Talk:Curry powder/Archive 1

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Badly worded and overgeneralization of English people?

"Indian cooks have much more specific mixtures of spices, depending on what they are cooking, while the English just make everything with the same spice mix."

Altough I am myself not that found of english cuisine, I feel that this sentence overgeneralize the English people. ;) Suggested removed or re-written. Krizzi 17:34, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

Fixed, kudos to CaughtLBW! Krizzi 15:16, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

I've replaced English with British, the British empire was administered by people from all across the United Kingdom including England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland/Northern Ireland. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 212.146.47.250 (talk) 19:14, 12 March 2007 (UTC).

I find that an odd statement, of course the British Empire was administered by people from all over the Isles, as well as India and the other parts of the Empire besides the English themselves. How this merits a change from "the English just make everything with the same spice mix" to "the British... et.al." is not transparent (and were it so, it would cover any former or current British state or dependency that has produced governors, including India). The only relevant factor in the statement "the English just make everything with the same spice mix" is whether the English do or do not use a single spice mix, which they do not.

dead link

the first citation is a dead link —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 97.81.73.62 (talk) 00:14, 6 April 2007 (UTC).

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curry

Gigisup4u 16:13, 27 February 2007 (UTC)Does curry powder have any known medical benifits?

Yes. 99.231.241.146 (talk) 05:52, 24 May 2011 (UTC)

Old discussions

As far as I know, Massala doesn't mean 'sauce', it means 'mixture, as in a mixture of spices. I'm reluctant to change it until I get some confirmation.

I actually think the reference to 'Massala powder' should be stricken, since afaik masala can refer to any mixture of spices, some of which ARE used extensively in Indian cuisine (chana masala, etc.). I'm going to check my Indian cookbooks and get back to this.

ZviGilbert 23:01, 25 Nov 2003 (UTC)

Yes the reference to masala powder should be removed. I don't know why it's there. I think for North Americans at least it could lead them to be confused with Garam Masala which is a specific mix of spices, kind of like chinese 5-spice powder. dave 05:36, 26 Nov 2003 (UTC)

Odd statement

"Indian cooks often have readier access to a variety of fresh spices than their foreign counterparts"

Surely, that depends on the spices? After all, some of the major spices used in many Indian dishes were introduced by the Portuguese.

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