Hi Chris,
All of those spices frying away will have a negative effect (temporarily) on your sense of smell which in turn messes up your sense of taste.
I have always suspected this for a long time, and suggested it on another thread. A curry, without doubt, does taste better the next day but, the texture also changes and the meat can get tougher.
I don't think any of us have partners with suitable skills to cook a curry for us
That is oh so true. My other half could burn ice cream

We could trust our judgement
Chris, I absolutely do trust my own judgement and I put up a thread a while back entitled "Are we being too harsh on ourselves" whereby I raised the subject of our cooking skills and how our dishes REALLY compare with the BIR's and TA's. I believed then, and still do, that I could knock up most curries and have someone blind taste both mine and a restaurant curry, and come out of it in pretty good shape.
Georges 'come dine with me' idea, would be great to prove that point out. The only trouble with it as I see it, is this, the person hosting the evening, will no doubt be totally unhappy with their cooking on the night but, the guest's will be thinking "shit, I've got to go some to better this"
Ray
