/ck/ - Food & Cooking

Actually this was a statement of opinion not fact that you made.

On to my point...Indian food should be ate very seldom. It is very heavy, thick, and overwhelming. Perhaps only once every 3 months for a divergent taste experience from less complex flavour mixtures.

>>5320098

fuck off

>>5320093

i'm the guy that orders like 4 vegetable dishes when we get curry. not vegetarian, but meat curries, especially from takeaway places, just generally aren't that good.

i fucking love goan fish curries.

>>5320107

fuck you English twat.

>>5320108

nou

you sound like a seventh day adventist at the turn of the 20th century

>>5320112

yes mate

>>5320111

>you sound like a seventh day adventist at the turn of the 20th century

Your'e an idiot

>>5320114

am i now.

I've never tried curry, I don't know even know what it is, and I don't really care.

>>5320140

/ck/ in a nutshell.

Lamb dupiaza all day.

>>5320140
Fuck you.
Just fuck you.
Even if you are just ignorant.

A curry house is just one of those places where you can just walk in, point at some random shit on the menu without knowing what it is, and know that no matter what you pointed at, you're going to enjoy it, because it's fucking curry.

>>5320112
Shouting lager lager lager lager lager lager

>>5320093

>>5320098
>On to my point...Indian food should be ate very seldom. It is very heavy, thick, and overwhelming. Perhaps only once every 3 months for a divergent taste experience from less complex flavour mixtures.
God you're an awful person

Indian, British Indian, and Thai are all god tier curry.

Japanese curry is dog shit.

>>5320551
4.5 star opinion.

>>5320554

It's true though. Jap curry is terrible.

I'd add Malay and Singaporean and Indonesian to the God-tier list.

Actually any South and South East Asian cuisine that does curries, does good ones.

>>5320558
Agreed. Jap curry is disgusting. Strange that the rest of the continent do it so well.

south indian curries are best curries

>>5320558
>>5320627
>>5320551

jap curry is delicious guys wtf are you smoking

i think you're just mad that it's called curry

>>5320731
>jap curry is delicious guys
I think you've fapped to too much nipponese scat porn m8.

>>5320534

You had chemicals boy?

>>5320627
Curry was brought to Japan via the British. Make of that what you will.

korma

>>5320551
This is some truth here. (Though Bangladesh>India and Malaysia is also good)
>>5320140
1. Where the fuck are you from?
2. What the fuck are you doing on the cooking board?

>>5321281
We're sorry.
>>5320098
You... are perhaps the most wrong person I have seen in a while, and I browse /int/.

>>5320093
>British curry is better than all other kinds
Your opinion, sir, has been respectfully found to be a load of bollocks, and by someone who is your fellow countryman.
This is for the very best reason: there are even more godly Indian curries.
I feel for your ignorance, and hope that you will gain the opportunity to achieve enlightenment. And have an awesome meal in the process.

>>5320098
>not eating curry 3 times a day
casual

That feel when I put curry powder in everything I eat.

I cooked pork in spinach curry today (palak ducrachem literally 'pig meat in spinach' in Konkani), a typical meal of Goa. I forgot to add the potatoes until the curry was already near finished so I left them out this time. Such sad.
I don't really know many British curries but the ones I've had have been pretty good, I guess. I wouldn't call them the best, though. That opinion is reserved for Chinese-Bengali curries and Burmese curries. And Goan curries, too, of course! :3
Other curries are good, too. I like Thai curries and Malay curries and Caribbean curries and even Japanese fake-me-out curries. I don't think I dislike any style of curry I've ever had.

>>5320093
Never had curry but every time someone posts it, I think it looks fucking delicious. What does it taste like?

...I guess that's a dumb question, indian and thai curry are probably way different. But that chicken tikka masala shit looks amazing.

I started this thread last night because I was high off my ass and decided to pretend to be an idiot Britbong with horrible opinions. Of course my troll thread would be taken seriously, when any serious thread I make quickly dies.

>>5320093
Tikka Massala with Naan rice, lamb samosas, Sambar and a 22 oz Flying Horse is an ideal night.

>British curry
Indian food is indian food.

R8 my qeema guys.

Also, y'all need to stop using boxed/canned curry. its not so hard to make the spice mixes fresh, and the taste is WAY better that way.

>>5320093
Eh, not really a fact.

>>5323068
The brits changed it a lot. Its good, but really different. I'm indian and find it strange, but tasty. Its also rather heavy and fatty in comparision to the food i get back home - probably due to the main dishes brit indian is modeled after are punjabi or mughlai.

>>5322437
>What does it taste like?
Depends what you're eating. Just keep in mind, 'curry' refers to a set of dishes as wide and varied, if not more so, as terms like 'soup' or 'cheese'.
Usually when someone says curry you can expect meat and/or vegetables cooked in a thick, rich sauce with emphasis on fragrant spices. Usually the sauce contains cream or coconut to help make it richer.

>>5323071
I really dislike North Indian food, but my favourite food is South Indian and Sri Lankan.

