Topic: Irish Indian Foody gives cr0 a namedrop!

[meggeth]

cr0 has been noticed by some irish foody guy!! Says our curries must all taste very similar because we're using a base! Cheeky. But then he adds his own base recipe.

http://toastedspecial.wordpress.com/2012/03/07/best-basic-base-indian-curry-sauce-recipe-for-freezing/

He does have quite a few indian recipes on there.

[Malc.]

I don't understand why he has gone to the length to promote CR0 then say it's utter nonsense. Why argue that our dishes will 'taste the same' as we use one base, then promote his own base that can make many different curries, its a total contradiction. He's probably been eating too much horse meat! ;D

[prawnsalad]

cr0 has been noticed by some irish foody guy!! Says our curries must all taste very similar because we're using a base! Cheeky. But then he adds his own base recipe.

http://toastedspecial.wordpress.com/2012/03/07/best-basic-base-indian-curry-sauce-recipe-for-freezing/

He does have quite a few indian recipes on there.

The only thing I am sure of having read this is that this person has never eaten a BIR meal, he goes out of his way not to write in a first person sense.

Therefore he has no conception of BIR vs traditional Indian food and is just playing guessing games.

Not worthy of any further discussion.

[beachbum]

6 cans of tomatoes. Guy must be keen to promote the Irish Tomato industry 

The most notable occasion when I had several dishes that tasted very similar to each other was at an Australian restaurant a couple of years ago when 3 curries were almost identical apart from the meat ingredient, chicken/goat whatever. I guess that came from the base.

In AIR cooking a number of separate bases are prepared - Madras, Butter, Vindaloo, Nut and so on and are much more intense in flavour than UK bases. Each base is used for a particular "family" of curries. That's all well and good if you order say a Madras, a Butter Chicken and a Vindaloo, but as happened to me if you order 3 that happen to be in one "family" you can get a sameness.

Point I'm making is that in the case of those 3 curries (forget exactly which ones) if they had been done on in a BIR kitchen they would no doubt all have tasted quite distinct despite the use of a common base, as more distinctive special ingredients would have gone into each finished dish. So "one base makes them taste all the same" is BS.

[RubyDoo]

Is this not a similar principal to the Glasgow Base? ( yes , remember that  ) a highly spiced and potentially very tasty sauce but which is for the best part a finished sauce and not a base. It follows that there is more likelihood that every dish will taste the same than there is with the majority of more 'neutral' bases promoted on CRO?

A base is exactly that, a base or single layer of flavour to be built upon.

...........and yes, bit tomatoey? I wonder if they do a PaddyAloo? 

[Stephen Lindsay]

The AIR approach was posted on here a while back by a chap called Mark, one base was a cashew nut base if I recall rightly. I don't recall the approach being similar to the Glasgow base though.

[Peripatetic Phil]

In my opinion, his opening critique is detached, factual and accurate.  Only the very last part ("Surely all of their curries must taste the same ?") of

While I admire the dedication of these enthusiasts, I can

[Les]

Ye God's,
 That's a lot of spices for 1 kilo of onions, never mind the 6 tin's of tomatoes. very similar to the rick stein base by admin, except more spices and tomatoes added
surely his curry's must all taste the same also. (even more so)

Les

[Razor]

Well, I've just left a comment.  How can he/she suggest that all our curries would taste the same then, offer a recipe for his/her own base gravy and give suggestions on how to make Madras, Vindy and so on?

How can he/she think that their gravy and recipes would be any different to ours in terms of producing curries that would all taste the same?

Anyway, I've asked them to try one of our gravy's and dishes, and do a review on the forum, I won't hold my breath though!

Ray

[Les]

Anyway, I've asked them to try one of our gravy's and dishes, and do a review on the forum, I won't hold my breath though!

Ray

Like your good self Ray, Can not see that ever happening

Les