Originally posted by avalanchethecat For your information, only France and Italy have more Michelin starred restaurants than the United Kingdom. It's impossible to get a better curry even in India than in the better quality British outlets.
Arrgh, you Britishers had ruled over da India and the rest of the world and now the cricket pitch, some rule on the chessboards on RHP and now you claim to make better curry than us! 😀
But we have silently (non-violently) taken over Britain. The British can't eat without curry nowadays. There's curry everywhere ! 😉
Originally posted by FMF There absolutely [b]is such thing as a chicken tikka masala. It's an Indian invention. What an odd thing to seek to do, divesting Indian people of their culinary achievements, their inventiveness and adaptability, and their international impact! 😉[/b]
Yes, I heard that some corporation has patented "Basmati" rice. LOL 😀
Originally posted by wolfgang59 [b]wasnt it invented in Glasgow b]
Wolfgang, that was the most foul of all thefts!
Next you may say that James Watt invented it too or Isacc Newton! LOL.
Whatever next, I suppose someone has already patented it!
Originally posted by wolfgang59 No such thing as tikka masal?!?!?!? Are you mad?
Britains national dish!
wasnt it invented in Glasgow when a client complained that their tandoori chicken was too dry?
if you go too India and ask for a chicken tikka masala they will look at you as if you
are mad, its a totally invented dish for Europeans, chicken tikka, is dry, its cooked in a
tandoori oven, yes Glaswegians make the finest curries, possibly because our Indian
residents are predominately Punjabis! saying that you can get an excellent curry in
Green street, the east end of London!
Originally posted by shahenshah Arrgh, you Britishers had ruled over da India and the rest of the world and now the cricket pitch, some rule on the chessboards on RHP and now you claim to make better curry than us! 😀
But we have silently (non-violently) taken over Britain. The British can't eat without curry nowadays. There's curry everywhere ! 😉
I would be interested to hear your perceptions of the British Raj in India for i am
presently reading a book detailing the rise and fall of the British empire and have
made some serious study of the Raj at all kinds of levels, from viceroy to collector to
sepoy. My fathers uncle served as a soldier in Dehli.
Originally posted by robbie carrobie if you go too India and ask for a chicken tikka masala they will 'ook at you as if you
are mad, its a totally invented dish for Europeans, chicken tikka, is dry, its cooked in a
tandoori oven, yes Glaswegians make the finest curries, possibly because our Indian
residents are predominately Punjabis! saying that you can get an excellent curry in
Green street, the east end of London!
It's still Indian food, robbie. Just as Indian food in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur is Indian food. All commercially produced food is 'totally invented" at some point. 😉
Originally posted by FMF It's still Indian food, robbie. Just as Indian food in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur is Indian food. All commercially produced food is 'totally invented" at some point. 😉
Originally posted by FMF It's still Indian food, robbie. Just as Indian food in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur is Indian food. All commercially produced food is 'totally invented" at some point. 😉
The question is "invented" by whom?
I heard that basmati rice is being patented as "Texmati rice" by a wily Texan!
IMHO, Samosas and Aloo paranthas was invented by God. No mere human could have invented such a delicious dish. 😛
Originally posted by robbie carrobie I would be interested to hear your perceptions of the British Raj in India for i am
presently reading a book detailing the rise and fall of the British empire and have
made some serious study of the Raj at all kinds of levels, from viceroy to collector to
sepoy. My fathers uncle served as a soldier in Dehli.
Robbie, that was, as you must be aware just a joke.
Unlike, some Indians, I am actually grateful for the British rule in India. While there were some bad things they did. They also did a lot of good, especially the missionaries... building schools, banning the inhumane practices such as Sati (widow burning), etc.
The system of governance is good but we also inherited British bureaucracy (spelling).
Originally posted by avalanchethecat What the hell this has got to do with Spirituality I don't know, but where's all this anti-British rancour sprung from all of a sudden?
For your information, only France and Italy have more Michelin starred restaurants than the United Kingdom. It's impossible to get a better curry even in India than in the better quality British outlets. Frankly, ...[text shortened]... ll of our ridiculous spiritual beliefs without resorting to ignorant, ill-informed bigotry?
I too was wondering why the attack on british food. After all, in this day and age, you can get just about any sort of cuisine (if the price is right 😛)
Americans, Brits & Food
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