Topic: The Future Focus of Curry Recipes Online?

[Graeme]

Hi cory ander and all,

This site over the last year has been very very quiet.

I believe to keep the site active it must move on in some form or
other. Sure we can boil as many onions as we like and blend blend blend
but CRO is so quiet, why ?

Tips to providing top notch food are here, I dont believe we can
emulate the BIR at home (however we have done it without knowing)
Its in the fabric of the Bir.

When you enter to collect a take away its the smell
(prob some ones fart - yes true) its in the grease
on the kitchen floor, its in the bin outside...ok I will shut up.

Dont forget the Bir can be a very dirty place, have a very close
look at carpets, walls etc they tend to have a refurb then thats it
for 10 years.

So when we walk into a bir 90% is the smell, I belive if we
worked in a BIR it would soon wear off. Just like when we cook
at home.

We could be closer than we think but after 5 hours of cooking
could you relly tell?

The Bir success is in the fabric of the Bir and the
smell is simply the tandoori, simple spices, ball peppers
and onions.

On a final note, Do we want to always smell like Indian food
when we go to work? and do we need to open a Bir to complete
our goal?

Regards, graeme

For further info see http://www.heptune.com/farts.html

Its just a good job some links dont work from the above site !

[Cory Ander]

We should keep the BIR section going but move forward.....I believe to keep the site active it must move on in some form or other

Hi Graeme,

Any opinions or suggestions on how we should move forward Graeme?

I agree that we should endeavour to improve the Forum; it's just a question of how?  I personally wouldn't advocate leaving things exactly as they are....I'm all for continual improvement....I'm sure things can be improved significantly, even if the focus and content remain unaltered.

Whatever you do, please keep this site simple and easy to use, like it is at present.

Hi George,

I agree that it needs to be kept as simple as possible and easily navigable.  I think it can be much better than it currently is.....a bit too much replication of sections for my liking.

"If it aint broke, dont fix it" !!

Hi TC,

Thanks for your comments; it's great to see some views of some of our more recent members too 

[Yousef]

Some excellent comments guys.

I think we should expand the traditional recipes section to include indian regional cooking as each region of India has different cooking techniques.

I could always create a recipe book and sell that to all the members or wait I could open an online spice store and sell you all spices......no, thats not what we are about here at CR0.

I really value your comments an opinions, keep em coming because this site is for all you guys and you can drive its direction.

Stew

[naga dave]

Hi all,
        There have been a million and one books published on traditional Indian, Thai, Chinese etc. Virtually nothing reliable on BIR cookery. I think that says it all.
           D.

[George]

This site over the last year has been very very quiet...CRO is so quiet, why ?

I'm pretty sure I know why although I simply don't understand the reasons behind it and the thinking / reasoning / apparent preferences of those involved.

Regards
George

[mike travis]

Good point dave, after all, that book would do as lot of damage to the Indian restaurant trade. Would you visit the BIR if you could cook just as good at home? Maybe thats why these parts of the site have gone cold. After all book shops and library`s are full of Ken Hom and Madhur Jaffery books.  

[Cory Ander]

Would you visit the BIR if you could cook just as good at home?

Actually, I'm pretty sure I still would Mike.  I think it's also very much to do with convenience (it is a fast-food/convenience food after all) PLUS it's also (generally) very good value for money! 

I'd certainly be very hard pushed to cook curries for the price that BIRs sell their's for (that's just considering the ingredients, never mind time, etc)! 

I think that's why (sadly, in my opinion) they are all much of a muchness.....they are all hell bent on replicating the same dishes at the same low cost. 

But therein lies their beauty, too, of course 

[George]

Good point dave, after all, that book would do as lot of damage to the Indian restaurant trade. Would you visit the BIR if you could cook just as good at home?

Like Cory, I'm sure I would continue to visit BIRs just as much. I expect the Balti House which released the Kushi cook book has gained more business than they've lost.

[windsor]

Hi guys,

I am relative newcomer to the art of cooking indian food, but have to admit that I have had succes (in varying degrees, although that is most likely as a result of my inexperience). There is certainly a great deal of invaluable information on the site steering people in the right direction. It would be a shame to lose that if the site were to change too much. For what my opinion is worth, in the bigger scheme of things, I think that until people are able to achieve what they are looking for, moving off in another direction would only complicate matters. Keeping things simple for those inexperienced members amongst us is what works for me, but I am only one individual.

I hope you find this constructive.

Windsor

I could always create a recipe book and sell that to all the members or wait I could open an online spice store and sell you all spices......no, thats not what we are about here at CR0.

Stew

PS: Although a relative newcomer, I do like to be able to read things in context, but for the life of me I can't find this anywhere in this thread. Perhaps I am missing it somewhere but would be grateful if you could point me in the right direction or explain the background to it. Such a quote is confusing.

W

[Cory Ander]

For what my opinion is worth.....Keeping things simple for those inexperienced members amongst us is what works for me, but I am only one individual....I hope you find this constructive.

Thanks for sharing your views Windsor.  Your opinion is equally valid as anyone's and it's great to see the opinions of our more recent members being expressed too 

I imagine you represent the majority of members, anyway, since most seem to visit the Forum once or twice and then simply disappear!  It would be great to be able to retain them by  understanding and giving them what they want!