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The discussion centers around a critique made by an Irish food blogger regarding the use of a common base in curry recipes, suggesting that it leads to similar tasting dishes. Forum members express skepticism about this claim, arguing that while a base may provide a foundation, the addition of distinct ingredients can create varied flavors in curries. There is a consensus that the blogger's perspective lacks understanding of the nuances between British Indian Restaurant (BIR) cooking and traditional Indian cuisine, with many members defending the diversity achievable even with a shared base.

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Offline meggeth

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Irish Indian Foody gives cr0 a namedrop!
« on: March 01, 2013, 12:37 AM »
cr0 has been noticed by some irish foody guy!! Says our curries must all taste very similar because we're using a base! Cheeky. But then he adds his own base recipe.

http://toastedspecial.wordpress.com/2012/03/07/best-basic-base-indian-curry-sauce-recipe-for-freezing/

He does have quite a few indian recipes on there.
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Re: Irish Indian Foody gives cr0 a namedrop!
« Reply #1 on: March 01, 2013, 12:50 AM »
I don't understand why he has gone to the length to promote CR0 then say it's utter nonsense. Why argue that our dishes will 'taste the same' as we use one base, then promote his own base that can make many different curries, its a total contradiction. He's probably been eating too much horse meat! ;D
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Re: Irish Indian Foody gives cr0 a namedrop!
« Reply #2 on: March 01, 2013, 01:36 AM »
Quote from: meggeth on March 01, 2013, 12:37 AM
cr0 has been noticed by some irish foody guy!! Says our curries must all taste very similar because we're using a base! Cheeky. But then he adds his own base recipe.

http://toastedspecial.wordpress.com/2012/03/07/best-basic-base-indian-curry-sauce-recipe-for-freezing/

He does have quite a few indian recipes on there.

The only thing I am sure of having read this is that this person has never eaten a BIR meal, he goes out of his way not to write in a first person sense.

Therefore he has no conception of BIR vs traditional Indian food and is just playing guessing games.

Not worthy of any further discussion.



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Re: Irish Indian Foody gives cr0 a namedrop!
« Reply #3 on: March 01, 2013, 06:46 AM »
6 cans of tomatoes. Guy must be keen to promote the Irish Tomato industry  :)

The most notable occasion when I had several dishes that tasted very similar to each other was at an Australian restaurant a couple of years ago when 3 curries were almost identical apart from the meat ingredient, chicken/goat whatever. I guess that came from the base.

In AIR cooking a number of separate bases are prepared - Madras, Butter, Vindaloo, Nut and so on and are much more intense in flavour than UK bases. Each base is used for a particular "family" of curries. That's all well and good if you order say a Madras, a Butter Chicken and a Vindaloo, but as happened to me if you order 3 that happen to be in one "family" you can get a sameness.

Point I'm making is that in the case of those 3 curries (forget exactly which ones) if they had been done on in a BIR kitchen they would no doubt all have tasted quite distinct despite the use of a common base, as more distinctive special ingredients would have gone into each finished dish. So "one base makes them taste all the same" is BS.
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Re: Irish Indian Foody gives cr0 a namedrop!
« Reply #4 on: March 01, 2013, 07:59 AM »
Is this not a similar principal to the Glasgow Base? ( yes , remember that  ;) ) a highly spiced and potentially very tasty sauce but which is for the best part a finished sauce and not a base. It follows that there is more likelihood that every dish will taste the same than there is with the majority of more 'neutral' bases promoted on CRO?

A base is exactly that, a base or single layer of flavour to be built upon.

...........and yes, bit tomatoey? I wonder if they do a PaddyAloo?  ;)
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Re: Irish Indian Foody gives cr0 a namedrop!
« Reply #5 on: March 01, 2013, 08:11 AM »
The AIR approach was posted on here a while back by a chap called Mark, one base was a cashew nut base if I recall rightly. I don't recall the approach being similar to the Glasgow base though.
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Re: Irish Indian Foody gives cr0 a namedrop!
« Reply #6 on: March 01, 2013, 08:35 AM »
In my opinion, his opening critique is detached, factual and accurate.  Only the very last part ("Surely all of their curries must taste the same ?") of
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Re: Irish Indian Foody gives cr0 a namedrop!
« Reply #7 on: March 01, 2013, 09:10 AM »
Ye God's,
That's a lot of spices for 1 kilo of onions, never mind the 6 tin's of tomatoes. very similar to the rick stein base by admin, except more spices and tomatoes added :o
surely his curry's must all taste the same also. (even more so)

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Re: Irish Indian Foody gives cr0 a namedrop!
« Reply #8 on: March 01, 2013, 10:10 AM »
Well, I've just left a comment.  How can he/she suggest that all our curries would taste the same then, offer a recipe for his/her own base gravy and give suggestions on how to make Madras, Vindy and so on?

How can he/she think that their gravy and recipes would be any different to ours in terms of producing curries that would all taste the same?

Anyway, I've asked them to try one of our gravy's and dishes, and do a review on the forum, I won't hold my breath though!

Ray ;)
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Re: Irish Indian Foody gives cr0 a namedrop!
« Reply #9 on: March 01, 2013, 10:53 AM »
Quote from: Razor on March 01, 2013, 10:10 AM

Anyway, I've asked them to try one of our gravy's and dishes, and do a review on the forum, I won't hold my breath though!

Ray ;)

Like your good self Ray, Can not see that ever happening :o

Les
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