AW: [thechat] Currywurst (was: Re: German soc...)

[Martin Burns]

On Mon, 16 Sep 2002, iris wrote:

> --- Madhu Menon <webguru at vsnl.net> wrote:
> > Curry powder is a completely occidental invention.
> > No such thing exists
> > here in India, I assure you. No decent Indian cook
> > would dream of using the
> > same spice mix for every bloody dish. ;)
>
> yeah, being german i learned that when i moved to
> england 12 years ago.  couldn't get curry powder
> anywhere although so many 'indians' lived there.  i
> just couldn't understand it.  i do understand now.  i
> lived near the famous curry mile in manchester for 4
> years.

However, the shops in that area would certainly have sold bags of
'Marsala', and I'll put money on the major supermarkets stocking generic
'curry' powder.

> two weeks ago i moved back to germany.  my enlish
> boyfriend loves currywurst ...but he'll soon miss his
> 'mr lister special' vindaloo ;)

pssst - Tabasco and Ginger

Cheers
Martin

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