Topic: Had a restaurant chef round my house!

[Curry King]

If I was going to open a curry house thats what I would call it 

[curryqueen]

I am still retrieving oil from my curries and now bottling it Pete.  It does make a vast difference to the end product I think.  Don't know about the chicken jelly though.  We normally eat prawn curries so the taste is somewhat different to chicken.  Oh, by the way, never heard back from Bengal, did you?

[pete]

? Oh, by the way, never heard back from Bengal, did you?

No I didn't.
I've been thinking.
Being as we both had the curry base made in front of us, and it missed the taste.
(Or did you feel that demo meal had the taste? Mine didn't)
It can't be anything to do with their cookers.
It must be a tecnique or ingredient.
Yes?

[curryqueen]

You are right Pete, it must be an ingredient or technique!  I have to say that I am convinced that re-using the oil gives that certain "aroma" in my kitchen.  The combination of oils from loads of different curries made and mixed together. 

I am pretty disgusted with the Bengal, they take your money and then don't care.  Having said that my curries from there did not have the taste at all either, so, it's quite obvious to me that they were not in the same league as a good BIR!

I must see if I can get into another restaurant kitchen in the near future.  How about you?

[pete]

I must see if I can get into another restaurant kitchen in the near future. How about you?

I have nowhere lined up.
If I could find a chef who would take a "bribe" it would be best.
If you pay for it, then you have a right to be shown, exactly what you want.

[pete]

Hey Ck
          so many times this "doesn't work in small quantities" gets mentioned regarding curry gravy.
Normally most of us work in batches of about 10 onions.
Would you ever consider making a curry gravy with ,say 50.
(if you had a big enough cook pot?)
Do you think it would have the flavour?
I keep thinking of trying this.
You would have to cook using all four gas rings.
Would it be a waste of time?
Hmmmm??

[George]

          so many times this "doesn't work in small quantities" gets mentioned regarding curry gravy.

I remain sure this is a load of tosh...a white lie to avoid divulging their secret recipes.

[pete]

? ? ? ? ? so many times this "doesn't work in small quantities" gets mentioned regarding curry gravy.

I remain sure this is a load of tosh...a white lie to avoid divulging their secret recipes.

IThe trouble is , George, that there is only one way to prove that, and that's by making it

[Curry King]

I don't know about making a batch that big at home, I think you would have to make it in one huge pot as if you did 4 seperate pots and then mixed it together its just like making four normal gravy's and combing them?

[Mark J]

Im with george, Ive seen the pot my local uses to make their curry gravy and its about 4 times the size of mine when I make your 600ml oil base Pete, I cant imagine this difference would result in a different taste.

All of you who say you cant get the taste, Im now of the opinion thats its all in your heads  ;D