Which Chippy Curry Sauce do you prefer

[Gaylord du Bois]

Too true. Trying to explain and order a Chilli con Carne in Cancun was impossible.

Too true.
That's just given me the image of Brits using Indian takeaway menus for translation purposes in New Delhi.

 

[Pablo123]

I have never had an Irish curry sauce. Chinese curry sauce though is my favourite from a chippy.

I’ve had it in Dublin

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

Which one is the fruity thick one?
English, Chinese or Irish?

Even better what description matches each country?

 

[Gaylord du Bois]

Curry is the anglisized version

Like I said. It's a British invention.

 

[andyhinch]

Curry is the anglisized version of the Tamil word, doesn't mean we invented it.

Bolognaise Ragu very much exists in Italy but is served with Tagliatelli rather than Spaghetti and Chili Con Carne was the given name by the conquistadors for local dishes and very much a north american dish, whetger it is called that in mexico is different, but the dishes exist even if the names differ

None are English in origin, only reworded to suit out native tongue.

The blandness of our versions compared to the originals can be confirmed though.

It’s Carne con Chilli in Mexico I believe

 

[Gaylord du Bois]

It’s Carne con Chilli in Mexico I believe

Give him time. He's still raiding Google.

 

[urban genie]

Like I said. It's a British invention.

So is such places as Cambodia then.

Just because we translate something into an English version doesn't make it ours.

Now if we were talking tikka masala I would agree, a purely British invention

 

[andyhinch]

Strange that as Kari's were being made in south and south east asia 4000 years before any recorded visits from europeans and before the English existed (we were brigantes and celts at the time)

Thought a kari was the pot they cooked in ?

 

[MCFCTrick]

Irish curry sauce?? WTF...

 

[urban genie]

Thought a kari was the pot they cooked in ?

Wouldn't know, my only knowledge is from my work and what I have learnt over the years about such food, Kari is the group name for several sauces used to flavour rice usung spices and curry leaves.


None of this has anything to do with chippys and the curry sauce they sell though so not really important to the thread.