That sounds really wierd Mag. I've never heard of anything like that. You get the odd person burning spices/ginger/garlic but nasty oil! That's a pain! Glad you got it to work out in the end though.

Quote from: Mag1973 on February 04, 2008, 01:44 AM
Do I go for it and try to fit everything else into a morning/afternoon timeframe or do I carry on as normal but wish I'd said yes and learn from an excellent chef ?

Do the job until you get a decent base sauce and Madras recipe then quit ;D

I don't think a shoutbox has any place here.
If you want to chat, get MSN or Yahoo Instant Messenger and put your username on your CR0 profile.

I understand the menu idea in principle, but don't think it can integrate with the forum. I also get a feeling it would look a little homespun. 200 pounds to knock that up is just silly. I'd quote half that to someone I had never even met. It's not even a days work.

Quote from: Cory Ander on February 04, 2008, 12:29 AM
Any volunteers?

I am up for sticking MediaWiki http://www.mediawiki.org on a box somewhere, giving a few of us who are up to the challenge access and then we can chip away at until we're happy with it. What do you think?

If Stew was interested, he could maybe even pop it in a folder in CR0 e.g. cr0.co.uk/wiki, just really to keep everything closely knit and keep admin control across all aspects of what we're doing in his trustworthy hands.

I don't know what Stews like with computers but if needed I am more than happy to assist in the initial installation. I imagine all it will take is say 50 MB of space and preferably its own mysql database - just to keep the forums data and wiki data separate.

I really feel that there is so much to be proud of on this forum but it's all hidden away for those who have the time and willingness to find it. I think if we put our minds together, (and there are obviously some smart people on this site, present threads company excluded ) we can come up with something to really outdo ourselves. Then with some sort of simple copyright technique we can call it ours and hopefully make it difficult for those people in the curry community who seem to take others for idiots to infringe on our offering.

I'm not suggesting it will happen overnight but with the wiki in place, there's no real time contraints, we can just aim for deadlines and if we can't make them, that's fine. It would also allows those invloved to view and comment what's going on throughout.

As usual Ast, some very good points.

I'll give you this one and agree that we must strive for the same editorial standards, no matter what the medium. That is after all what we're trying to achieve and it would be awful to end up with some sort of half way between a forum and what we're trying to achieve.

I would say that if we could firstly come up with the sections we want, e.g. starters, mains, etc. then the dishes we want to for these sections, we would have a good starting point. Once that was finalised, we could choose the base that we use by default and so on, so that all of this is dealt with before we put pen to paper so to speak.

Also things like default recipe layout on the page etc. etc. Once all this was ready I think we could come up with something 10 times more convenient, efficient and intuitive than the current way we look up recipes. Remember what we're looking for when trying to find recipes is like a dynamic online cook book - not a place for open discussion.

I get both fairly regularly. Jalfrezi always has large pieces of Capsicum and onion, wheras the Bhuna is far less chunky. The Jalfrezi is dryer and hotter too. That's just my local, so I may well be wrong.

Hey Ast, maybe you could read my post in the other thread, or with some luck CA or CK will organise my hap hazard topic use
I totally agree about the book but don't think that will apply to the wiki.
I think the point about a wiki is that it starts off that way and evolves into something great - e.g. wikipedia.
I've now managed to convince myself that a recipe wiki is the way forward. Not everyone should be able to edit it mind you - only an elect few represetatives who are experienced and diplomatic. The messy bickering and bitching about things can be done, as it is now, on the forum. Think of the wiki as our perforamce piece.

Quote from: Secret Santa on February 03, 2008, 04:31 PM
So if it's under new management does that mean it is or it isn't the restaurant from Andy's book? I'm confused now.

It means that it may have been but is now almost certainly not. I think it quite likely that Andy used this photo knowing that the BIR had changed hands, so no-one could then verify his story either way, unless they could contact the old management.

Quote from: Secret Santa on February 03, 2008, 11:17 AM
Noboby seems to have mentioned that the picture could be a rip off

No, but I did mention that it is under new management (hence the big 'S' in the window of the non Andy picture), so we'll never find out.

Quote from: George on February 03, 2008, 02:14 PM
You know how British Gas and BT welcome back customers who realise they may have made a big mistake in moving to another utility? Well perhaps we should welcome back ex-Cr0 members who may soon realise, if they haven't already, that they may have been duped.

No, no, no! ;D
Changing gas suplier, you get the same product, priced differently, with the promise of attractive offers which may be superior to those offered by your existsing supplier. This changes over time and you jump ship again.
Cr0 members who have jumped ship, having had the chance to compare the two, are just plain idiots and quite frankly the forum is better off without them. I registered at the other forum(s) and after realising quickly that it was awful, found Cr0. What a refreshing change I thought! It's like chalk and cheese. Having used both here and the competition (albeit briefly), those who have decided to jump ship were never intended to make a good curry - God saw to that when dishing them out a serious lack of ability to distinguish the good from the bad.
I can also add that I've never used forums before this and usually look down on online chat - but this has changed my opinion to an extent. Don't get me wrong, I still look down on most online chat ;D