"I think (this site has) run its course as far as its original reason for being, i.e. to replicate at home the unique flavour and smell of the restaurant curries"

Surely it cannot have ?run its course? since not one person here claims to be able to replicate BIR curries at home! Surely, the goal therefore remains unfulfilled and all (relevant) options should still be on the table!

"I reckon Pete's disappeared because he probably feels the way I do about the current state of the forum??so I will still read the forum and live in hope of ultimate enlightenment"

Its not for me to presume why Pete has apparently disappeared, but I would like to think that long-standing (and/or more proficient curry cooking) members would be sufficiently selfless (as I am sure Pete is, from what I have seen of his posts  ) to:

?   help newer and/or less proficient members become more proficient in their BIR cooking exploits
?   continue to contribute, as far as they are able, to the yet unfulfilled goal of this site

"This was the impetus for the great threads of old?...Now we're reduced to looking at pictures of each others curries and talking about what we are going to cook at the weekend!"

Surely we should recognise that there are now 658 members on this site (and growing rapidly by the day!  ), the great majority of which have not been members since ?the great threads of old??  They may well have significantly different needs and/or be less proficient at cooking BIR curries than original members of this site accordingly.  Surely their needs are equally valid and should be endeavoured to be met?  Who wants a site that fails to grow?simply because the needs of a relatively small number of original members are seemingly not being fulfilled? 

I have recently recommend this site to a reasonable number of family and friends (yes, I do have some! ) and encouraged them to join?.I just hope they don?t take one look at the recent postings and walk away again!  :-[  By the way....anyone seen Oscar or Dirtynunfishing recently??..? 

I joined this site fairly recently myself.  I was excited about the prospect of interacting with people with a love for BIR curries and who are devoted to similar objectives.  So far, I've been enjoying the site (thanks Admin, moderators and all contributing members) and I hope that I continue to do so in the future 

I would certainly be likely to contribute significanlty more if I felt I was getting positive responses to my posts.  I wonder if others feel the same?

I have also started a poll on the perceived value of curry photos, for those who are interested, here http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php/topic,1050.0.html

PS:  I've changed the picture in my profile to better conform to some people's pre-conceived stereotypes of names!   ;D 

Hi CurryQueen,

I have my suspicions about Haldi! 
He uses a similar clipped writing style to Pete's?
I'd look a little closer at him perhaps?
Either that or Haldi is Pete's brother! 
What do you think?

 

Sorry guys! I find it quite astounding that such drivel gets so much attention and so many postings!  ;D  

If only as much energy was devoted to developing that BIR taste...or responding to recipe requests! (here.....http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php/topic,1023.0.html) :

I suspect not many of us are overly impressed by the cheap point scoring going on here; I know I'm certainly not!  But I could be wrong!

I presume all of you guys can actually cook a decent curry then???!  

Ha Ha....."duck"!

Thanks Les, but let?s keep the cat well away from the pigeon coup and tucked up nice and comfy out of harm?s way.

Yeah, right Ian!  You wish!   

PS:  If I were you, Dirtynunfishing (and please feel free to disagree if you wish ), I would cook several smaller pots of base (that I know give the desired results) and blend them together.  Anything else is clearly a significant risk since not many people (home chefs, at least) cook on the scale you desire.  Therefore, most comments are largely conjecture.  So.....5 times 10l or 10 times 5l (or any other combination that takes your fancy)....take your pick!