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Janet

In article >,
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> Does no one here cook any of the various curries or eat curry? What
> about our Brit friends?

I do both. I acquired the taste years ago in Glasgow when our corner
paper shop (run by a Pakistani family) had a little sideline from their
home kitchen out the back, where the granny and wife would make and
sell the most delicious home cooking to order.

> I get the impression that here curry is thought of as one flavor and
> one dish.

And that the jar in the grocery store labeled 'curry
> powder' is the only flavor of curry.
> Anyone?

Not in Britain, Asian restaurants and carry-outs are everywhere and
very popular here and the menus are long, so anyone who likes curries
knows there are many different recipes and tastes (even among the non-
authentic versions created for western palates). There are many regional
Indian cuisines. For authenticity I recommend buying where Asians eat,
real spices (and recipes) are more likely to have been used than a
dollop of commercial sauce.

For home cooking I like Madhur Jaffrey's vegetarian Indian recipes.
It's easy to buy the spice ingredients here.

Janet UK