Poll: Yorkshire pudding

[alias_sqbr]

[Poll #1164560]

Inspired by someone at work talking about how much she hated them, followed by me and another workmate trying to convince her of their awesomeness and me realising I hadn't had any since I left home. So I made some (with chicken and peas and gravy) and they were tasty. And Cam had never seen them before outside of "Ramsey's kitchen nightmares"! He thought they were a kind of dessert!

I am having to stop myself cooking Cam "Toad in the Hole", since while I'm pretty sure he would really enjoy it it's like the ultimate anti-diet-food (sausages cooked in (crunchy tasty) fatty batter, served with tomato sauce)

Mmm... now I'm hungry again :)

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[seaya.livejournal.com]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curry#British_cuisine

There is a British bent on curry, anyhow. The British tried to make it fit in an easy "box" as it were and invented that yucky substance called "curry powder" when it tastes better when made with Indian masalas or fresh ground spices and so forth.

It's kind of like Chinese food in the states. Adapted by immigrants to the local environment in order to sell to local tastes.

"Although the names may be similar to traditional dishes, the recipes generally are not." According to Wikipedia anyhow.

In my experience UK curry house curry is it's own specific thing, even if it was still invented by desis.

Then there's this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vindaloo

Things are not cut and dry, in other words.

[alias_sqbr]

Huh, you learn something new every day, I knew english people liked curry but didn't realise it was so central to the culture. I wonder how it compares to australian curry. Will have to ask my anglo-indian father in law.

An australian malaysian friend of mine went on an organised europe tour with her parents and a bunch of other malaysians. She got to sample malaysian food from all over the world, apparently it does differ quite a bit :) I also noticed that the italian food in singapore tasted a bit different to the stuff here, and then there are the australian asian-style "european" bakeries.

Which I guess just goes to show that the national/ethnic identity of food is as fluid and complex as the national/ethnic identity of the people who cook and eat it :)

[seaya.livejournal.com]

Central? Not sure I'd use that word, but it is part of every day. Tea is central though. ;)

Which I guess just goes to show that the national/ethnic identity of food is as fluid and complex as the national/ethnic identity of the people who cook and eat it :)

Well curry still is of desi origin, but there is a UK curry. So yeah it's a bit fluid :). My friend Hieu is of Viet descent, and she said that the way certain dishes are made in different parts of the U.S. because people from different parts of Vietnam settled in different places. Haha. But people adapted in different ways too. :)

Curry in the uk is like pizza and spicy tuna rolls (etc., etc.,) in the U.S. :).

[alias_sqbr]

Heh. Yes, I know all about tea, my grandma is english (And, being over 80 and having left in the 40s, doesn't eat curry. Which may have skewed my perceptions a bit)

I have seen Chicago pizza, and I feel pretty sure nothing like that is made in Italy :)