It's a lot lighter, much less fatty and oily, and spiced more to my preference. Methu vada, with some puttu kothu, a nice bowl of tomato chutney and a vat of sambar. Don't get me started on masala dosa

>>5323078
mah niggah, I'm from south india :3, the qeema there is hyderabadi style, not north indian. also, bitter gourd pickle made by hand.
Ever had dahivadda or haleem? Shits amazing.

>>5323076
In india, the sauces don't often have cream. Coconut is only done by thais or half of south india.

>>5323089
I can't say I have! I eat gluten free vegan, for religious reasons, which is what attracted me to South Indian food so much. So much stuff made from lentils and rice, it's amazing. I plan to retire in Kerala when I get older! Sipping on young coconuts, eating coconut cream rich curries and appam with everything. I'm crazy about chutneys, and having a sit down restaurant South Indian meal with lots of dishes is a perfect night for me

>>5323096
Nice, what religion? I'm zoroastrian, so I can eat meat.

Kerala isn't a great place to retire to if you're not malayali. Its a wonderful place in general, but a rather alien culture that isn't used to outsiders, even other indians or malayalees raised abroad find it impossible to live there.

The foods you mention are mostly tamil or malayali though - andhra and kannada food is pretty different. Still cool that you like south indian food so much!!!

>>5320112

oi m80

>>5323096
You sound like a fucking faggot

>>5323100
I'm a Buddhist, and wheat brings me out in rashes.

Really? I've always heard of Kerala being the most developed, and tourist destination friendly place in India. What's so impossible about living there? I'm very interested.

All the restaurants near me are run by Tamils, with a few Malayali chefs. I can't say I've tried much South Indian food aside from Tamili, Keralan and Sri Lankan. I'll definitely look into more regions! I've been very interested in learning about all the regional differences/stereotypes/preconceived notions Indians have about those from different states, ever since I learnt about the North/South divide which reminded me a lot of England.

>>5323178
Its not developed. It has a high HDI but that's because its basically a non-overpopulated, clean rainforest. Very little industry, technology, etc. Its great for tourism of course - but trust me, you can live there, but you'll forever be an outsider. The locals are extremely traditional - malayalees outside of kerala don't act like malayalees in Kerala. Of course you can just go live in Cochin and live in a condo there - nobody will care. But don't think you can live in a small town or anything - firanghi aren't welcome.

The notions aren't 'preconcieved' or have to do with north/south. I'm a southerner and lived in cochin for 2 years growing up, bangalore for secondary school and hyderabad for everything else. Each state can be up to 80 million, and the ethnicities are very different from one another. I'd rather marry a muslim than a goan for example.

> buddhist
even better to stay away from TN/Kerala. Buddhists in karnataka and malabar used to get beaten up when i was growing up. they brought it upon themselves of course in sri lanka, but its unfortunate that the attitude still remains.

>>5323068
Is Japanese curry Indian or Japanese?
Is mashed potato South American?
Is beer Iraqi?

>>5323265
japanese curry is british, actually.

>>5320098
>should be ate
>ate

>>5323230
This is all very interesting, thank you! Any parts of southern Indian more welcome for people to move there/safe/developed? I am hoping by the time I'll be retired, Sri Lanka will be a safer place to live...

Why would you not want to marry a Goan? All I know of Goa is that a lot of white hippies moved there in the 1970s and it has a lot of 'mystics'.

Why did they bring it upon themselves? I was never able to find online Indian states that still had a safe, sizable Buddhist population. It's a shame.

>>5323280
The only places that are good to move to are the large cities. Honestly, its really hard to live in india if you aren't indian. Its not that the people aren't nice. Its that they aren't used to it, and will never treat you as anything but the white person. Cities are better, but the dream of living a countryside life isn't even possible for indians who don't grow up in rural india. also keep in mind that even if you aren't a hippie, everyone will assume you are if you try to fit into indian culture. just stay white and people will like you more that way.

Why are you so keen on living in India? Its great to visit, but it seems pretty strange to move there if you aren't culturally indian. i'd advise you live there for a month or so and see how you like it - the orientalism wears off quick i'm sure.

I wouldn't marry a goan just like i wouldn't marry anybody thats not my ethnicity, and i'm not goan. Also, goa is barely indian anymore - full of hippie idiots and druggies. Most traditional non-westernized indians don't like goans for this reason.

Buddhists slaughtered tamil hindus in sri lanka, and in burma. india isn't buddhist and never will be. even bangladesh has more buddhist culture in places. everyone is either hindu, muslim or christian.

>>5323290
It's just more of a pipe dream I've had. Just the climate, and access to local ingredients and spices. It just all seems very idealic to live out your final years. I'll probably just stay in England, and if I did move to Asia, more likely Vietnam or Taiwan. The culture is much more appealing to me.

What is your ethnicity, out of interest? Yeah, I watched a few documentaries on the 'mystics' and it seemed like Woodstock-but-in-India

Ah, okay, that's understandable. I don't want to get into religious politics in India. Are there many Christians in India? I'm suprised at the lack of Buddhists, honestly, although I suppose you'd react to that idea as I would you thinking there are a lot of Norse pagans in Britain...

>>5323272

no, it's japanese.

>>5322982
There's a sociological law for this. I can't remember what it's called though.

