Curry Recipes Online
Beginners Guide => Just Joined? Introduce Yourself => Topic started by: After8 on November 22, 2006, 06:02 PM
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Seasonal salutations from the North East of England,
Just joined today, after having surfed around the site for a while. I've been encouraged by my latest efforts, using the Kris Dillon book as these are the first edible curries I've made. I've never had any luck with Pat Chapman's books in the past.
I'm going to make another batch using the KD boiled onion/garlic/ginger mix, but will add some extra stuff, based on ideas I've picked up from this site.
Will look forward to posting. See you all around.
After8
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Hi After8
Welcome to Curry maniacs R us throw away all your books because you ain't gonna need em anymore you have found Curry heaven books are ok just for reference purposes or guidelines the recipes on this site are all tried and tested.
They are even nicking our recipes for the BBC website Oh Aye ;D Curry On !
Layne
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Way aye mon :o Welcome After8, with no disrespect to the many authors, Ashes is right; all you need is CR0. But do post us with your results, even if they are bad ones!
CP
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;D ;D Thank god there's another geordie out there. A big welcome to the forum After8. Where in the N.E. are you based. Cheer's Paul
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Hi After8 & welcome to your new home. ;D
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Greeting After8.....welcome to the quest. ::)
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Good Morning, and thanks for making me welcome.
Spicy, I live in Chester-le-Street, but do all my curry shopping in Brighton Grove, up the west end of Newcastle where you can get all the pukka stuff.
I've just donwloaded the Bruce Edwards PDF, but I would need to study that before having a go. As I'm gagging for a curry I'll probably play it safe with a KD-based recipe as I hate to see stuff go in the bin.
When I was last in the Brighton Grove shop, I noticed that the spices they sell (mainly Rajah) were available in various sizes - ranging from small tins to very very large bags (roughly the size of a supermarket carrier bag). As the pack sizes got bigger, the variety decreased. I think this will tell us a lot, about the types and quantities of spices the restaurants use. I'll make a note, the next time I'm threre, and will report back in a separate post.
Speak to you all soon.
Afer8
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I used to stay with friends and in digs in Birtley many times when I visited the Coal Board in Team Valley. Used to drink in the Lambton Worm just a short walk doon the rood ;D
CP
Small World
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Chill Prawn,
About 10 -15 years ago, the Birtley Tandoori was the nearest Indian to me. It was a good one, the food was always nice, but I used to feel like I had a hangover the next day. As I never had an alcoholic drink with it, I put it down to the MSG content.
I always wondered if that illusive smokey smell and taste wasn't down to MSG. Maybe - when used in large quantities, does it become a flavour in its own right? I mean, it must have some taste. They sell bags of it at the Brighton Grove store.
After8
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Yeh After8, I've shopped in Brighton Grove myself a few times and it's fairly easy access from my home town of South Shields. Do you think it would be possible to get the Dark Lord himself over to the geordie force as it's so powerfull. HA HA
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It doesn't have a taste, and taken in large doses it attacks the nervous system and the sensory parts of the brain! Avoid MSG at all costs if you can :o
Yar a arl a lood of nuttahs up theer, ah doont think tha dark loord cood andle it like ;D I nearly married a lass from Benwell, she was great and could drink more newkie broons (spaceships) than any other person I have met.
CP (ex honoury Geordie)
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:P :P I very nearly understood what you were trying to coveigh Chili my man { In a posh but very poor accent }.
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I refer to this strange dissertation ;D ;D Yar a arl a lood of nuttahs up theer, ah doont think tha dark loord cood andle it like I nearly married a lass from Benwell, she was great and could drink more newkie broons (spaceships) than any other person I have met.
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Spicy,
Do you know that street in Shields (at the bottom end of the main street). It must have the highest density of Indian restaurants in the country - they're literally next door to each other.
After8
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Ok OK just a laugh, never could do a real North East accent ::)
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CP
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;D ;D Got news for you Chili, we Sanddancers {people from south shields } aint got a proper geordie accent either.
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Always liked the Brighton Grove shop when we lived in Fenham (just round the corner). I had to get 150 samosas one day for a college do, the guy dropped them on the floor when he was getting the box down from the shelf.
Do they still sell the cartons of curry sauce they use in the takeaway next door?
Richard
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Yes they still sell the cartons of curry sauce Richclever.
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;D ;D Got news for you Chili, we Sanddancers {people from south shields } aint got a proper geordie accent either.
I forgot that Paul ::) My ex girlfriend always said that. Still love the the people and the dialects up there anyway. Stayed at the Rex @ Whitley Bay I have ::) and spent many happy times in Alnwick..... Ok I just love the region. There used to be a fantastic BIR in the Bigg Market (whatever happened to the small market ???) famous for being used by the film & media stars in the 70s. Great news that Newcastle are through (Ueafa)... oops!
CP
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Glad they still do the curry sauce in the freezers. Maybe someone could get their basic curry sauce and list the ingredients in the order they are on the carton (so we can get some idea of quantities). Maybe that would shed light on any ingredient we are missing.
Rich