"Brooklyn1" > wrote in message
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> On Mon, 25 Mar 2013 11:03:08 -0600, Janet Bostwick
> > wrote:
>
>>
>>Does no one here cook any of the various curries or eat curry? What
>>about our Brit friends?
>>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?
>
> I've tried Indian restaurants several times, from plain vanilla to
> fancy $chmancy ones... curry was always swimming in fat... I'm just
> not impressed with Indian cookery, portions were very small and
> seasoning too nebulous/indicernable... doesn't really have a
> particular flavor, like someone tossed in so many spices they made
> mud.

That is kind of what I thought of it. Plus in one case there were so many
spices they left a powdery feel on the tongue.