>>5323302
except that it was a recipe invented by british navy cooks in the indian ocean. making curry with a beef tallow roux, and putting carrots and potatoes in it, does that really sound like a japanese invention to you? The japanese took it from the british navy when they were first coming up with a then modern military at the turn of the 20th century.

>>5323337

it's still very much a japanese food, the same way kedgeree is a british food.

>>5320093
>Fact: British curry is better than all other kinds.
>Fact:
>fact
You and I need to have a talk about your misuse of the word 'fact'.

>>5323372
This has already been confirmed as a troll thread.

>>5323300
Many malayalees retire to kerala, because of how nice it is - i would too, but there are better places for me seeing as i'm not malayali (also, nobody in kerala speaks english save in the cities, and no - learning malayali is impossible, the grammar is as bad as sanskrit). Retiring to an indian city isn't bad though, don't think that its all super-westernized now. you can still visit the countryside often.

I'm parsi (zoroastrian) from hyderabad.

There are plenty of christians in india, there is even a community of them (in kerala, lol) that were converted in the 1st century, before christianity even reached europe. They have a very orthodox and ancient kind of christianity, like armenians (they speak aramaic too), and are very indianized. The people that converted due to europeans are catholic, and don't get along with the indian orthodox at all.

The death of buddhism on the indian subcontinent is a historical thing (read about it on wiki - it used to be pretty big in india as you could expect, from it starting there). Also, there are no revival movements, because traditional religions are still strong in India, and people are conservative there.

>>5320093
God looks like someone shit in a bowl.

The best kind of shit is still shit.
Want to argue real food, buttertooth?

I went to this Thai place on my campus yesterday and got a duck curry with roasted tomatoes and pineapple. I didn't really read the menu and just saw that it had duck in it. It was pretty good though. Would go back if I don't run out of money.

>>5324115
All Indian languages seem impossibly alien to me, although I'd be willing to learn. I've always wanted to learn more languages, but I could only bring myself to learn practical ones, like French or Mandarin.

That's interesting. It's odd to find out Zoroastrians still exist to me. I've always been told it is a dead religion.

Ah, so there are Orthodox Christians like those in Ethiopia and Syria?

That's sad to me. Learning about Ashoka and what he did makes me wonder what India would be like if it stayed Buddhist. Ashoka sent Buddhists to convert people in Greece, and helped inspire a lot of Greek philosophy the West based themselves on, funnily enough. I don't think any Buddhist holdouts are left from that period in Europe, at all. I'd probably retire to southern China, or Taiwan, or even Thailand. Whichever is the most stable at the time/least full of poison

>>5322982
>decided to pretend to be an idiot Britbong with horrible opinions

I suppose this debunks the "hurr its always britfags shitposting!" excuse when people like you post.

>>5324180

>Curry is shit food

Jesus fuck this board

>>5325064
Malayalam is impossible for indians to learn if they aren't tamil or mallu. The grammar and pronunciation is absurdly difficult. I speak telugu (another dravidian language) at home, and can't understand a word of mallu - its commonly joked that mallus speak so quickly to avoid dealing with the absurd grammar of the language. hindi is easy to learn though, you can be fluent in less than a year honestly.

> dead religion
We still speak and read avestan, the language of zoroaster, and maintain our old cultural ways and foods. We will die out in the next century or two though, due to extremely low birthrate, and only few of us left.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_Zoroastrian_population

Yes the indian orthodox are like the assyrians ethiopians or armenians - they speak aramaic/syriac, and are pretty cool. my flatmate is one.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Thomas_Christians

Ashoka was long ago, and even then india wasn't majority buddhist - just the rulers. I don't think its sad - buddhism is equal in my eyes to all other religions. Hinduism dying would be just as sad - at least buddhism lives on in east asia. Why are you so keen on moving to Asia though? The west has a much higher standard of living.

>>5325086
yeah, posting indian food on /int/ gets better replies than here.

>>5325171
I remember reading that Zoroastrians are dying out because they refuse to accept converts and are outbred by Hindus and Muslims. It's a very interesting religion to me. Now, that would be REALLY sad to see such an ancient religion gone.

I am friends with an Orthodox Ethiopian, and his family is nice. Ethiopian food is delicious, and is vegan for a few hundred days a year for religious reasons. God damn I love lentils.

I just think it is sad that Buddhism in so many countries can disappear culturally so quickly. Japan rarely ever ate meat over a hundred or so years ago, and now look at them.
Just the cultural difference, and food, and a desire to help out, honestly. I'm training to be a doctor, and I've always wanted to move to a country that needs my skills more and to help out poorer villages.

>>5325213
Our birthrate is low enough that the population is decreasing rapidly. Yeah, we don't accept converts either (its a bit more complex of an issue, we do accept converts to the religion, but not to the community). Many parsees abandon the community as well, because you are exiled if you marry a non-parsi in some cases. I'm getting married next year, but it took 2 years for my parents to find me a parsi girl. I think its going to get worse with each generation.

Ethiopian food is indeed delicious. Dat injera.

Buddhism's culture is still pretty prevalent where the religion is. Japan is an edge case - they sold their soul to the west, religion is just a part of that.

Good that you want to help out, you will be rewarded with delicious food.

