chartpolski 23,232 Posted November 14, 2020 Report Share Posted November 14, 2020 Just go to your nearest paki super market, all the spices you'll ever need ! Cheers. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NEWKID 27,124 Posted November 14, 2020 Report Share Posted November 14, 2020 Just now, sid g said: still got half a dozen shirts some sandals toiletries and beach towels at a friends bar from last year --- your suit case will be over weight with all them spices she says When we go out to the old man's place in Crete there is a little market in the square, get bag fulls of fruit, veg, honey, spices etc... a butchers just up from his place is a friend now, so get treated well...the fresh food is lovely... there is a small restaurant up into the hills behind his place that was owned originally (when we first went over) by a really old fella, you'd basically sit in his front room and he'd take a beer out of the fridge and pass you it whilst you looked over over the village and out to sea ..well his grandchildren have taken on the place since he died, and they are very good chefs...the food is stunning, the views as good as anywhere...but it ain't quite the same as sitting in the old man's front room..lol.. we took the kids a few times now, its there favourite place to eat.. I've missed a holiday this year! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NEWKID 27,124 Posted November 14, 2020 Report Share Posted November 14, 2020 Just now, chartpolski said: Just go to your nearest paki super market, all the spices you'll ever need ! Cheers. Thats what I planned to do for him, it'll be half the price and I'll send it...seems very long winded way to buy spices to me... I've got a bloody great bay tree here, I can send as many leaves as he wants...lol 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chartpolski 23,232 Posted November 14, 2020 Report Share Posted November 14, 2020 1 minute ago, NEWKID said: Thats what I planned to do for him, it'll be half the price and I'll send it...seems very long winded way to buy spices to me... I've got a bloody great bay tree here, I can send as many leaves as he wants...lol Ground turmeric is available at any shop, it's the "in" thing at the moment. I do loads of Arabic, Indian, Chinese, Thai cooking, and everything is available at Asda ! Cheers. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NEWKID 27,124 Posted November 14, 2020 Report Share Posted November 14, 2020 2 minutes ago, chartpolski said: Ground turmeric is available at any shop, it's the "in" thing at the moment. I do loads of Arabic, Indian, Chinese, Thai cooking, and everything is available at Asda ! Cheers. Same mate, my mums best friend when we lived in Bristol was an Indian woman, we ate a lot of curries and always seemed to have a cauldron on the go!! Lol I love cooking curry, there is no wrong or right, just what you like... vegetable curries are great as well... there's a book called the curry bible, I would seriously advise it to anyone who likes to make proper base sauces for curries, once you get the base sauce right the rest is pretty easy... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dytkos 17,784 Posted November 14, 2020 Report Share Posted November 14, 2020 Tumeric is one of the "Superfoods" put some in most of our chili's, curries etc. Cheers, D. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WILF 46,645 Posted November 14, 2020 Report Share Posted November 14, 2020 7 minutes ago, NEWKID said: Same mate, my mums best friend when we lived in Bristol was an Indian woman, we ate a lot of curries and always seemed to have a cauldron on the go!! Lol I love cooking curry, there is no wrong or right, just what you like... vegetable curries are great as well... there's a book called the curry bible, I would seriously advise it to anyone who likes to make proper base sauces for curries, once you get the base sauce right the rest is pretty easy... I always like the look of cashew curry, it’s Shri Lankan I think......I could go a bit of that. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
South hams hunter 8,921 Posted November 14, 2020 Report Share Posted November 14, 2020 17 minutes ago, NEWKID said: Same mate, my mums best friend when we lived in Bristol was an Indian woman, we ate a lot of curries and always seemed to have a cauldron on the go!! Lol I love cooking curry, there is no wrong or right, just what you like... vegetable curries are great as well... there's a book called the curry bible, I would seriously advise it to anyone who likes to make proper base sauces for curries, once you get the base sauce right the rest is pretty easy... You say that; I made a 'curry' one night stoned, it's consisted of bacon, chicken, potatoe wedges and broccoli and whilst high it was the greatest thing ever. Tried it again when sober and could have barfed 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chartpolski 23,232 Posted November 14, 2020 Report Share Posted November 14, 2020 When I lived in the Middle East, the best curries were from the TCN compound canteens. Real Indian, Paki, Thai curries that they would eat, not what westerners wanted. Like Thailand 20/30 years ago, street food was what Thais ate, not catered to westerners tastes. As someone once said to me; "if you want bush food, you gotta go bush ! ". Cheers. