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Title: Hello from the US!
Post by: MissLister on January 22, 2012, 05:50 PM
Hello fellow curryholics!

I've been cooking curries at home for about 15 years, and I can't believe this is the first time I've run across this site!  Really looking forward to trying out some of your recipes, which are already looking amazing in the short time I've been browsing around the site.  Thanks for the info and the community!

MissLister
Title: Re: Hello from the US!
Post by: ELW on January 22, 2012, 05:53 PM
Welcome to cr0 MissLister, loads of information on here
Regards
ELW
Title: Re: Hello from the US!
Post by: mr.mojorisin on January 22, 2012, 06:01 PM
a warm welcome miss
best site on interweb for curry
and totally free unlike some others ;)
a mine of information/debate/recipes
all the best
Cheers :)
Title: Re: Hello from the US!
Post by: 976bar on January 22, 2012, 06:44 PM
Hi MissLister and welcome to the forum :)

What part of the US are you from? My girlfriend lives near Tampa in Florida :)
Title: Re: Hello from the US!
Post by: MissLister on January 22, 2012, 11:45 PM
Hi again, and thanks for the warm welcome!  Am very much enjoying the forum as I prepare my first curry from the collected recipes (This one: http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php?topic=1442.0 (http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php?topic=1442.0))

976bar, I live in Ohio, but I actually did live in Tampa for a year - ancient days, back in the late 80s.  Was just down in Florida 2 weeks ago to visit my dad a couple hours further south.  It's a welcome break from the weather up here this time of year!

Cheers!

Title: Re: Hello from the US!
Post by: Yakmandoo on January 23, 2012, 05:33 PM
Hello MissLister and welcome, just had a look at your first choice of curry ....mmmmm lovely this was my first also :D , take note on the cinnamon quantities
Cheers yakmandoo
Title: Re: Hello from the US!
Post by: curryhell on January 23, 2012, 06:03 PM
Welcome to CR0.  Look forward to hearing about your results from the "belting balti"  ;D . And pictures would definitely be a bonus.  Enjoy the site and all it has to offer 8)
Title: Re: Hello from the US!
Post by: MissLister on January 23, 2012, 06:21 PM
...this was my first also :D , take note on the cinnamon quantities...

Interesting!  It was pretty much a random choice, other than looking at the sub-categories and thinking "Hmmm, a Balti sounds good!" I did read that the cinnamon might be a bit much, so I took the sticks out before I gave the base its final blending. Didn't think I'd make much progress on them anyway, with my cheap immersion blender.  Cinnamon did not come through as overpowering in the finished product.

Welcome to CR0.  Look forward to hearing about your results from the "belting balti"  ;D . And pictures would definitely be a bonus.  Enjoy the site and all it has to offer 8)

It was excellent, and my kitchen still smells divine!  IMHO, that's one sign of a real decent curry, when you can still smell it the next day, and it makes you happy.  ;D  Not much left to take pics of at this point, unless you want to see what's left of the base which is still in its pan, waiting to be stored somehow.  I think that's a question for another area of the forum - freezing vs. canning.  Hmmm.
Title: Re: Hello from the US!
Post by: curryhell on January 23, 2012, 06:54 PM

It was excellent, and my kitchen still smells divine!  IMHO, that's one sign of a real decent curry, when you can still smell it the next day, and it makes you happy.  ;D  Not much left to take pics of at this point, unless you want to see what's left of the base which is still in its pan, waiting to be stored somehow.  I think that's a question for another area of the forum - freezing vs. canning.  Hmmm.
Totally agree about the divine smell.  My house always smells like an Indian Restaurant ;D.  Freezing or canning? Mmm, don't think we've got anything about canning on the site.  I can be wrong though ;).  Most of us freeze any left over base as i don't think many, if any of us have the ability to can.  Please tell us more ???
Title: Re: Hello from the US!
Post by: 976bar on January 23, 2012, 07:17 PM
I'll have to give you my girlfriends address near Tampa, I've taught her how to make the meanest Garlic Chilli Chicken in Florida. She loves it!!!! lol :)
Title: Re: Hello from the US!
Post by: Razor on January 23, 2012, 07:24 PM
Hi Miss Lister, and a very warm welcome from across the pond here in sunny Manchester ::)

