;D Your right peterandjen need to get back to basics and make our own curries without all the added stuff.  ;D

Quote from: peterandjen on May 06, 2010, 07:55 PM
You see its the additives in supermarket curries that make people aggressive and argumentative!

Aggressive???
I asked you a simple question didnt see any aggression in that.
I mean in your opinion mocking some of the peoples pics is good?
Maybe think about peoples feeling before you post and insult people   

Quote from: matt3333 on May 06, 2010, 07:28 PM

Quote from: string28 on May 06, 2010, 07:12 PM
Well i for one would say people who post the curries pics are people who make the forum.
You know why matt3333?
Because they took the time and effort to make the curries and post them.
To show other people on here so they can learn.
So i for one would like to thank everyone who posted pics, Videos, Recpies because without them we wouldnt be anywhere near making BIR
So matt3333 can i ask why did you join the forum?

Quote from: matt3333 on May 06, 2010, 07:04 PM

Merely my opinion on some photos, no need to add the aggressive tone string28, 'm sure we can all resort to that.

Mike its the flavour everyone is on about when it comes to bir.
There is nothing like the flavours that you get when eating food from a bir.
The holy grail is to make BIR Flavour  at home and we are nearly there.

Quote from: michaelpratt on May 06, 2010, 07:16 PM
God this is getting circular!

Earlier I added a comment that many supermarket curries actually ARE BIRs. As I said the Mumtaz restaurant supplies Morrisons and ASDA I am sure.

And the mass production argument is a bit fallacious: if you are looking for a homemade version of a takeaway, the hardest thing is scaling down to a few portions a process designed to throw out a couple of hundred covers a night - and therein lies the issue.

Personally I am rapidly coming to the conclusion that if I want a restaurant style curry, I go to a restaurant. If I want to cook it myself I get homestyle curry. Not an issue really. And if I can't get to the takeaway I have a freezer full of BIR curries thanks to ASDA.

Incidentally I have a Goan Goddaughter. Having been there to visit many times not one single dish I have been served by my family out there has the slightest resemblance to anything you get in a BIR. It is still, however, delicious. (And usually too hot)

Mike

Well i for one would say people who post the curries pics are people who make the forum.
You know why matt3333?
Because they took the time and effort to make the curries and post them.
To show other people on here so they can learn.
So i for one would like to thank everyone who posted pics, Videos, Recpies because without them we wouldnt be anywhere near making BIR
So matt3333 can i ask why did you join the forum?

Quote from: matt3333 on May 06, 2010, 07:04 PM
Hi George
You must be having one hell of a laugh at the controversy this simple post has caused- I find it fantastic well done.
Let's face it who wants to knock a home made curry after a few, maybe alot of  beers if there is a quick and acceptale alternative to whack in the microwave, we all know the recipes on the site produce excellent fresh curries-
Mind you having seen some of the photos posted I think I'd prefer to buy at LIDL ;D

Well sounds a bit harsh! I mean why delete numbers?
Its healthy to see so many members keeps a record of whos signed up.
Plus makes others want to sign up when you see so many members.
Means a good forum with 11,859 members!
I dont see any problems with keeping members names no matter how long theve not logged on.

Quote from: Domi on May 06, 2010, 06:20 PM

Quote from: Cory Ander on May 06, 2010, 03:22 PM

Quote from: Domi on May 06, 2010, 02:46 PM

Quote from: Cory Ander on May 06, 2010, 01:24 PM

I can think of a few current members it might apply to though (and, no, I don't necessarily mean me) 

Give it a rest, CA, it's really quite boring now. you're beginning to come across as someone with mental health problems. it's time to move on rather than continue to insult and cause argument only making yourself look like a petty-minded fool.

Culling zero posters wouldn't exactly be beneficial, but it doesn't look good that out of 11,000+ members there are so few posting....and you're going out of your way to get those who DO post to stop...that's not beneficial to the forum at all, is it, Ca??

Nice one Domi....and you think I have "mental health problems", am "argumentative" and "insulting" and look like a "petty minded fool"  :

Yes, I would prefer some members (three, to be specific) to stop posting..as you say, it is "boring now" after all.... :

So, apart from your personal insults, you see absoltely NO benefit to the forum from "culling" members?  Apart from "it doesn't look good"?    

Why even bother to suggest it then? 

I believe someone else mentioned the "culling" or deleting, CA...I was merely adding to the debate. ;D

I don't understand why getting rid of the zero posting, non-participating members who haven't logged into the forum for a number of months/years adds anything to the forum, could you explain the rationale of keeping what is generally referred to as "dead members"  - most forums prune their members it's a common practice, CA.  :

Yes domi but you said it we can cook it better ourselfs so i think that says a lot about supermarket curries.
Thanks anyway for making the point im off to a new challenge now.

Quote from: Domi on May 06, 2010, 06:54 PM

Quote from: string28 on May 06, 2010, 06:39 PM
Thank you Domi i knew we would get there in the end
So in other words we really dont need the supermarket we can do it ourselfs better.
I think the penny just dropped  :
Now lets hope a few more people start cooking the curries at home and we get to find out how to do BIR style curries.  ;D

Quote from: Domi on May 06, 2010, 06:30 PM
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... :

Yes, but it doesn't alter the fact that people still use supermarket products and are able to discuss the merits/demerits all the same lol I can make homemade ketchup but I'll still prefer to use Heinz

I did make the comment about me finding this amusing  Secret Santa  ;D

Quote from: Secret Santa on May 06, 2010, 06:36 PM

Quote from: string28 on May 06, 2010, 06:20 PM
Now what your saying is use the ingredients also from bir?...
You can change the ingredients but then its no longer a supermarket curry is it. Simples

I don't think you read it right string28.

Domi said

Quotebut 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

See...SAME ingredients...just made BIR style. Exactly what I was saying.

I genuinely don't know whether you're trying to wind us up or that you just don't realise that there's a difference between BIR cooking and the cooking methods used in mass production?   

Thank you Domi i knew we would get there in the end
So in other words we really dont need the supermarket we can do it ourselfs better.
I think the penny just dropped  :
Now lets hope a few more people start cooking the curries at home and we get to find out how to do BIR style curries.  ;D

Quote from: Domi on May 06, 2010, 06:30 PM
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... :

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?

Quote from: Secret Santa on May 06, 2010, 06:17 PM

Quote from: string28 on May 06, 2010, 06:03 PM
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! 

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

Quote from: Domi on May 06, 2010, 06:10 PM

Quote from: string28 on May 06, 2010, 05:39 PM
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.

Quote from: Secret Santa on May 06, 2010, 05:30 PM

Quote from: string28 on May 06, 2010, 05:22 PM
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... :/