On Tue, 26 Mar 2013 09:02:53 -0700 (PDT), spamtrap1888
> wrote:

>On Mar 25, 10:03*am, 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?
>
>We can make and have made curries from Kolkata to Kota Kinabalu. At
>the moment, we have both whole and powdered cloves, cinnamon, cumin,
>coriander, and cardamom. Also fenugreek, asoefatida, turmeric, and
>powdered chilis. We use fresh ginger and chilis, and we have turmeric
>and galangal growing on the patio, along with a curry leaf tree and a
>Kaffir lime.

I would have thought that it would be difficult to grow galangal and
turmeric in a pot, but then I also would have thought ginger
difficult. Do you start from rhizomes? Where do you get them? Tell
more.
Janet US