I thought you softie southerners only drank halves? : ;D

You're on Jethro! it's a great pub....really like a pub should be and some of the best beers I've ever tasted....lethal though Ron's won awards for 'em....here's a link....

http://www.huddscamra.org.uk/sairspring.htm

I think most things taste better after a drink or three...It's surprising just what you'll eat when you're bevvied up. I know that a bowl of frosties with ice cold milk on tastes like manna from Nirvana at 3am on a Sunday morning when I'm too drunk to manually operate a microwave.

My hubby swears that curries are better after a pint of Enoch's Hammer from the Sair Inn near us...by the way if you're ever in that pub, you should try their pickled chillis or if you're really brave, one of their pickled eggs (before you say it SS, I know.....I'm a dirty northern heathen )

tut! just as I expected : I'll have to ask for your recommendations when I come up, Chris....although it'll not be in the next year

well bugger me! I'll have to visit Kama Sutra next time I'm up in Glasgow

gives a whole new meaning to eating out..... (sorry!...I know it's a bad line but I just can't help meself :-[ )

hehe but I'm not most people....unless my multiple personality disorder counts that is :-X

Different bases won't give the same results because they don't carry the same spices/spice quantities which is why I think it better that if someone post a curry recipe, they specify which base to use since there is sometimes a vast difference in taste between one base and another.

Quote from: Rai on March 10, 2008, 11:24 AM

So many people claim to know that they havent burnt something and that they have done everything identically.  Well, sorry, but I dont believe it.  There are far too many posts here to demonsrate otherwise 

I have to agree with that, Rai...my sister can't boil an egg so her curries are a disaster, culinary skill and palate have to come into play when lots of people are judging the taste of something, unfortunately, you can't tell how good a cook or gormand someone is by looking at their font. ;D

Let's face it, you're never going to come up with a base recipe to suit all people, otherwise we'd all eat at the one same restaurant....either that or we'd end up with an Indian chain like McDonalds Gawd! it makes me shudder to think of it :-X

Hi issiemc

You can substitute plain flour for gram flour, but it doesn't have that same slightly savoury/nutty taste.....I've never used plain flour though as gram flour is extremely easy to get a hold of.

Here's a link to a French forum with someone asking the same question, hope it helps

http://totalfrance.com/france/forum/viewtopic.php?t=39496

Nice posts BB

I haven't tried the saffron base yet, but I do use Darth's base alot, mainly for milder curries (omitting the chilli) because it seems to allow the flavours of the other spices to sing out which makes it great for dopiazas, bhunas, pathias and jalfrezis, but I have to say that Stew's new base is better for hotter curries such as madras and vindaloo and anyone that I've fed those curries to say there is no difference when compared to the take-aways and restaurants they use...Maybe it's because it's originally from a Bradford curry house that it suits my tastes better...I've tried Stew's base without the chilli and it's still bloody good but I don't get the same depth of flavour through the final milder curry as I do with Darths.

But even so, I have to say that Stew's base is my fave of the ones I've tried up to date and as soon as I clear my freezer out I'll be trying Ifindforu's base....or should I try the saffron? choices! choices! it's almost as bad as shoe shopping for me :-[ ;D

SnS, I've been a member here for a year and glad to say I'm a n00b and always will be I think basically it comes down to just how passionate about BIR curries a person is, this place is fairly technical, which is great if you're a curryholic, but there's not alot to post about once you've said whether you like or dislike a recipe as most questions have been asked and answered many times already on the board, so newbs don't actually need to post. I think all that this place needs is a bit of banter (I know not alot of people might not like it, but it does help newbies to become integrated into a forum.... )

Just mho