Charles Gifford wrote:

> Very interesting. It seems, on the face of it, to be rather odd as there are
> large groups of Indians who do not eat onion, garlic, etc. for religions
> reasons.
>
> Charlie

This, IIRC, shows the influence of Panjabis. They drove trucks and
trains, and their cooking spread. Madhur Jaffrey talks about eating
bazaar potatoes behind her parents back, as they forbid onions and
garlic as inflamers of passion. Any Brahmin cookbooks out there?
blacksalt
who would find life without onions or lemon grim