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Quote from: Phil [Chaa006] on March 18, 2013, 11:09 PMBut for whatever reason he appeared to lose all interest in sharing knowledge, and began to see the forum only as a medium through which to express his frustration and his contempt for anyone with whom he disagreed (or who disagreed with him).Yes he did and there were very good reasons for why. He got fed up with all the bullshit, something I can well empathise with.Of anyone here, CA was the most open minded to exploring new ways of doing things, of new knowledge and understanding of how and what we do. What frustrated him was the constant dogma that surrounds what and why people do things. What also used to frustrate him was the constant unsubstantiated nonsense people used to come out with. I read recently in one of his threads someone saying to him, that doesn't look like a Bhuna. He replied, what's a Bhuna supposed to look like, and so a picture of what that person thought was a Bhuna was posted that didn't look anything like a Bhuna! Can you understand why people get frustrated with this nonsense? Can you understand why contempt is shown for that?What does it matter what a bloody Bhuna looks like as long as it taste like one? This is a problem a lot of people have on here, they're far too hung up on what things look like rather than what it actually tastes like. It's substance, not superficiality.I've thought for some time that this forum almost splits down the middle between the people who are interested in understanding the processes, the whys and wherefores of cooking and those that don't care and just copy and emulate BIR cooks to create something that broadly looks right. If it looks right, it should taste right, right? I know that's a bit of an oversimplification but that's the best way I can express it.That's where the angst and conflict comes from - two very different ways of looking at and doing things and when one clashes with the other you get conflict.Anyway, I think I've derailed poor Chris's thread enough for one day
But for whatever reason he appeared to lose all interest in sharing knowledge, and began to see the forum only as a medium through which to express his frustration and his contempt for anyone with whom he disagreed (or who disagreed with him).
Quote from: BIR-TY on February 15, 2013, 09:21 PMridiculous, ask any Banglasdeshi staff if it offends them, I dont think they give a badgers backside. I said backside because arse would get moderated :I'll tell you what IS ridiculous Mick, is this pretence with the new account. Bert :Haven't you worked out yet that the majority of Asians in service just want an easy life without confrontation and that they're just humouring you?You need to learn some Bengali to really know what they're saying behind your back. All the crap they have to put up with on a Saturday night says it all.
ridiculous, ask any Banglasdeshi staff if it offends them, I dont think they give a badgers backside. I said backside because arse would get moderated :
Yes we are.
Quote from: BIR-TY on February 15, 2013, 10:01 PMit is a bastardisation as said before.Actually that was my line.Quotenow youre just being sillyNo, I'm really not, nor am I trying to be clever. If you insist on using garabi, which is a term used in the takeaway kitchen, then you must their words for other things that they use, e.g. (as before) haldi, jeera, mirch etc.
it is a bastardisation as said before.
now youre just being silly
Quote from: BIR-TY on February 15, 2013, 09:39 PMwhere's the consistency in that? they are the words of a foreign language, garabi is notSo you're claiming garabi is an English word? I'd better start boning up on my English then as I'm clearly not as au-fait with its vocabulary as I imagined.
where's the consistency in that? they are the words of a foreign language, garabi is not
Quote from: BIR-TY on February 15, 2013, 09:16 PMHe said that is what the sauce is known as in its own right. Thing is george. I dont think they'll change because you dont like itNo-one is asking them to change, if you mean the takeaway and restaurant staff, just to drop the term on forums such as this. Otherwise we'll have to, for consistencies sake, start using haldi, jeera, mirch, murgh etc. instead of the English terms.Just acknowledge that garabi is (outside of the takeaway) a stupid term and use the accurate base sauce terminology instead.
He said that is what the sauce is known as in its own right. Thing is george. I dont think they'll change because you dont like it
Quote from: Secret Santa on February 15, 2013, 08:36 PMQuote from: DalPuri on February 15, 2013, 01:37 PMOn top of that, the people that are pronouncing it in the videos are changing how they say it because its unnatural and odd for them to say "grey-bee", which is how an Indian would pronounce Gravy.Which is exactly how this ridiculous term came about, i.e. the bastardisation of the word gravy.Apart from anything else, it isn't a gravy at all as it contains no meat juices. It's a base sauce or just a sauce and I wish people would stop using the garabi term.And what's this about racism - do explain because I can't fathom where you're coming from (actually, as I typed that I think I realised what you mean. Are you implying that by using the word garabi it's as if we're mimicking a first generation Pakistani's mangling of the English language in a derogatory way? If so even more reason to stop using the laughably, ridiculous term).Like i said in one of my very first posts on this forum, It's no different to people saying "flied lice" as a given or still using the word Chinky instead of Chinese, or even "paki shop".
Quote from: DalPuri on February 15, 2013, 01:37 PMOn top of that, the people that are pronouncing it in the videos are changing how they say it because its unnatural and odd for them to say "grey-bee", which is how an Indian would pronounce Gravy.Which is exactly how this ridiculous term came about, i.e. the bastardisation of the word gravy.Apart from anything else, it isn't a gravy at all as it contains no meat juices. It's a base sauce or just a sauce and I wish people would stop using the garabi term.And what's this about racism - do explain because I can't fathom where you're coming from (actually, as I typed that I think I realised what you mean. Are you implying that by using the word garabi it's as if we're mimicking a first generation Pakistani's mangling of the English language in a derogatory way? If so even more reason to stop using the laughably, ridiculous term).
On top of that, the people that are pronouncing it in the videos are changing how they say it because its unnatural and odd for them to say "grey-bee", which is how an Indian would pronounce Gravy.
Quote from: Secret Santa on February 15, 2013, 08:36 PM It's a base sauce or just a sauce and I wish people would stop using the garabi term...even more reason to stop using the laughably, ridiculous term).I agree. The use of that stupid word really irritates me, like people are trying to be too clever for their own good.
It's a base sauce or just a sauce and I wish people would stop using the garabi term...even more reason to stop using the laughably, ridiculous term).
