Topic: Beef Curry

[Les]

A couple of months ago, I went back up home to Berwick on Tweed to see my brother, And I was very surprised to see a Beef Curry on the Menu at a Indian restaurant in the town,(This was a first for me, never seen beef on a menu before) So we went in and had a curry as you do, I had the Beef Curry and Bro had a Lamb Curry, Out the two the Beef was the best, meat was tender not like the Lamb which was way over cooked and tasted like rubber, So do any of the Indian restaurants near you sell Beef Curry's? Down here in the south It's Chicken, Lamb or Prawn's and that's it,

HS

[Peripatetic Phil]

So do any of the Indian restaurants near you sell Beef Curry's?

They used to (60s & 70s, that is, and "darn sarf" -- Hampstead, Orpington,
Chislehurst) but not seen one for many a long year ...  On the other hand,
my local BIR menu does read (e.g.,) "meat dhansak" and if I ask for a lamb
dhansak, the owner will repeat back "one meat dhansak" -- make of that
what you will !

** Phil.

[Les]

So do any of the Indian restaurants near you sell Beef Curry's?

They used to (60s & 70s, that is, and "darn scarf" -- Homestead, Orpington,
) but not seen one for many a long year ...  On the other hand,
my local BIR menu does read (e.g.,) "meat Diahann's" and if I ask for a lamb
Diahann's, the owner will repeat back "one meat Diahann's" -- make of that
what you will !

** Phil.

I suppose it could mean they only do one meat Phil "LAMB"  Like I said I've never seen it before, I thought the cow was sacred in India, But  who knows, Maybe times they are a changing

HS

[chewytikka]

Hi HS
Very interesting post
I think this is one of the great aspects of cR0, i.e. regional differences.
Here in the NorthEast its always been Beef or Lamb.
On old menus "Meat" was the option and could have been either.
Today, Beef is standard and Lamb is the premium meat and usually
has a small extra charge added to it.

E.G.

Traditional Dishes
Traditional dishes can be based on a choice of chicken, lamb, beef or prawn.
(Lamb ?1.00 extra. Chicken Tikka ?1.00 extra. King Prawn ?2.50 extra)

The 'sacred cow' is Hindu Religion, estimated 40.000 roaming the streets of Delhi alone.
Most BIR are Muslim.

cheers Chewy

All about the beef here Hs
http://www.france24.com/en/20101221-2010-12-21-1016-bangladesh-sacred-cows-trafficking-india

[Les]

Hi HS
Very interesting post
I think this is one of the great aspects of cR0, i.e. regional differences.
Here in the NorthEast its always been Beef or Lamb.
On old menus "Meat" was the option and could have been either.
Today, Beef is standard and Lamb is the premium meat and usually
has a small extra charge added to it.

E.G.

Traditional Dishes
Traditional dishes can be based on a choice of chicken, lamb, beef or prawn.
(Lamb ?1.00 extra. Chicken Tikka ?1.00 extra. King Prawn ?2.50 extra)

The 'sacred cow' is Hindu Religion, estimated 40.000 roaming the streets of Delhi alone.
Most BIR are Muslim.

cheers Chewy

Cheers Chewy
Beef seems to be the norm up north then, Like I said before, there is not a Indian t/a down south that sells beef that I know of, (although I could be wrong,) So could they possibly be Hindu, Next time I visit my T/A I'm going to ask the waiter why there is no beef on the menu,

Hs

[Peripatetic Phil]

Next time I visit my T/A I'm going to ask the waiter why there is no beef on the menu,

If he /is/ Hindu, he may well reply "Because we don't employ any Dalits, Panchamas or Ashprush in the kitchen, Sahib !"

[Les]

Next time I visit my T/A I'm going to ask the waiter why there is no beef on the menu,

If he /is/ Hindu, he may well reply "Because we don't employ any Dalits, Panchamas or Ashprush in the kitchen, Sahib !"

Dalits,..... Was that not a tv series with Elliot Ness in it ;D

[Graeme]

Thinking about this i went for my menu's
but as i expected and remember some do beef and lamb (solmon's)
and some do just lamb (the valley junction 39)
It always been that way up here.

I also remember the meat curry, i remember it as being
lamb.

www.solomens-restaurant.co.uk
http://www.valleyrestaurants.co.uk/

[Les]

Thinking about this i went for my menu's
but as i expected and remember some do beef and lamb (solmon's)
and some do just lamb (the valley junction 39)
It always been that way up here.

I also remember the meat curry, i remember it as being
lamb.

www.solomens-restaurant.co.uk
http://www.valleyrestaurants.co.uk/

I see Soloman's also do Duck, That;s another item you won't see down in the deep south of somerset

[Razor]

Hi HS,

Beef seems to be the norm up north then

 

I wouldn't say that's the case in Manchester mate.  Beef is quite rare on the menu here, although I have seen it, just not often.  Up here, when the word 'meat' is used, it's understood that they (the BIR's) refer to Lamb or Mutton..!

Personally, I don't like beef in curry, always seems too dry for me!

Ray