It's looking more promising. So the list for London could now be:

Gav Iscon
littlechilie
Madrasandy
George
tempest63

Quote from: livo on April 13, 2018, 09:59 AM
Did a quick count through the forum. About 10 members on and close to 700 guests. Just sayin'.

Just saying what? Aren't most of those 700 likely to be some kind of system robot, rather than real individuals?

Quote from: Peripatetic Phil on April 11, 2018, 10:13 AM
If you look at the portfolio of sites that our new owner runs, you will see that he has a wide range of interests and considerable experience in this field.

Interesting. Where can anyone go to check this out? I know very little about the new manager. How do you know he's the new owner and Stew no longer has any link?

Quote from: chewytikka on April 10, 2018, 11:45 PM
The sites under new ownership, so I doubt it will close.

To get this thread back on track, as per the thread heading...I disagree, The existing owner of a business or suchlike gives up for a reason, We haven't been told the reason for the change of Admin here or if Stew still owns (i.e. pays for) the forum. Someone new comes in with lots of ideas but may have underestimated the scale of the challenge. Or even know what they are supposed to be aiming for. What's in it for any owner/manager of a forum like this? Especially when many people have moved over to alternative forms of social media and the whole subject has been comprehensively debated, almost to death. It seems to me that too many recent comments are simply repeating what was said a decade ago, when there was a much larger active membership, so it's all getting a bit boring

Quote from: EuanW on April 10, 2018, 01:18 PM
The original recipe in this thread is def Tikka Masala, I made it to the letter and it tasted nothing like Butter Chicken.

Looking at the recipe, I;m sure you are right.

Sverige was also right to point out that the list of ingredients looks most odd - definitely something which needs fixing if new software is ever introduced. Nothing to do with the character set or device he's using, as anyone can see after he helpfully posted a jpg-based screen shot. For anyone suggesting such feedback counts as 'nasty...clutter' I'm disgusted how anyone could be so rude. Troll?. 

Quote from: harley on April 09, 2018, 06:50 PM
I would've thought if any eureka moment had occurred it would've been posted at some point.

Not necessarily! I guess I've had possible eureka moments with a couple of dishes which I experimented with until I';m satisfied they taste at least as good as anything at a BIR - even the best BIRs. Don't give up! I use techniques, approaches and even ingredients which I've never read about here or anywhere, and which are highly unlikely to be used by any BIR, but which work for me.

Quote from: chewytikka on April 05, 2018, 12:19 PM
Camping Gaz hobs are so cheap.  ;D

I assume you are joking. The gas is a complete rip off - one of the most expensive fuel sources ever,

I suggest we start with a headcount of people who would like to meet others in principle, regardless of where they live. So that could include members in such far flung places as Australia, France and Cornwall,. If there's a quorum of say 3 people for any area, there could be multiple meetings, I fear, however, that we might not have the active membership numbers to make it possible - especially the number of people who are prepared to leave their houses, keyboards and kitchens for very long. Sad, Compare that with Gav who says he's prepared to travel some distance,.

On the 'new management' thread I asked if our new administrator, Tom, might be interested in meeting a few members. As he lives in France, it might be difficult, he said, Then we have three other members who seem interested in the idea, plus myself, of course. So that's:

Gav Iscon
littlechilie
Madrasandy
George

Anyone else? Even if only four of us turn up, that's one more than the last time.,

When? I suggest a Saturday in July but I could do almost any day,

For anyone who can't think of anything worse, please tell us why.

Quote from: tempest63 on March 16, 2018, 05:22 AM
Best Dhansak I have ever knocked up...Knocked the pants off some of the others I have cooked,

This sound promising but could you please let us know which other dhansak recipes you've tried (especially recipes on this forum) and how this recipe is better than those?