Topic: cr0 revolutions

[mickdabass]

I am hoping that those of you who take the time to read this post will not be offended by my humble opinion
Ive been a member for a long time here. Maybe too long I dont know.

I have never spent any time in a bir kitchen and I have never been able to contribute an authentic bir recipe to the forum.

One thing I have noticed over the years how there seems to be a pattern of several new members all popping up at once. This has happened a few times since Ive been on here. Most recently there has been an influx of curry refugees from other forums.

Its so refreshing to have new members with new opinions, hopefully one day bringing the last couple of pieces of the jig saw to the table.

The only downside to it is that a lot of the new topics have been discussed previously. It would however be pretty boring to simply post a link to an old thread on the same subject

Makes me think of the film matrix revolutions where we realise the "new messiah"
is nothing of the sort, and turns out to be version 6.1 or something.

I have done a few revolutions around this forum

We are all here for similar reasons - all of them curry related of course. My reasons are simply to try and replicate an early 1980's curry that I used to be able to buy from my local takeaway which are now (virtually) extinct.

Others are here for commercial gain. Well I say good luck to everyone! As long as I can selfishly achieve my own personal goal; then I dont worry too much about the politics.

That said, if I do find the answer,  I will be the first to share my findings for free in the same spirit as the selfless posters have done so in the past. Without whom I would still be fannying around with lloyd gross-man's stir in sauce etc. (sorry George)

Perhaps my taste buds have changed over the years? Food back in the 80s was generally a lot blander than what is available today. Perhaps our expectations are now much higher? Our eating patterns have changed too. I remember seeing a video for zz tops song "tv dinners" in the 80s and wondered what the hell a tv dinner was...!!! Quite laughable now

Almost every curry based question imaginable has been asked and answered somewhere on this forum.The forum would be pretty boring if people replied to a new topic with a link to the original thread from a few years ago etc. Might cut out some of the waffle though

I personally do not think for a second that the average bir is going to spend any more money than they need to outsourcing obscure and ultimately expensive supplies. For instance, dutch onions are the most consistent and cheapest onions available all year round. Birs arent going to go out and buy anything else except for a rare occasion. Ultimately it all comes off their bottom line. They are not likely to spend unnecessary time sieving and mashing their base sauce either when they can blitz them with one of those heavy duty outboard motor type stick blenders in about two minutes. They are unlikely to fiddle about with things like infusing whole spices either. It has been proven countless times that spiced oil is a red herring and does nothing at all to the flavour of the final dish.

Im going out now to buy a tin hat and flack jacket

Dont ask me what the point of this message is. I dont even know myself. Just thought I would give people some food for thought on their quests to become "Elite Curry Jedi Grand Wizard" or whatever

Best Regards

Mick

But curry on everyone. Until you have done your first revolution you will still be unsure

[Madrasandy]

Great post mick

[Garp]

Same here. I agree with everything you say, Mick.

[Onions]

I would do too.

[Micky Tikka]

Thanks for sharing Mick
All made sense to me 
My love for curries ( and food in general) keeps me looking in on this forum almost every night
I do feel a bit of a bond between some members on here which also keeps me looking in 
Then you get someone say like Scotty comes along his Chinese recipes were fantastic
Sorry to say Im here for the long run  :
Cheers Trimmo

[DalPuri]

 It has been proven countless times that spiced oil is a red herring and does nothing at all to the flavour of the final dish.

I disagree. 

It depends on what dish you are making and what spices are used.
Over the past few months I've been making a lot of karahis and biryanis. I'm quite fond of Nationals Sindhi biryani mix and have used the reclaimed oil from that to make a curry and some plain rice on separate occasions.
Obviously boiled rice will be easily flavoured,  but so was my curry from using the spiced oil to start it off.
Those little mixed masala boxes are packed with flavour and worth considering for making spiced oil. 

[littlechilie]

I guess you could install a intelligent or smart new subject box, when trying to start a new subject it would say subject taken due to word recognition, then provide the link to original subject.

