LIDL curry bargains

[Cory Ander]

I fail to see what there is to LMAO about. Care to elaborate?   

YOU, I feel, SS lmao!  ;D

[string28]

Yes i will elaborate for you Secret Santa when you do the same  ;D

LMAO here goes!!!!!

What because you cooked it in an bir style its gonna change it by magic is that what your suggesting?

Certainly, although there's no magic involved. And to be honest I fail to see what there is to LMAO about. Care to elaborate?   

[Domi]

The thing is, if we food nazis haven't actually had a supermarket curry for a number of years, we can hardly comment on their taste or flavour now, can we? It's the same as someone talking about BIR curries and arguing points when they haven't been in the country for ten years...they have no idea of what BIR is like NOW as they only know what they were like THEN and there's been a heckuva lot of changes to BIR :

Perhaps there's been some major improvements to S/M curries that we wouldn't know about lol maybe we've been missing something?

[string28]

I agree we should have a topic on this im just saying IMO i dont think curries from a supermarket are that nice.
Your right Domi its good to discuss topics like this.
I think sometimes its gets lost in all the personal fueds that are going on.

I keep saying Domi each to their own but the problem is when people are trying to put a supermarket curry in the same breath with ta or bir!
Now im sure a lot of the posts on this topic are just tongue in cheek to get at one of the member on here.
All the years ive looked at the forum and ive never seen a post like this before in the talk curry thread.

LOL! I get what you're saying, string but in a way I'm surprised that supermarket curries haven't been discussed at some point. There are bound to be some members who have eaten them regularly though after joining this forum I must admit I'd have to wonder why they still would Having said that, I feel the same about supermarket lasagnes, quiches, chillis etc too everything tastes better made at home fresh but if everyone made everything at home the supermarkets wouldn't bother stocking them, would they? Someone's buying this stuff lol and I know it's not me

It'd be interesting to know how many members buy other Indian dishes from the supermarkets/other outlets if not curries, then naans, rice, chapattis, samosas, popadoms etc which may come in handy for those who don't/can't/aren't inclined make their own fresh at home....and this is the forum to discuss it

[string28]

I think if you want supermarket curry you get what you pay for. ?1.49
so packing them work to produce them and then the trucks delivering them.
Thats tells you what you are eating simple really.

The thing is, if we food nazis haven't actually had a supermarket curry for a number of years, we can hardly comment on their taste or flavour now, can we? It's the same as someone talking about BIR curries and arguing points when they haven't been in the country for ten years...they have no idea of what BIR is like NOW as they only know what they were like THEN and there's been a heckuva lot of changes to BIR :

Perhaps there's been some major improvements to S/M curries that we wouldn't know about lol maybe we've been missing something?

[Domi]

LMAO here goes!!!!!
Yep you cook it in the bir style but again its the same INGREDIENTS what will change the flavor?
What because you cooked it in an bir style its gonna change it by magic is that what your suggesting?
Oh ive cooked many thing from the forum BIR & TA RECPIES.

I mean its the same ingredients what would change the flavour you should elaborate for us Secret Santa.

Sorry, string, not meaning to be pedantic but of course the flavour would change if you used the same ingredients, scaled down to make a single portion of whichever dish and made it fresh a la BIR stylie and ate it as soon as it was prepared, to claim otherwise is wrong IMO and I would expect any member of long standing to know as much.

We've all tasted fresh made curries the day after and noted the difference in flavour. Even home made chillis, spag bols and stews taste different the day after......would different cooking technique alter the final flavour? absolutely yes it would if any of the myriad of posts about technique are to be believed on this board, simply frying an onion for a couple of minutes greatly alters the taste as opposed to caremelising onions makes a huge difference! To claim anything other is wrong... :/

[Secret Santa]

I think if you want supermarket curry you get what you pay for. ?1.49
so packing them work to produce them and then the trucks delivering them.
Thats tells you what you are eating simple really.

I agree, it is simple, but apparently you haven't heard of economy of scale. That 1.49 is like you or me having 15 quid in our pocket to make a curry with. And yes it still comes out sub standard compared to a good BIR, but that's because it's not cooked BIR style. Seriously, I thought that would be obvious! 

[string28]

Well let me say first of all the INGREDIENTS used in a super market will be  the low end of quality products reason why they charge so cheap.
Now what your saying is use the ingredients also from bir?
So changing the flavor of the curries.
It be like me taking a frozen pizza made in a supermarket and doing the same thing and then thinking it would be like the real thing just because i cooked it in a pizza oven.
You can change the ingredients but then its no longer a supermarket curry is it. Simples

LMAO here goes!!!!!
Yep you cook it in the bir style but again its the same INGREDIENTS what will change the flavor?
What because you cooked it in an bir style its gonna change it by magic is that what your suggesting?
Oh ive cooked many thing from the forum BIR & TA RECPIES.

I mean its the same ingredients what would change the flavour you should elaborate for us Secret Santa.

Sorry, string, not meaning to be pedantic but of course the flavour would change if you used the same ingredients, scaled down to make a single portion of whichever dish and made it fresh a la BIR stylie and ate it as soon as it was prepared, to claim otherwise is wrong IMO and I would expect any member of long standing to know as much.

We've all tasted fresh made curries the day after and noted the difference in flavour. Even home made chillis, spag bols and stews taste different the day after......would different cooking technique alter the final flavour? absolutely yes it would if any of the myriad of posts about technique are to be believed on this board, simply frying an onion for a couple of minutes greatly alters the taste as opposed to caremelising onions makes a huge difference! To claim anything other is wrong... :/

[string28]

Yeah it be like me having 15 in my pocket then paying for a curry thats been made in one place shipped from the other side of the uk or even another country.
So i guess my 15 wouldnt get me much quality would it?

I think if you want supermarket curry you get what you pay for. ?1.49
so packing them work to produce them and then the trucks delivering them.
Thats tells you what you are eating simple really.

I agree, it is simple, but apparently you haven't heard of economy of scale. That 1.49 is like you or me having 15 quid in our pocket to make a curry with. And yes it still comes out sub standard compared to a good BIR, but that's because it's not cooked BIR style. Seriously, I thought that would be obvious! 

[Domi]

but supermarket curries list turmeric, coriander, garam masala etc the same as BIR curries, string...which cost pence a packet....and having checked out some of the prices, ?1.49 is a gross underestimation...BIRs also use cheap ingredients, string if you think they use all the most expensive ingredients you're kidding yourself.

If you were to make a supermarket frozen pizza fresh at home using the same ingredients, I'd be willing to bet that a freshly made pizza base would taste different even if made with the same ingredients, the tomato sauce would taste different freshly made and used immediately....would it taste better home-made? I'd bet that it would....cheap ingredients or no... :