Food questions
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icepixieApparently my local Kroger has turned into Import Central, particularly for European countries. This is AWESOME. McVitie's biscuits! Blackcurrant jam! Malteasers! About twenty different varieties of black and flavored black tea! Interesting herbal teas from Caribbean countries! German mustard and Swiss chocolate! Thai noodles! Indian curries!
This last one brings up a question. The only Indian food I've ever had that I can remember is korma--once at fair, and last week out of a jar.* I've liked what I've had so far, but don't really know where to go from there. Does anyone have any favorites to suggest? (I know making from scratch would probably make anything taste better, but let's be honest--I'm not even all that great with stuff where I know what the end product is supposed to taste like. I'm gonna go with the jars and cans at least until I figure out what I like.) There were lots of jars with interesting names full of interesting-looking sauces and chutneys, as well as things like naan bread mix and cannisters of poppadums (sp?). I like food with a lot of flavor--if it's bland, I will undoubtedly douse it with salt, pepper, garlic, and/or sugar. What should I try?
(I got a jar of tikka masala sauce today that I plan on trying later this month. The description sounded good, and I remember hearing the name when I was in the UK...)
* I know, I know--I lived in England for nine months and completely missed out on Indian food. I don't know how that happened. It wasn't intentional.
This last one brings up a question. The only Indian food I've ever had that I can remember is korma--once at fair, and last week out of a jar.* I've liked what I've had so far, but don't really know where to go from there. Does anyone have any favorites to suggest? (I know making from scratch would probably make anything taste better, but let's be honest--I'm not even all that great with stuff where I know what the end product is supposed to taste like. I'm gonna go with the jars and cans at least until I figure out what I like.) There were lots of jars with interesting names full of interesting-looking sauces and chutneys, as well as things like naan bread mix and cannisters of poppadums (sp?). I like food with a lot of flavor--if it's bland, I will undoubtedly douse it with salt, pepper, garlic, and/or sugar. What should I try?
(I got a jar of tikka masala sauce today that I plan on trying later this month. The description sounded good, and I remember hearing the name when I was in the UK...)
* I know, I know--I lived in England for nine months and completely missed out on Indian food. I don't know how that happened. It wasn't intentional.
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Date: 2009-07-06 04:31 am (UTC)Sadly, I don't believe so. There's an import store that sells Maltesers, but the markup is insanely high, so I feel silly for buying them there more than once in a blue moon.
Was this why we never got Indian food when we were gallivanting around Britain?
Uh, that's why *I* never got Indian food in Britain, don't know about y'all. I can't even identify exactly what is wrong with curry, except that the overall smell strongly resembles "unwashed hobo on the bus," and just a whiff of it makes me gag. Maybe there's good-smelling Indian food out there, but I have yet to find it. Good luck!
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Date: 2009-07-07 01:14 am (UTC)Awww. Too bad. There's a markup on these, but at $1.60 a package, it's not as horrible as it could be. I don't actually find them that much better than Whoppers, so I have no big plans for these, but I'm hoping for imports of candies that I actually do like better than their American counterparts.
I can't even identify exactly what is wrong with curry, except that the overall smell strongly resembles "unwashed hobo on the bus," and just a whiff of it makes me gag.
Huh. That...is not my impression at all. Have you tried korma? It tastes of coconut and cilantro, mainly.