On curries

[bellinghman]

Last night, I was looking for some pre-made curry sauces (because I'm lazy) and remembering artela's moan about finding chilli in a masala, I thought I'd check the list of ingredients.

Of the 4 Indian manufacturers - and I include Pataks here because I've met them and eaten with them and I know they're not blacked up Yorkies - three of them list chillies as an ingredient in their masalas, whereas only Pataks don't, and they merely list 'spices' in the relevant place, so quite probably including them.

I think that if I were suddenly to develop an allergy to the noble fruit, I'd have to be extremely careful around any form of curry. Which would be a bugger, because I like curries, and I like also Thai food, and even some Chinese dishes have chillies in them.

No Malaysian, either.

Pretty please, tell me allergies aren't infectious.

Comments

[bellinghman.livejournal.com]

Just Brazils, or is it that he got that far into the nut family and decided not to risk any more?

[k425.livejournal.com]

Well, he makes korma with almonds and cashews, and loves peanut butter, so I think it's just brazils. I like brazils myself but don't eat them any more because I don't want to take any chances with OldBloke!

[bellinghman.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure almonds are really nuts either - they're peach kernels on steroids - and I'm not entirely sure about cashews. But I expect he's tried walnuts and hazelnuts and others, then, and if he is specifically off brazils, then brazils it is.

Ah, a check indicates that neither almonds not cashews are true nuts. On the other hand, nor are brazils, though all three are tree nuts. And peanuts are actually peas.

[k425.livejournal.com]

Picky picky! He can eat anything generally considered to be a nut - tree or otherwise - except brazils!