Curry Recipes Online
Curry Chat => Lets Talk Curry => Topic started by: Whandsy on May 03, 2012, 07:28 PM
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Julians website blog says he's looking at running cooking lessons due to the amount of interest he's had. Here's the link to his blog
http://www.curry2go-online.com/my-blog.html (http://www.curry2go-online.com/my-blog.html)
I think i'll be signing up for this one, he says cost will be around
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If i wanted to learn authentic electric blues guitar, i wouldn't be looking towards eric clapton and gary "pleaseno" moore.
I would start with Their hero's and influences and listen to the likes of Freddy and BB king and beyond.
Frank. ;)
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If i wanted to learn authentic electric blues guitar, i wouldn't be looking towards eric clapton and gary "pleaseno" moore.
I would start with Their hero's and influences and listen to the likes of Freddy and BB king and beyond.
Frank. ;)
Thats a clever analogy. I suppose traditional Indian cooking could be termed Authentic Indian cooking; and BIR is more of a modern twist on the more authentic or traditional style of cooking.... but I dont get the point you are making Frank?
Sorry ???
Regards
Mick
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I'm not sure, but being a blues nut I own just about everything Freddy King, Robert Johnson, T-Bone Walker, Muddy Waters, et al, recorded. I also have most of Clapton's works in my collection - including the seminal 'From The Cradle', in which he pays a worthy tribute to the greats.
To be honest, I'd be happy (or been happy - many of the greats have moved on) to take a lesson from any of them, and even though I'm not a huge fan of Gary Moore, I'd kill for a session with him.
Everyone has something unique to give...
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...snip... I'm not a huge fan of Gary Moore, I'd kill for a session with him.
Sorry to OT the original post!
SD, I think you would literally need a miracle of nigh on biblical proportions to get a lesson in person from Gary Moore :( - (http://www.gary-moore.com/ (http://www.gary-moore.com/))
Such a loss :(
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Whilst I appreciate GBP 85 for a days curry cooking may seem a lot of money , if I could only pick up 1 or 2 improvements to my cooking I'd be happy. Whats a few quid spread over 20 years of curry cooking if it enhances the whole cooking / eating experience. It's a bit far for me to go ( 2200km ) otherwise I'd be there like a shot.
Good luck to those that do it. I hope you'll all take something good away from the day. ;)
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Hear hear Colin
If Julian has got the nouse and the balls to set this up, and people are happy to pay the money to go and watch/learn/eat. GOOD LUCK says I.
I hope it is a real success.
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I fear it may be another red herring. The Datchet lessons sound far more promising, given their restaurant's heritage. c2g has done well to figure out how to prepare so many dishes to an acceptable standard, for opening a take-away, but there's been zero feedback so far on whether any of the output is very special at all. Then there were videos where elements were forgotten for whatever reason, and the e-book where the dhansak lacks any sour element (e.g. lemon or tamarind) so is that another mistake? If anyone has tried the dhansak and it tastes ace, then I'm sorry for doubting it, but somehow I'm a bit sceptical on various aspects of this.
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I hear what you're saying George, and I too realise that there a few mistakes in Julians e-book. I had to re-watch his pillau rice video, as he omitted one of the ingredients in the book..............BUT, I still wish him all the luck in the world. 8)
He is a "do-er". He will/does make mistakes. As a wise old Maori fella said to me when we first emigrated. "if you don't make mistakes....you aren't doing anything."
Julian is running a takeaway business AND making videos, writing books, and now this. of course there will be mistakes here and there.
Personally, having run businesses in the past and made mistakes along the way...I wish him nothing but good luck, same goes to CBM and anyone else who is trying to take this to another level.
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As a guitarist I am loving the blues analogy, this is a great thread guys! Re Julian I don't have strong views one way or other. He's doing the business so hats off to him. I don't think he is making claims to be the holy grail so hats off to him for that reason too. At
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Thats a clever analogy. I suppose traditional Indian cooking could be termed Authentic Indian cooking; and BIR is more of a modern twist on the more authentic or traditional style of cooking.... but I dont get the point you are making Frank?
Sorry ???
Regards
Mick
I would've just said blues to include country blues which i think would probably be equivalent to traditional indian :)
but i meant BIR.
What i was trying to say was, you lose the soul or the essence of the sound you're trying to find. Copying a copier will always have the same end result.
It will only be very good or acceptable, occasionally great but never fantastic and never quite there.
You have to go to the source (as Julian has done with curry cookery, as did Eric etc) to find that sound that you're trying to emulate.
You wonder why you dont sound like Clapton on such and such a number?
You have to listen to who He was listening to when he first started to play like Eric and create that same sound.
For all i know, Julian could be one of the exceptions like Peter Green but sooner or later you'll have to go back to the originators :)
I know i couldn't be in a kitchen all day, everyday and
I agree with everyone else, fair play to Julian. He's out there doing it.
But i would rather learn from the masters than 3rd generation bluesmen :)
Frank. ;)