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How Britain got the hots for curry
Simon:
The British have long enjoyed food with a bit of bite. And 200 years ago, an Indian migrant opened Britain's first curry house to cater for the fashion for spicy food.
"Indian dishes, in the highest perfection… unequalled to any curries ever made in England." So ran the 1809 newspaper advert for a new eating establishment in an upmarket London square popular with colonial returnees.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8370054.stm
sam:
I do love a good balti.
Rik:
For a second, there, Sam, I read that as 'bath'. ;D
sam:
--- Quote from: Rik on November 27, 2009, 08:38 ---For a second, there, Sam, I read that as 'bath'. ;D
--- End quote ---
well I appreciate a good bath too.
Rik:
I'm more a shower person, myself. Sadly, Curries, Chinese and pizza are all denied to me now. :cry:
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