Currying On - and more :-) / was VegetarianSpice Questionnaire

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Cathrine wrote:

 

> I don't know enough about curry. I only know that the yellow

> smelly stuff is something I don't like, for a couple of reasons . . .

 

There are plenty of other cuisines, Cathrine, so there's no need for anyone to

eat what

they don't like. I should mention (for the sake of those who missed this

before) that 'curry'

covers a lot - as I have mentioned before in this context - and is a many-spiced

gravied

dish, plain and simple. You will find 'curries' on the menu of restaurantas of

many different

ethnic groups - not only the many groups of what we now call India. And they are

all

different. And I have personally never found one I could not enjoy! Just the

wonderful

aroma of spices is enough to make me smile. But this 'discussion' made me think

-

 

You know, people are often, most understandably, very attached to and proud of

their own

particular native or adopted cuisine. Food can be as much a part of personal

identity as

nationality, race, ethnicity, religion, citizenship, etc. I think this is

fabulous - that's what

makes a list like Vegetarian Spice so exciting.

 

And these food loyalities and interests are what make this group work so well.

If we didn't

want to share our own favourites - old family recipes or newly discovered ones -

and

rejoice when someone praises them, then there'd be only a dull old

recipe-exchange list

here, interesting perhaps to recipe collectors, but without the life and

excitement and

diversity that had rewarded so many of us over and over again.

 

We are all veg*ns or veg-friendly here, but Vegetarian Spice does indeed go

further than

that. And it is that one step further, to curiousity, acceptance, friendship and

above all

tolerance, for which I thank you all.

 

Hope you are all enjoying the holiday season - or at least getting through it

with the

minimum of traumas ;-)

 

Best love to you and your families - wherever you or they may be -

 

Pat (yup, the one who is still List Owner and general dogsbody) in SW Ontario,

Canada