Pic related is a traditional parsi nouroz dish I made recently, called irani samosa. Its samosa filled with sweet onion, cilantro, poha (rice flakes) and spices. I guess its vegan, lel. Let me know if you want recipe.

>fijian indian, born on a farm back in fiji
>brought up learning to make curry, samosas, roti, etc due to strict mother
>come to america and assimilate
>everyone fucking loves curry for some reason
>my springtime of youth has finally arrived
>spend college showering friends in chai/curry and acquiring all of the females
>life is good

>>5325363
> strict indian mother
> lets you acquire females
> doesn't raise with enough pride so you don't assimilate
kekkkk

>>5325260
Why is the birth rate so low? Is there some religious taboo regarding sex? I can't say I know much about Zoroastrianism apart from the idea that the creator is all good, and all good things come from him. Are you in an arranged marriage, then? Does that not seem weird to you given your knowledge of western culture etc?

It's just such good food. Any food eaten with the hands tastes better, for some reason. I love to have a spread of food, with lots of different flavours, which is probably why I love South Indian food so much. All the chutneys, fresh pickles, and dishes to dip all different sorts of lentil/rice batter fried goodness into.

I guess it still permeates the culture of places, but it seems to die out from urban communities very easily. I'd love to travel through all the ancient Buddhist sites in South East and South Asia.

It just seems a lot more helpful, and a lot more good for the world to go and help out disadvantaged villagers. I don't want to sit in a GP office talking to elderly people about slow bowel movements, and people coming in with colds that have read on the internet that it is a sign of cancer...

That looks fucking delicious! I'd love the recipe. What is the green saag looking stuff?

Chicken tikka masala is the perfect food.
Eat it alone.
Eat with naan.
Put on rice.
Make pizza with.
Etc...
Fucking delicious.

>>5325373
>letting any indian parent know of any homosexual or interracial relationships
>not realizing that indians who don't assimilate are mocked and acquire no females

top kek

>>5325381

Why do almost all Indian restaurants serve food in stainless steel bowls?

>>5325378
Birth rate is low because we are 'too' educated. Not many of us even marry, and only have 1 kid - to ensure their success. Also, the tradition of giving wealth away upon death to the poor, makes having lots of kids a bad idea. Also, parsees that get exiled never consider themselves parsi. Its the fault of our elders for being so rigid and not even allowing spouses of parsees to convert.

Yes, arranged. Better that way in my opinion, at least for us. How is it weird? Its basically parental matchmaking, and not forced at all. You meet the girls they find and if you like each other you get married. My parents have way more connections and knowledge than I do at this point in my life.

Use this recipe but add more onion than he does
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1sUPZIB62g

>>5325390
> having those relationships in the first place
> assimilating
> wanting to acquire females, rather than a qt indian waifu
> being a hedonist
stay pleb and shortsighted, firanghi-wannabe.

>>5325403
Its how its done in India.

Protip: the indian teacups made of steel have a double-wall. Buy them and use them, and you'll never burn your hands again.

Really great thread started by the shitpostiest of shitposts. Funny how that works. The /pol/ Indian guy seems to know his food.

We have a good few Indian restaurants in the area just a shame that none of the local places sell Indian ingredients. Restaurant food gets old quick.

>>5325442
> /pol/

>>5325424
Bored. Posting parsi food from hyderabad (surprisingly, this is a specific and famous cusine)

>>5325453
fish with spicy chutney steamed in leaf

>>5325453
Looks like Skyline chili with cheese to me.

>>5325460
parsi eggs, from a hole in a wall place in hyd. next to the charminar

>>5325463
Its spicy goat or lamb curry, cooked for a long time to make it tender, and topped with deep fried potato or tapioca fries.

usually served with pic related - a vegetable hot-pot like curry

>>5325474
there is a meat version of dhansak too

>>5325476
parsi fried chicken - typical street food in the old city

>>5325453
lol if you know I was referring to you then you know why I think you're /pol/

Though to be fair I don't like people who try too hard to assimilate either.

>>5325482
this is parsi thali, probably from mumbai though. sticks are potato. shrimp dish is called "Jinga no patio"

Thai curry is best.

>>5325488
Eh, i don't hate anybody, unlike /pol/ which hates anything nonwhite and noneuropean. I'm just a traditionalist in my personal life and see nothing wrong with it.

>>5325491
pic related is best drink ever

>>5325424
I use one of these to avoid burning my hand (The top acts as a stand for the strainer once the brewing time is up, so you can save your leaves for your second/third/fourth brew.

>>5325498
a hyderabad specialty, served only during ramzan. this pic is from a zoroastrian-run cafe that has served it for over 180 years, a testament to the peace we have made with the muslim community.

>>5325501
pickled gongura leaves. spicy as fuck

>>5325421
So, that's kind of similar to the problem in Japan, about people being too educated and losing interest in having children and a family? Conservative rigidity is the downfall of many things.

It's just weird from my western liberal perspective, I guess. I don't come from a strong family unit, so I don't have any 'connections' and I'd rather choose and find my own person to spend my life with. Your system does appeal to me, honestly, as finding people can be hard and having someone vet everyone you could potentially get with could be useful. I guess the system is just very conservative, in that you couldn't be exposed to a lot of women that may differ from what your parents like.

