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Lets Talk Curry / End of the boom for Birmingham’s Balti Triangle
« on: May 31, 2023, 06:07 PM »
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/may/31/the-culture-has-changed-end-of-the-boom-for-birminghams-balti-triangle

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Talk About Anything Other Than Curry / So sad!
« on: July 13, 2022, 05:57 PM »
What's the definition of sad?

This maybe:

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Or is it just depressing.

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Talk About Anything Other Than Curry / Linux. Gotta love it!
« on: August 16, 2019, 05:03 PM »
With the pending demise of Windows 7 in January - well, the stoppage of security updates which amounts to the same thing - I've been dabbling in Linux recently with the intention of moving over permanently and avoiding Winbloat 10 and its Orwellian spying tactics (yes I'm aware they've already ported the spyware to Win7 and 8.1 as well).

So, anyway, I've tried about fifteen different distributions as virtual machines and a couple on real hardware and am really liking what I see. Currently settling on MX Linux Xfce and Linux Mint Cinnamon. There's a couple of things I have to sort out before I can jump ship permanently but I expect to have that done by January 2020. I don't really need Adobe or MS Office so no probs there which is what usually keeps people tied to Windows.

I put MX linux on an underpowered notebook I have which absolutely crawls under Win10 and it's as snappy as hell now! I genuinely thought that the Linux is faster than Windows idea was just sales pitch for Linux, but no, it really is faster and by some margin, especially on older and/or underpowered hardware.

Has anyone else considered moving to Linux or are you there already perhaps? I'd be interested to hear opinions pro or con.

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Talk About Anything Other Than Curry / Where have the old posts gone to?
« on: February 01, 2019, 02:45 PM »
I was trying to find something related to bunjarra and got sidetracked into looking at my first few posts on the forum. I see that the first one is on 11 May 2007 and refers to CA's CTM.

Now,
a) I'm sure the forum started before that date and I was in at the beginning and
b) CA whose CTM I referenced in that "first" post definitely was not around at the start.

So where have my early posts disappeared to? Are others affected too? Is there a rolling clear out of early posts ... that would be really sad if so?

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Talk About Anything Other Than Curry / The way Chinese takeaways operate now!
« on: June 30, 2018, 05:01 PM »
Found this on another website. Strikes me as the way things really are now in the (Chinese) takeaway trade when you only make pennies in profit on each dish.

Can't post because won't let me copy and paste.

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Lets Talk Curry / Am I expecting too much?
« on: April 10, 2017, 04:09 PM »
I was ambling around Aldi and spotted some very cheap lamb's legs (?3.75/kg). I cut the leg in half and put it in a pot to precook and after about half an hour removed the halves to debone and chunk it. Having done that I nibbled on some scraps and the flavour was detectibly lamby but also very subtle.

So I was wondering, am I just getting what I paid for, which appears to be very little lamb flavour, or is this the way all lamb is going? Maybe I should be buying mutton to get the real lamb flavour or just stop being a cheapskate with the lamb?

Any thoughts?

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Talk About Anything Other Than Curry / Sriracha chilli sauce - so disappointed - sort of!
« on: June 01, 2016, 08:52 PM »
I picked up a bottle of Suree Sriracha chilli sauce in B&M today (?1.50 ish) because people have been mentioning it and I've been meaning to try it for years but just never got around to it. Well, what a disappointment! It's just a less garlicky version of Maggi garlic-chilli sauce.

The up-side is that I looooove Maggi GC sauce so the disappointment was that I should have saved my pennies and just bought the superior brand.

Using this in a curry though? Not done it and not sure I would like to. For me I think it'd be like using Mr Naga in a curry and as much as I adore that pickle I can't abide it in a curry.

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Lets Talk Curry / Pataks Tikka Masala and free-ish balti dish at ASDA
« on: March 15, 2016, 10:59 AM »
If you're buying the paste anyway the balti dish is effectively free:

http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/patak-s-tikka-masala-with-free-6-curry-serving-dish-stainless-steel-1-78-selected-2413190


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Talk About Anything Other Than Curry / Holy Fuck!
« on: March 13, 2016, 10:25 PM »
Holy Fuck chilli sauce that is!  ;D

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Gevaux also sells it online, alongside four even hotter varieties: Holy Mother of God, Christ on a Bike, Judas is Scary Hot and ? most eye-watering of all ? For the Love of God.

http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/mar/13/mark-gevaux-king-of-ribs-and-hot-sauce


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Lets Talk Curry / Where have all the Tej Patta gone?
« on: August 28, 2015, 02:14 PM »
Far, far away if my experience is anything to go by.

Having to resort to buying online from theasiancookshop as part of a large order because I just can't source these locally any more. Anyway, does anyone know where I can buy online in small quantities without having to make up the order to a much bigger one to avoid a huge post and packing charge?

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