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On 3/25/2013 2:35 PM, Janet Bostwick wrote:
> On Mon, 25 Mar 2013 10:53:21 -0700, sf > wrote:
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>> On Mon, 25 Mar 2013 11:03:08 -0600, Janet Bostwick
>> > wrote:
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>>>
>>> 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 have lots of curry pastes and simmer sauces in my repertoire, but
>> "curry" is just one flavor to me and it's the standard Indian yellow
>> one. All the other curries have names.

> for me it is the other way around. Tell me curry and then what kind.
> Janet US
>

Both Indian and Chinese restaurants often use much more fat than I like
and not the most healthy fat either. That's a major reason for making my
own. Vegetarian Indian restaurants are often the worst even if the food
can *taste* great :-(

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Jim Silverton (Potomac, MD)

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