Thanks for the recipe!

>>5325499
Forgot picture

>>5325498
It's the same with /pol/, they wouldn't be like how they are if they weren't white. Behind the facade they're really just traditionalists themselves. But then you get kid from /b/ who migrate there for the edginess and take it too seriously.

I'm not advocating for /pol/ but I see where they're coming from, even though where they're going is a disaster.

>>5325503
crispy fritters soaked in spicy dahi

>>5325508
>where they're going is a disaster
well, I think the problem is that their brand of nationalism is violent and anti-everyone else. I think its healthy to be a nationalist to the point of wanting the best for your country and your culture, but not at the expense of others.

>>5325504
Conservatism at least preserved our culture. Without those rules we would have been bred out of existence centuries ago. But the rigidity and isolationism is bad, I agree.

Yeah, there is appeal in both systems. Indians tend to put family above most other things. Most would let kids marry of their own choice of course - given the parents approved. Its just that the parents allow the kid more options to choose from as well.

>>5325510
paprika-heavy qeema made of mutton

>>5325506
Nice, I should get something like that.

>>5325517
parsi fried snack, like a savory bonda.

>>5325518
eggs cooked with gravy made of okra, tomato and sometimes eggplant

>>5325518
I suppose there are upsides and downsides to it. I think the Jews survived so long with conservatism, but chose the right time to become more liberal about it all (for the most part) and assimilated without losing culture. I know that is a big no no for a lot of religious and ethnic groups, though.

I definitely see the appeal in it, because meeting new people with similar ideas is tough, but I can see conflict if you believed something different to your parents, which I do. If my parents had the same beliefs as me (I'm adopted) it would be really helpful

They sell those tea glasses online at Equalitea. They sell the best teas I've ever had, too. Most of it is fairtrade and organic, and a lot is from small producers so it is really nice

>>5325531
>assimilated without losing culture
Not really. Jewish culture is basically gone for most secular jews in the states.

Most parsees are secular too, but we are highly traditional.

Having the families get along is most important though - nobody wants to deal with shitty in-laws, and that destroys communities. Thus, a necessary but not sufficient condition should be for parents to approve.

Speaking of tea...

>>5323096
Which stupid religion would exclude gluten ?

>>5325527
shakshouka?

>>5325649
I explained that gluten doesn't agree with me (Eczema flare up, stomach cramps and nasty shits)

Who cares about your stupid culture? Join the 21st century global culture, and let the good ideas from yours absorb into it while leaving behind the bad. I will never understand people who hold onto the past like it's anything other than a chain preventing humanity from moving forward.

>>5326091
>Who cares about your stupid culture?
What is your culture?
Are you not proud of it?

>>5326103
The day I'm proud of something I had no choice in is the day I kill myself. I'm not proud of being white. I'm not proud of being a dude. I'm not proud of being American. I'm not proud of my German, Mexican, English, or Irish ancestry. My choices had no bearing on any of those things. I'm proud of my accomplishments, and I'm proud of the accomplishments of those I love. But I identify as a human being, and that's the culture I care about. The overall human one.

>>5326113
I sincerely hope most 'humanists' aren't so douchebaggy.

>>5326113

>i am pretending that i don't have empathy because i am dogmatic about maintaining the illusion of perfect rationality

>>5326091
>I will never understand people who hold onto the past like it's anything other than a chain preventing humanity from moving forward.
There is much truth to this. But casually discarding the wisdom of generations of grandmothers and professional cooks who figured out amazing things to do with what's on hand and in season is equally foolish.

Unless you're a fucking genius you're not going to reinvent the wheel. But you can understand the brilliance of what's come before you, then use the greater resources available to you to hopefully improve upon it. Or at least come up with an interesting variant.

Brilliant things are rarely new - more often than not they're just a few slight twists on something great that someone else already came up with.

>>5326116
Most of us are tired of being held back by shit from hundreds or thousands of years ago that has no bearing on modern living. As a species, we should always be looking forward, always progressing, always trying to be different and better than those that came before us. Movement is life; stagnation is death. Once humanity stop giving a shit about religion, race, and culture, we can all start working together to explore the galaxy. Instead we fight and we kill over absolutely nothing. So, I say again, fuck your culture.

Trip turned back on because I stand by what I say.

>>5326144
You didn't really read my post, did you? We need to adopt the good ideas from each culture, and throw out the bad. We need to keep records of all of these assimilated cultures. What we don't need to do is continue the practices of arranged marriages and honor killings for a couple more centuries.

>>5326145

>implying culture is defined as a non-progressive attachment to vestigial behaviours among your peer group

>>5326143
What does any of that have to do with empathy? I'm filled with empathy. What I'm not filled with is attachment to shit that people do just because it's what they've do. Do things because they're good, not because you're Irish and those are Irish things to do.

>>5326151

>posting this shit in a thread about curry

>>5326158
I started the fucking thread so I can post whatever the fuck I want.

>>5326161

that's not how it works bro. you can't start a thread about french fries and use the thread to post about cunnilingus. that is not appropriate.

>>5326166
It was a troll thread to begin with. Thai curry is and always will be the best curry. Tikka masala is entry level, pedestrian-tier curry.