This would give the opportunity to retrace all previous comments, also add new input, but wouldn't it be difficult to combine the 20 or so mirrored topics already floating around from past years.

The problem being new users never getting the opportunity to build up there profile, that would turn the sight in to more of a library than a forum, but it could work I guess.

But an interesting post nevertheless 

[livo]

As a relative newb, I would say a few things pertinent to the OP.  Not everybody that shows up here is necessarily a "refugee" from another site, but more so a user / browser of many.  I, for example, over the last 12 months to 2 years have been sporadically searching for information, and this site is not my only point of reference.  Just wish I could understand Hindi as some of the actual Indian stuff looks good but I have to turn the sound off and watch repeatedly. Pausing, stopping, replaying etc

Like most of you I imagine, Indian Cookery is not my only food style or interest and so not the only forum category used.  Let me say that this site is great compared to some.  Let's just say that the information given here is superior and the nature in which it is provided is meaningful, cordial and well intended.  I've been banned from 2 fishing forum sites because I didn't share the Site Owner's / Moderator's views on certain things and told them to turn into the whoo whoo bird basically.  A certain distilling site I have used has senior members who essentially put the boot into newbies for asking questions.

Unfortunately, the very nature of information providing forums such as this one, predicates the fact that there will be unwanted and unmanageable repetition. The distillation site provides a link on the top banner menu to the "Google search tool" which provides a far more extensive search within the actual site than their own search tool.

As a user of other forums and understanding the problem of junk information, I always search first and only ask when I can't find myself.

[mickdabass]

 It has been proven countless times that spiced oil is a red herring and does nothing at all to the flavour of the final dish.

I disagree. 

It depends on what dish you are making and what spices are used.
Over the past few months I've been making a lot of karahis and biryanis. I'm quite fond of Nationals Sindhi biryani mix and have used the reclaimed oil from that to make a curry and some plain rice on separate occasions.
Obviously boiled rice will be easily flavoured,  but so was my curry from using the spiced oil to start it off.
Those little mixed masala boxes are packed with flavour and worth considering for making spiced oil. 

Theres always an exception to the rule; and I think you are probably right on this one DP. I was wrong to generalise I suppose

Regards

Mick

[mickdabass]

As a relative newb, I would say a few things pertinent to the OP.  Not everybody that shows up here is necessarily a "refugee" from another site, but more so a user / browser of many.  I, for example, over the last 12 months to 2 years have been sporadically searching for information, and this site is not my only point of reference.  Just wish I could understand Hindi as some of the actual Indian stuff looks good but I have to turn the sound off and watch repeatedly. Pausing, stopping, replaying etc

Like most of you I imagine, Indian Cookery is not my only food style or interest and so not the only forum category used.  Let me say that this site is great compared to some.  Let's just say that the information given here is superior and the nature in which it is provided is meaningful, cordial and well intended.  I've been banned from 2 fishing forum sites because I didn't share the Site Owner's / Moderator's views on certain things and told them to turn into the whoo whoo bird basically.  A certain distilling site I have used has senior members who essentially put the boot into newbies for asking questions.

Unfortunately, the very nature of information providing forums such as this one, predicates the fact that there will be unwanted and unmanageable repetition. The distillation site provides a link on the top banner menu to the "Google search tool" which provides a far more extensive search within the actual site than their own search tool.

As a user of other forums and understanding the problem of junk information, I always search first and only ask when I can't find myself.

Thats a good answer Livo. When I first joined this forum, It took a while to understand the process that went towards making a bir type curry. Im a bit of a shy person anyway, and rather than asking "stupid" questions, I researched the site and found all the answers I needed. I was glad I did.

I personally find the bir quest to be an excellent way to escape from all the hassles and pressures associated with "normal life" although mrs MDB is slowly getting more racked off with the constant smell and oil spatterings. Might have to consider emigrating the curry operation to the garden shed lol!!

Regards

Mick