On Mar 2, 1:27*am, ChattyCathy > wrote:
> Food SnobŪ wrote:
>
> > "4 ingredients (and none of them out of a can)" *is good. *So is five
> > or six "ingredients (and none of them out of a can)." *Too many
> > ingredients, and flavors get muddled, and it becomes slop.
>
> Not always, Bryan. Take the recipe I use for Green Curry Paste; it has a
> list of 11 ingredients and still has a great flavor (and quite
> a 'bite')...
>
> Green Curry Paste
>
> 1 teaspoon Cumin seeds
> 1 teaspoon Coriander seeds
> 6 Fresh green chillies - chopped
> 1 tablespoon Chopped lemon grass
> 1 teaspoon Chopped coriander root
> 1 tablespoon Chopped shallots
> 1 tablespoon Chopped garlic
> 1 teaspoon Chopped galangal
> 7 Peppercorns
> 1 teaspoon Salt
> 1 teaspoon Shrimp paste
>
> Place the cumin and coriander seeds in a pan, without adding any oil.
> Dry-fry them, stirring, for 1 to 2 minutes until they are aromatic and
> slightly browned.
>
> Pound them with the remaining ingredients to produce a fine paste.
Curries are nearly always like that, no?
In the USA, we have billboards along rural stretches of highways
advertising motels. Sometimes they will say, "American owned," which
translates into, not owned by folks from the Indian subcontinent. It
would be easy to think, typical American racism, but really what it
means is that the place doesn't smell like curry. Also, and this is a
stereotype I have also found to be true, Pakistani and Indian owned
motels are also much more likely to be heavily perfumed from cleaning
chemicals, and often it's a mix of the two that makes staying there
really unpleasant. I am not racist, but I won't stay in a motel that
reeks of curry, heavy cleaning chemicals or both. I will also pay a
bit extra to make a reservation at a motel that is completely smoke
free.
I'm curious, how many of the non-N. Americans who read/post here have
come over here to the USA and/or Canada to experience our wide open
spaces? Particularly the American Southwest is spectacular, and I
don't know about airfare, but once one gets here, it's not very
expensive. Two people can easily get a rental car, lodging, food, pay
for gasoline and pay small entry fees to some parks (many are free)
for around $200-300/day, less if you sleep in a tent--or in your seat
on a train--every other day or so. USA Dollars are pretty cheap right
now, and rail passes are cheap too:
http://tickets.amtrak.com/itd/amtrak/selectpass
I'm not a hugely patriotic person, but I really encourage folks who
have never vacationed here to consider it, and consider it a privilege
to get to offer travel tips to visitors on a budget.
>
> --
> Cheers
> Chatty Cathy
--Bryan