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ken's Deputy 4,459 Posted November 14, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 14, 2020 On 12/11/2020 at 00:05, Ken's Deputy said: A Kilo of Fennel seeds seems a bit over kill? Thanks Lads; The above is my initial shopping list, based simply on what a base gravy and a madras recipe says I'll need. Perhaps I should go back to those recipes and make careful note of where a 'Half Teaspoon' is required? Try to get a feel for what I'll be using a touch of, here and there. And which will be mainstays, used by the Tablespoon, every time. Meanwhile, if anyone in the know could give any pointers, please? Thanks. 1 hour ago, NEWKID said: Mate, send me the list of what you need, I'll get you all the spices and send over...pm your address and ill sort for you... You are spending a fortune for no reason mate. That's a crazy generous offer! Thank you so much. However, we need to sort the Above question out first, see? Where to get them has been a right PITA. But, knowing What / How much would probably end up costing me a severe overspend too. That stupid Kilo of fennel seeds is plain to anyone. But, I simply have no clue how much I'll be using, eg. Cloves or Garam Masala. I need to figure out what to bulk buy and what to just get 'samples' of Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dytkos 17,784 Posted November 14, 2020 Report Share Posted November 14, 2020 You got garlic? Cheers, D. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ken's Deputy 4,459 Posted November 14, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 14, 2020 2 minutes ago, dytkos said: You got garlic? Excellent point! Thanks! Yes; It's fukking Amazing how all this has altered my entire perspective. But, yeah, the other day there I'm at the fruit and veg stall. Buying my few spuds and couple of onions. And I'm eyeballing the other gear! Red, Green, Yellow Peppers. Garlic Cloves. Fresh Ginger?! And I'm thinking; " One of these days, my old mate, I'm gonna fukkin' blow your mind! When I start snatching up peppers 'n shit! " All that stuff used to just be background noise in my existence. Vile, weird shit that 'Other' people might find some disgusting use for. Now? I'm seriously concerned about whether garlic might be better in the white, or purple skinned kind? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NEWKID 27,124 Posted November 21, 2020 Report Share Posted November 21, 2020 On 14/11/2020 at 18:34, NEWKID said: Same mate, my mums best friend when we lived in Bristol was an Indian woman, we ate a lot of curries and always seemed to have a cauldron on the go!! Lol I love cooking curry, there is no wrong or right, just what you like... vegetable curries are great as well... there's a book called the curry bible, I would seriously advise it to anyone who likes to make proper base sauces for curries, once you get the base sauce right the rest is pretty easy... Sorry its not the curry bible... This is a really good book for making base sauces, well worth looking on amazon/ebay for imo 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Qbgrey 4,086 Posted November 21, 2020 Report Share Posted November 21, 2020 On 14/11/2020 at 18:41, sid g said: When we go out to the old man's place in Crete there is a little market in the square, get bag fulls of fruit, veg, honey, spices etc... a butchers just up from his place is a friend now, so get treated well...the fresh food is lovely... there is a small restaurant up into the hills behind his place that was owned originally (when we first went over) by a really old fella, you'd basically sit in his front room and he'd take a beer out of the fridge and pass you it whilst you looked over over the village and out to sea ..well his grandchildren have taken on the place since he died, and they are very good chefs...the food is stunning, the views as good as anywhere...but it ain't quite the same as sitting in the old man's front room..lol.. we took the kids a few times now, its there favourite place to eat.. I've missed a holiday this year! i should of been coming back from cayton bay today we should of been flying out to athens thurs for 4 nights did it last year and pulled an olympiarkos game in ... Those places are a real gem,local food,local money,all how it should be.i lived in,Asia,and would ride our bike up mountains,threw rice fields,grave areas,you would thinj nothing would live that far up.but we,d stop at an old boys shed,1 room with bed.we,d sit outside drink a few bears with him.i never forget his dog come round the corner,had about 100 spikes sticking out of it,nose,head ears the lot.the old boy said the c...ts been fighting porcupines again. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ken's Deputy 4,459 Posted November 21, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 21, 2020 Well, how timely that this one should be resurrected tonight. Because I've Literally just come in from the kitchen where, as I slung the powder in my curry, I realised I only had enough left for one more! There's a dilemma! I was thinking how I could buy a sack of sprouts, next week and go into full Winter diet mode. Little option, at this rate, as " Mushroom " has me on ignore and I haven't heard back from that Spanish outfit yet. So, I have no stove - yet - to make a proper one on. May as well ~ wait for it! ~ Put my curries on a back burner! (Fukking bite me! ) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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