Or at least it appears to have developed concurrently with Indian curry.
A 200 year old recipe found in an English monastery shows what appears to be a curry recipe created independent of India, using similar ingredients after those made their way to England.
QuoteThe 1793 cookbook was discovered at Downside Abbey, a Catholic monastery in Somerset. The recipes were written out by hand and compiled instructions for meals made by generations of a wealthy local family, the Western Daily Press reports.
"You can tell it's been very well used," Simon Johnson, the abbey's librarian and archivist, tells the Western Daily Press. "It's in a pretty good condition, but there are a few splatters of something or other all over it...It seems to be a working kitchen cookbook as opposed to being for special occasions."
Along with recipes for pigeon pie and turtle soup, the book includes instructions on how to make a simple chicken curry. Because the book was clearly used in a working kitchen, it seems likely that the curry was already a popular dinner choice in England as far back as the 18th century, Nick Rose writes for Munchies.
source: https://blog.library.si.edu/2012/05/smithsons-cookbook-english-curry/
Well. Goodness gracious me.
A blantant attempt to curry favor.
Is it chutney or did anyone else find that story enlightening?
I knew I would relish some of the replies.
All this talk of food is making me hungry. I may head down to the Delhi.
Quote from: LongBlade on February 07, 2016, 05:42:54 PM
All this talk of food is making me hungry. I may head down to the Delhi.
For some cold calcuttas?
After you eat the first course you can Goa back and ask 'may I have samosa?'.
Ha! Those last two were pretty good. MD is going to have a fit when he reads it. It'll probably leave Himalayan on the floor.
I come to take a peak in this thread, and it's already turned to this. Sigh...
Dammit! All the good puns are already taken. Am Mysore loser or what?
Quote from: Martok on February 08, 2016, 01:19:24 AM
I come to take a peak in this thread, and it's already turned to this. Sigh...
Get on a boat and Ceylon outta the harbor.