>>5326170
Thai curry is laughable compared to real South Indian curry.

Take your lemongrass and fuck off.

>>5326172
I'm sore bored of this thread.

>>5326170

>entry level, pedestrian-tier curry.

i think you're misled into thinking that it's 'bad' by the fact that it is very popular among people who don't know much about food.

it can be very good.

>>5326151
>What we don't need to do is continue the practices of arranged marriages and honor killings for a couple more centuries.
I appreciate this sentiment, but I don't feel compelled to judge the actions of people who live in situations that bear little resemblance to my life.

I live in a rich country that consumes a disproportionate share of the world's resources, generates a disproportionate amount of the world's pollution and fights constant wars to maintain that position. A country whose wealth was built on Colonialism and slavery.

I don't see where I have the ethical high ground to tell those less fortunate than me how they ought to be living?

>>5326194
I think my own culture is shit and goes about things the wrong way, too. I feel like hating the way my own people do things gives me the right to comment on how other groups do things, too. Cultural criticism is cultural criticism, regardless of the source.

>>5326154
What if most Irish things are good?
It would be acceptable in your opinion to do Irish things.

>>5326253
How many people engage in culturally specific activities because they've looked at all of the alternatives and decided that one is the best course of action? And how many do you think do it because it's what their parents did?

>>5326256
Are you talking about people who use their culture to survive or people who were born in a first world country and are big enough brats to hate their own culture because it has some bad aspects?

>>5326266
>use their culture to survive
I'm not sure how homophobia and the oppression of women helps backward ass cultures to survive(including that of the American south)

>>5326279
So you're only speaking of Northern America?

>>5325501

Surely you know that peace with iranian muslims means conversion or death..

>>5326281
Are you actually this dense, or just pretending?
I'm talking about all cultures, anywhere. It's 2014 and there's no reason to keep doing antiquated things and having antiquated beliefs when they get in the way of humanity's overall happiness. I'm talking about Sharia law. I'm talking about Catholic bans on abortion and birth control. I'm talking about nationalism. I'm talking about tribalism. I'm talking about anything that divides people into groups, when we should all be working together as a species to make the world a good place for each and every one of us to live, not just the people who look and think like me.

>>5326289
Would you be happier if humanity was homogenous, as in all races blended, no religion, no separate national identities?

>>5326250
>I feel like hating the way my own people do things gives me the right to comment on how other groups do things, too.
If you live in a place where you have that right, then you have it. There are places where people do not have the right to criticize their culture, at least not overtly.

The question is the armchair critique of foreign system of values actually worth, in light of the position of ignorance that critique comes from?

I can see how making cultural value judgments can cross fertilize artistic endeavors to a great degree. And cooking is an art. But when you extrapolate what work in cooking to a kind of social Darwinistic take on cultural values I call bullshit.

>>5326293
Yes. I have no allegiance to my race. I have no religion. I am vehemently opposed to nationalism. As far as I'm concerned, these things only serve to pit people against each other when they should be helping each other. When we first started out, we were all black monkey-people living in Africa. Then we learned how to talk, and how to build, and we started moving all over the world and developing separate civilizations and cultures and societies, and then we started going to war over those things. Maybe it's time we evolved past the tribal state of humanity, and become something better.

>>5326309
>become something better.
Yellow brown mush people?
All the old arts, stories, cuisines and most importantly unique genes lost?

>>5326318
When did I ever say that? Humanity has an obligation to its future descendants to preserve the artistic and creative endeavors of the past. To suggest that the abolition of the artificial segmentation of the population vis-a-vis differing backgrounds would somehow stop people from expressing what is in their hearts is infantile at best and regressive at worst..

>>5326289
>I'm talking about anything that divides people into groups, when we should all be working together as a species to make the world a good place for each and every one of us to live, not just the people who look and think like me.
Not the Anon you're responding to, but do you know where culture comes from? People banding together in groups. People being both brilliant and irrational. Because that's what people do. Some of it is beautiful, some of it is very ugly.

But I doubt we'll ever reach that dystopian sci-fi ideal of the council of elders in grey smocks handing down rational decisions for the benefit of all, to the delight of the enlightened masses.

>>5326256

>they've looked at all of the alternatives and decided that one is the best course of action

this is not really a viable way to live your life.

I like Thai and Indian curry. Tiki Masala is alright, and I'll cock it up for friends when I want curry and they can't handle spice, but I don't care for the tomato-y-ness.

>>5326327
Maybe I'm too much of an idealist. I oscillate between thinking there's hope for humanity to come together as one and explore the stars, and hoping for complete human extinction so another, more civilized species can have a shot.

Anyone been to Jashn just ouside Newcastle?
Fucking best curries I've ever had.

>>5326347
>I oscillate between thinking there's hope for humanity to come together as one and explore the stars, and hoping for complete human extinction
That's the kind of black and white view typical of an idealist. Not one I share. I see us doing what we've always done: amazing things in the arts and technology while still trying to figure out how the hell to live with each other. There will be wars, famine, plagues and genocide, because that's part of what we do as well. As for beliefs that hold us back, if you waved a magic wand and got rid of every unsavory belief people hold today new cults just as crazy (or crazier) would grow up in months to replace them. Because that's the mindset of fearful, desperate people, and somewhere there will always be fearful, desperate people.

