"Timo" > wrote in message
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> On Saturday, 30 March 2013 09:14:02 UTC+10, Farm1 wrote:
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>> Neeldess to say, I dont' live in Queensland and would never even think of
>> doign so. I also know not to call a dish based on meat, curry powder and
>> fruit an "English curry".
>
> What would _you_ call an "English curry"?

A Chicken Tikka Masala or a Beef Vindaloo. But I'd only attach the
adjective to either of them because I know they are so popular in the UK.

> Why mention Cotta's book? Isn't it an _Indian_ cookbook?

Cotta's book was written, published and printed n Australia and repeats the
recieps he cooked in his restaurant here in Aus.

>Yes, Indian curries could be, and were, cooked in Australian homes,
> even in Queensland in 1980. What does that have to do with English >
> curry?

'English curry' is a meaningless term. It didn't apply in Australia in the
1980s and still doesn't.