Topic: Passing wind after a curry

[commis]

To be honest George, I thought this was obligatory!
Regards

PS. Phaaaaaaaaaarp

[George]

To be honest George, I thought this was obligatory!
Regards

PS. Phaaaaaaaaaarp

You fell into my trap and test. Go and stand in the corner. I wondered how long it would be before someone made any kind of rude gesture, given the nature of the subject.

[Razor]

George,

Last night I made my own base sauce but I increased my onions to 3kg.  I bought a small sack from my local Asian supermarket (3kg peeled weight) for GBP1.20, with the intentions of doing the bhaji tests this weekend.

Anyway, I proceeded with my base as usual and increased the onion content from 1kg to 3kg.

The sauce was really thick.  I added a further 1.5 litres of water and simmered for a good three hours.  After 3 hours, the oil had risen and the sauce had thicken once again.  I added more water to get it more like the consistency that I desire.

I made myself a Jal frezi, a veg Bhuna for my wife, and a very mild Madras for my son.

Well, the curry tasted awesome, quite creamy even, and the closets to the "taste" I've been in a while but the side effects was not good.

To put it bluntly, the "wind" that we were generating between us would have filled a Zeppelin.

Even this morning whilst in the bathroom, my usual "morning thunder" had risen to a whole new level.

Of course, the wife being a lady , did the decent thing, and went to the bathroom when she knew one was on it's way, unlike my son, who took great pleasure in putting his ankles behind his neck, whilst he demonstrated his best impression of Mr Methane.

The point I'm making is, this has never ever happened before.  The only difference was the level of onions.  That's all I could put it down to.  Everything else was exactly to spec!

Now, if what I have read further up in the thread is correct, one or two suggest that using Hing (Asafoteda) helps reduce or eliminate flatulence, then when using this level of onions, hing is required?  I may give it a go next time.

Ray

[Peripatetic Phil]

You want to reduce your level of flatulence ?  Be like your son, enjoy it and take pride in it !  (I had a friend who used to joke (or perhaps not) that whenever he farted in bed, he would shout "burglars" and pull the duvet over his wife's face !).

[Razor]

(I had a friend who used to joke (or perhaps not) that whenever he farted in bed, he would shout "burglars" and pull the duvet over his wife's face !).

 ;D ;D ;D ;D

Are you sure it was your friend though Phill? ;D

Ray

[Peripatetic Phil]

Well, I confess I did try it after he told me about it !  But I have to say, I do enjoy a good post-curry fart : the spices and onion add a certain je ne sais quois that elevates them to a whole new level compared to (say) those resulting from baked beans ...

[Secret Santa]

my son, who took great pleasure in putting his ankles behind his neck, whilst he demonstrated his best impression of Mr Methane.

I hope you used talc for authenticity!  ;D

[George]

Well, the curry tasted awesome, quite creamy even, and the closets to the "taste" I've been in a while but the side effects was not good.

Onions would have been my first guess, like if they were a bit under-cooked or the acidity was too high, or whatever, in the curries at the BIR I visited.

It's interesting that you made a curry which was both nice-tasting and had after effects, which is like my experience at the BIR last week.

[Razor]

Hi George,

It's interesting that you made a curry which was both nice-tasting and had after effects, which is like my experience at the BIR last week.

Yeah, my thoughts too.  Like I said, the amount of onions were the only difference, so definitely the onions determine the taste.  It was quite sweet too, not like you've added sugar but sweet nonetheless.

Ray

[commis]

Hi
If onions are to blame, do we need to modify the bhaji group test?