something I have allergic reactions from, but I don't know of any Indian restaurants around here.
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@pgiblett (6524)
• Canada
27 Feb 16
@DaddyEvil If you ever came to Canada you would be welcome to come to my house to try a decent curry. I would not go to India to try one.
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@pgiblett (6524)
• Canada
25 Feb 16
@jillybean1222 It is the flavour that is the most important part.
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@jillybean1222 (6407)
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25 Feb 16
I like it somewhere in between. I don't mind a bit of heat, but I want the flavors to shine through
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@Daljinder (23236)
• Bangalore, India
24 Feb 16
I read your article and liked it more than the last one about consumer one... Only because I understood this one better since I have no idea about the previous subject...
As you mentioned "saag", I love it being a Sikh and all. It is our main dish with "makki ki roti" (flatbread made from corn flour)
Only thing we call curry is either "Sindhi curry" or the curry made from gram flour....
I love spicy food. I can't stomach or force down any food down my throat that is devoid of all Indian spices...
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@pgiblett (6524)
• Canada
24 Feb 16
Thank you for reading the article, of course there are so many curries that it is impossible to mention them all. I am sure you have different tastes than out other Indian friends, such as @vandana7 but the one thing about Indian food is the diversity, many different flavours across the country, not all of them are hot, nor are they all spicy. England is full of Sikh restaurants and they are different from the Gujrati or South Indian ones. In the west we have so many different choices.
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@Daljinder (23236)
• Bangalore, India
24 Feb 16
@vandana7 Hey that's my line... 
I always say that I am not in a hospital so give me my darn spice...
Same is the case when someone asks me to be "Serious"... I quip back saying that "I am not in ICU or Intensive care"
I always say that I am not in a hospital so give me my darn spice...
Same is the case when someone asks me to be "Serious"... I quip back saying that "I am not in ICU or Intensive care" 1 person likes this
@arthurchappell (44998)
• Preston, England
17 Mar 16
I love curries and chillis and other spicy foods
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@arthurchappell (44998)
• Preston, England
17 Mar 16
@pgiblett We have a lot - in Rusholme in South Manchester there is a complete row of curry restaurats called The Curry Mile - I have been in quite a few of the restaurants there
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@pgiblett (6524)
• Canada
17 Mar 16
@arthurchappell I don't know Manchester that well. I used to live a short drive from Southall in West London (also known as Little India) where there was a lot of choice available.
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@pgiblett (6524)
• Canada
26 Feb 16
@Inlemay The hot, hot ones (such as Vindaloo) were originally prepared as a joke against the English in the 1960s and 70s, but the English turned that around and adopted it as the after-pub dish of the day, and they made the joke that afterwards you would spend hours in-the-loo.
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@whiteream (8567)
• United States
24 Feb 16
I love curry, did you know, it very good for your health?
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@Shiva49 (26849)
• Singapore
24 Feb 16
I saw my comment to the linked article "Thank you Peter. I learned the history behind this wonderful dish leaving its shores centuries ago with relish - now western food, especially Pizza and Pasta, are invading India too - our world has truly become a globalized village".
I like the many vegetarian versions of the curry. The variety is indeed mind blowing. There are very spicy ones and the milder versions that suit most. I am more in the Goldilocks Zone. Yes, Indians need to have them every day - siva
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@pgiblett (6524)
• Canada
24 Feb 16
Siva, I know you have seen the original article. Much of our food is becoming globalised.
I love the varieties of spice that are available and the way they impact the flavour of our food. I think British people also need to have their regular fix of curry.
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@Shiva49 (26849)
• Singapore
24 Feb 16
@pgiblett Every type of food is available everywhere now.
It is said to double the price of a local dish just give it a French sounding name! I recall a cartoon depicting a service staff speaking impeccable French to visiting diners in London, and then having an argument in the kitchen in perfect cockney! siva
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@petatonicsca (7070)
• Japan
24 Feb 16
I love Japanese curry, which is a bit thicker and less spicy. I also love Indian curries of various kinds, but I like them mild enough that I can taste more than the heat. I like to put turmeric in things too. It gives just a slight curry-type hint and it is supposed to be good for your brain too!
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@AkoPinay (11544)
• Philippines
26 Feb 16
I eat curry dish once in a blue moon because I have no budget for curry powder. LOL. As a Filipina from Bicol region, I love seafoods cooked in coconut milk super hot and spicy. We can just add curry powder to it if available. I like prawn curry than the common chicken curry Filipino Style. :)
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
28 Feb 16
I have had curry a number of times and loved it. I have eaten it is restaurants and had friends from Trinidad and Guyana that have made it when I was a guest .
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
29 Feb 16
@pgiblett It may be but it was all delicious. 
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@jillybean1222 (6407)
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25 Feb 16
I do like a good curry. I like an Indian rendition, as well as a Thai. I have a wonderful recipe for both.
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@pgiblett (6524)
• Canada
26 Feb 16
@jillybean1222 Give ot a go. I was just talking about making an unusual curry this weekend.
@jillybean1222 (6407)
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25 Feb 16
@pgiblett now i'm craving a thai curry! i made an indian curry for valentine's day (then leftovers for the next day or two), but it's been probably 2 months or so since I have made my thai curry.
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