We will be extinct someday. It doesn't matter if you just accept that there really is no purpose to it all. We have no great destiny to fulfill - thinking that is just as irrational as Sharia law or the Catholic ban on birth control.

If you want to love your fellow man look at the things we do that display what you consider the better elements of the human spirit. (Cuisine is one, for me). Speak out against what you consider debasing to it, but keep in mind one man's pleasure is sometimes another's poison.

We'll both be dead before long, so try to enjoy the time you have here.

>>5326347

>explore the stars

we're never gonna be doing this on a large scale. sorry buddy.

>>5323071
I see. Damn, considering how fatty I find indian curry, british curry sounds awful.

>>5326380
My views are an extreme; something to strive for as an end-goal for the species. Something we have to work towards, and is completely doable over the course of a long period of time. I won't see a fraction of a percent of the changes necessary for humanity in my lifetime, but if it gets just a little bit better, that's good enough for me. My fear is that we won't keep moving forward at all, and that's exactly what will happen if people stop spouting their idealistically unrealistic views to counteract the very vocal ultra-conservative movement. I don't think progressives are afforded the luxury of moderation in our current socio-political climate.

>>5326404
>something to strive for as an end-goal for the species
That's really idealistic. It kind of assumes that the species somehow needs a goal, and people would not only accept it, but be willing to work together rationally towards it.

What makes you think people would ever behave like that? That's a fundamental misjudgment. But you're not alone in it. Economists believed for years that people acted on enlightened self-interest. Increasingly they're accepting that we pretty much act on impulse, which makes more sense when you actually observe human behavior.

Even Star Trek should have taught you that much.

Came here for curry recipes, got /pol/io.
Captcha: escutcheon ndvenf

>>5326401

bonger here

generally when you get takeaway curry you expect it to have a visible layer of oil on the top that only becomes more obvious after you put it in the fridge. this is basically because we love sauces.

i think things are changing lately though.

>>5326404

>completely doable over the course of a long period of time

which we don't have, if we're talking about maintaining our current rate of economic development. there will be a catastrophic failure within, eh, the next century or so.

maybe after that catastrophic event that greatly reduces our quality of life increases, we will develop a more sustainable model of civilisation that will make for long-term progress in terms of the cultivation of our planet and exploration outward, but i don't see it happening as our population continues to surge past the carrying capacity of the earth.

>>5326460
>sustainable model of civilisation
pure
comedy
gold

>>5326478

in what sense? you think that's entirely impossible?

this is a curry thread. take it somewhere else, niggers.

>>5326484
>you think that's entirely impossible?
Yes. Just because we were clever enough to understand how populations and carrying capacity work does not make us immune to these rules. We're still animals, and will continue to behave like animals. We're start enough to understand the consequences of that, but our behavior is still based on impulse, especially when it comes to things like hooking up and reproducing.

Indian zoroastrianfag here again (i stopped posting after those pictures). Maybe i'll make a new curry thread to only talk about food.

>>5325728
Called 'pora'. Pretty similar idea though. The red stuff is red pepper more than tomato. We sometimes eat it with panfried potato slices and fresh cut onion.

>>5326091
I don't give a shit if you don't care about my culture. I care about it for personal reasons, and my community does. And don't give me shit about contributing to this world. I'm obligated by tradition to give away my wealth to the poor, and strong family values are certainly helpful in ensuring successful children, no? Just fuck off if you somehow have to critisize others for their culture. I'm not pushing it on you, why do you even care?

>>5326151
> arranged marriages are bad
fuck you. you advocate taking the best of each culture, but really you just advocate for the supremacy of your culture.

> honor killings
> implying anybody but backwards villiagers do this

>>5326347
> explore the stars
and what have you done to further this? you critisize people like me for liking their own culture, but i'm a working scientist (condensed matter physics). In fact it was my cultural values that pushed me to pick that over law school. Nothing in my religion or culture has hindered me from helping other people, and I'm sick of people like you who think that tradition is bad.

>>5326401
Curry shouldn't be fatty in my opinion, but thats because of my regional tastes. Majority of the indian you see abroad is punjabi or mughlai food. Punjabis are hardcore farmers and warriros, and required very heavy food, so they put cream and lots of meat into everything. Mughals were kings. South indian food is very light, and oftentimes vegetarian.

>>5320093

this is what my toilet looks like after a night of heavy drinking. minus the cilantro

>>5326282
I'm parsi (zoroastrian persian from india)
I didn't say we made peace with iranians. they were the ones that drove us out of persia and into refuge in india. we however, were treated with respect and hospitality by the muslims of india.

>>5326636

wow never heard that one before

>>5326643

which ones have you heard?

>>5326626
>working scientist
>browses 4chan
k

>>5320111
please dont insult anyone, by comparing them to one of those pieces of utter shit.

those fucking disgusting canned vegetarian food fucks.

>>5322437
its basically stew. but fragrant spiced stew.

most curries are fucking delicious. some are abominations against the lord god almighty.

most are pretty good.