Glad that you have had success on your first BIR venture but you do realise that this is just the beginning?  Before you know it, curry will be the first thing on your mind when you wake of a morning, and the last thing on your mind as you drift off to the land of nod ;D

Well done, and 'curry on'

Ray :)
Title: Re: Hello from the US!
Post by: 976bar on January 23, 2012, 08:19 PM
LOL Razor, but you are right mate!! :)

I think there should be a therapy section on this forum for those addictions....... :)
Title: Re: Hello from the US!
Post by: curryhell on January 23, 2012, 08:26 PM
LOL Razor, but you are right mate!! :)

I think there should be a therapy section on this forum for those addictions....... :)

Careful 976, i think we all need therapy ;D, but not for the handbag fetish though ::)
Title: Re: Hello from the US!
Post by: Razor on January 23, 2012, 08:28 PM
LOL Razor, but you are right mate!! :)

I think there should be a therapy section on this forum for those addictions....... :)

Never a truer word spoken lol ;D
Title: Re: Hello from the US!
Post by: curryhell on January 23, 2012, 08:33 PM
I've currently got an addiction for brinjal bahji.  Does that mean i need therapy ??? ::) Or is it just  a side affect of the general curry addiction for which there appears to be no cure :'(
Title: Re: Hello from the US!
Post by: mr.mojorisin on January 23, 2012, 08:40 PM
my mrs once thought I was addicted to drinking Brake Fluid...

I told her I could stop any time :)
Title: Re: Hello from the US!
Post by: 976bar on January 23, 2012, 09:15 PM
OMG, what have I started here?!!!! lol  ;D

Next we'll have a confession box!!!  ;D
Title: Re: Hello from the US!
Post by: 976bar on January 23, 2012, 09:18 PM
We'll end up with a monastry for the converted!!! lol.....  ;D
Title: Re: Hello from the US!
Post by: MissLister on January 25, 2012, 11:48 PM
Hi Miss Lister, and a very warm welcome from across the pond here in sunny Manchester ::)

... Before you know it, curry will be the first thing on your mind when you wake of a morning, and the last thing on your mind as you drift off to the land of nod ;D

Well done, and 'curry on'

Ray :)

Oh, it generally is anyway!  As mentioned in my intro, curry cooking has been rampant in my household for 15 years.  It's a Sunday tradition to spend an entire day "currying" here.  Thanks so much everyone for the warm welcome!

p.s. Razor, I spent a night in Manchester city last May, right before my flight back to the US - nice city, we enjoyed ourselves!
Title: Re: Hello from the US!
Post by: abdulmohed2002 on January 26, 2012, 12:00 AM
Welcome to Cr0!!!

 :) :) :)


Abdul
Title: Re: Canning Curry Bases
Post by: MissLister on January 26, 2012, 12:13 AM
... Freezing or canning? Mmm, don't think we've got anything about canning on the site.  I can be wrong though ;).  Most of us freeze any left over base as i don't think many, if any of us have the ability to can.  Please tell us more ???

I do a lot of canning here; mostly tomatoes at the end of summer, because they are so abundant...  I have canned curry bases in the past, just a basic hot-water bath, not even pressure cooker bath, and they remained completely edible two years later when I dug them out and threw them in a pot with some lamb..  I found one thread on canning on this forum, which was replete with cautionary tales, and I'm sure that the caution is warranted, but I will say that with limited freezer space, canning is very much a viable option if you can find the proper supplies such as lids, rings and a big old covered pot for boiling.

To quote Razor, "Curry On!"

MissLister
Title: Re: Hello from the US!
Post by: loveitspicy on January 26, 2012, 12:23 PM
Im all ears on this  i will PM you

best, Rich
Title: Re: Hello from the US!
Post by: Razor on January 26, 2012, 12:29 PM
Hi Miss,

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p.s. Razor, I spent a night in Manchester city last May, right before my flight back to the US - nice city, we enjoyed ourselves!

Glad to hear that you enjoyed yourself in my hometown.  It's a different matter when you live here though ha ;D

Ray :)