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I concur. For one, I find Indian food pretty bad, too much spices, too much ingredients, and everything tastes like curry ;)

by f055 12y ago

moron4hire 12y ago
Understand that "curry" is a style of dish, about as specific as "stew". It doesn't automatically imply a specific flavor or set of flavors, just as "stew" doesn't automatically imply meat and potatoes, even if they do feature frequently in many stews. Are you perhaps thinking of turmeric or cumin? They feature heavily in a lot of different curries and are particularly strong and distinct in flavor.
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amalag 12y ago
There is no such thing as "curry" for an Indian cook. That is an Indian restaurant thing for westerners.
vram22 12y ago
Curry in India means, colloquially, just any dish with some gravy. Not gravy as in Western cuisine, which is made separately and poured onto some food (or kept on the side), but gravy as in, a dish that is somewhat liquid-y. Whereas (I think) in British slang, curry means any (quite) spicy (as in pungent) Indian or South Asian dish.
- mc32 12y ago
  In both Japan and China curry means a kind of dish made with a blend of Indian spices. They are usually liquidy. In Thailand they mix coconut milk into a spice blend. Japanese curry tends to be less spicy. My point is curry is an international dish with lots of regional variation and each has its own authenticity.
vram22 12y ago
>everything tastes like curry ;) You may not have been to restaurants that serve authentic Indian food. A lot of Indian dishes are spicy, but there is a wide range, and many are only a little spicy or even not at all. On many ingredients, definitely tends to be a lot more than in Western cuisine. As for your last point, there is a vast range of items even in a single regional Indian cuisine (and there are many regions), and many of them don't taste remotely like "curry" :) - which is too vague a term anyway, see sibling/nearby comments.
f055 12y ago
Looks like nobody remembers that "everything tastes like chicken" reference... Chill, why so foodist?

I concur. For one, I find Indian food pretty bad, too much spices, too much ingredients, and everything tastes like curry ;)

by f055 12y ago

I concur. For one, I find Indian food pretty bad, too much spices, too much ingredients, and everything tastes like curry ;)

moron4hire 12y ago

Understand that "curry" is a style of dish, about as specific as "stew". It doesn't automatically imply a specific flavor or set of flavors, just as "stew" doesn't automatically imply meat and potatoes, even if they do feature frequently in many stews. Are you perhaps thinking of turmeric or cumin? They feature heavily in a lot of different curries and are particularly strong and distinct in flavor.

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amalag 12y ago

There is no such thing as "curry" for an Indian cook. That is an Indian restaurant thing for westerners.

vram22 12y ago

Curry in India means, colloquially, just any dish with some gravy. Not gravy as in Western cuisine, which is made separately and poured onto some food (or kept on the side), but gravy as in, a dish that is somewhat liquid-y. Whereas (I think) in British slang, curry means any (quite) spicy (as in pungent) Indian or South Asian dish.

mc32 12y ago
In both Japan and China curry means a kind of dish made with a blend of Indian spices. They are usually liquidy. In Thailand they mix coconut milk into a spice blend. Japanese curry tends to be less spicy. My point is curry is an international dish with lots of regional variation and each has its own authenticity.

vram22 12y ago

>everything tastes like curry ;) You may not have been to restaurants that serve authentic Indian food. A lot of Indian dishes are spicy, but there is a wide range, and many are only a little spicy or even not at all. On many ingredients, definitely tends to be a lot more than in Western cuisine. As for your last point, there is a vast range of items even in a single regional Indian cuisine (and there are many regions), and many of them don't taste remotely like "curry" :) - which is too vague a term anyway, see sibling/nearby comments.

f055 12y ago

Looks like nobody remembers that "everything tastes like chicken" reference... Chill, why so foodist?