>>5323068
texmex is whiteboy mexican food. just like british curry is whiteboy indian food.

>>5323372
is that a FACT?

i wish there was an Indian restaurant anywhere near where i live now.

>>5326748
i've been browsing 4chan even when i lived in india. want me to take a pic of my calculations or my lab? i've done it before.
where else would i find funny shit to send to my cousins back home?

>>5320093
>British curry is better than all other kinds.

British curry is nice but most Americans dislike it because they cannot handle spicy food.

For some bizarre reason Americans think they eat hot food all the time and that Brits eat very bland food, but the American version of 'hot' is a vinegary 'hotsauce' that is mild as fuck.

British curries are so hot that native Indians have trouble eating them.

I took an American friend who bragged about eating hot food for an Indian meal in the UK, I ordered an extra spicy Vindaloo and he ordered the same. He would NOT listen when I told him it was very hot, he claimed we Brits were not used to 'real heat'. He actually started crying because he couldn't finish the food, it was too spicy for him.

I like Americans, but they really cannot handle hot food like we Brits can.

>>5326957

>white americans

We Hispanics eat that curry, with beef. Add some spices in it and boom.

>>5326957
Talk shit if you want but Arizona is part of America.

>>5325476
That looks fucking amazing. Fack.

0/10 shitty bait
Next time try to be a bit more subtle about it.

>>5326957

Thinks that tabasco is the only thing americans use to make food hot...

>idiot or troll

>>5326957
>that pic
I came.

I put Indian food in my fridge one time and I swear to god it still smells. Even though that building burnt down

>More poor areas of my town got to be very indian
>A few little Indian shops full of spices and shit
>Now a couple good restaurants are opening up
>Want to try everything.

Indian food is great, from the little that I've tasted it. Too bad this friend I like eating with hates to expand his palette.

>>5327390

>>5327396
Woops

>British
>Curry

Stop claiming foods that have nothing to do with your country.

>>5327418
>British have colonies in a country, and then control it completely, for decades
>There can be no crossing of cultures or foods

http://rt.com/news/sharia-law-uk-legal-713/

>>5327467
Not even a /pol/tard, but I think that that's absolutely retarded.

I mean, there's respecting a culture, and then there's appropriating the rules for no fucking reason.

>>5326957
maybe if theyre some cheese and potato eating farmer from up north. Everywhere south puts chilis and habaneros in all theyre spicy food. We have chili pepper competitions and festivals...

>>5327302
I already admitted that I was trolling when I started this thread, but I'm glad somebody got it.

>>5326347
>come together as one

No. I hope we explore the stars too, but 'coming together as one' inevitably means 'giving up all individuality, independence, autonomy, and freedom to become a nameless slave under a totalitarian dictatorship'. It sounds all nice and pretty when you have the image of galaxies and Saturn in your mind but it really isn't.

>>5320093

Indian takeout in UK = Chinese takeout in US

Right? Same place culturally?

>British curry
>British

Yeah nah. It's British-Indian at best. You can't exactly call it British when no native British people can cook it. No, British curry does exist - in the kitchens of British people - and it fucking sucks. What you posted is something British people only have access to through restaurants and takeaways.

>>5328269
>restaurants and takeaways
Those are kitchens in Britain, so they are not British how?

>>5328290
Because they're only ever run by people who are ethnically Indian. I don't think I'd call it British food when only a particular, small subset of people in Britain can cook it.

>>5327418

the very term 'curry' is british.

>>5328269

what a load of bullshit. everyone in britain knows how to make at least one curry. and 'ethnically indian' british people are still british.

>>5328266
We have both. Curry is marginally more popular though.

>>5325506

this is cute, looks like a little amish hat

>>5320098
>seldom
>not because it gives people the shits

>>5328375
Not the same kind of curry you get in restaurants.

And I'm not saying they're not. Just that when the only people who can cook it are recent immigrants, it doesn't really make sense to call it a national dish.

Restaurant style curry is cooked by Indians for Britons. Until a decent number of people in Britain can cook it who don't have any ties to India, then it's not really a British dish.

>but that's racist
Thing is, it really isn't. You're the one trying to give British people credit for a dish that none of them who aren't ethnically Indian have ever cooked or will ever cook.

There are like, five Punjabis for every ten people in my hometown in BC. Does that make curry a Canadian dish?

>>5328371

It's actually Tamil

>>5329490
I'm dating a Tamil girl and she's really opposed to the word 'Curry' being used as a blanket term for these sorts of dishes. The word is Tamil in origin, but its usage is not.

>>5320534
NIGGA NIGGA WHITE THING
NIGGA NIGGA WHITE THING

>>5329501

>dating a tamil girl

so jelly

>>5327418

Go be ignorant elsewhere.

>>5329478

i can't be bothered responding to all this shit, but you are full of shit.

I add various curry sauces to my noodles, usually tikka or korma but today i bought one called bhuna. Is it gonna be good?

>>5329784
Yes

>>5329809
Now i'm all tingly with excitement. How good is it gonna be, out of 100?

Wow. This thread still going... man it's sad what we'll argue about.

>>5329767
>you're wrong but I'm not going to tell you why

All right then.

>>5329897
How do you think I feel?