Curry? (Indian)

[The Tourist]

Gosh, golly. I had a chicken phall last night, it was quite savage and now my guts feel like they're full of lava. It's only the 2nd time I've ever ordered one, but I think this one was much hotter than the one I had previous.
Anyway, I love spicy food and occasionally get the urge for something ridiculously hot. Does anyone else ever do this? Just once in a while go for the hottest thing you can find, I guess it's a bit like a chilli binge. I don't really know the point of me posting this, other than to say that my guts have been raped by curry. :( I was hoping I'd get the same effect as Homer does in that Mexican insanity pepper episode, it did spin me out a bit actually, which is quite cool.

[Daysleeper]

I love anything hot and spicy.

I'm not sure how hot a Phall is. The hottest curry that I order is usually a Madras, which really cleans the system out the morning after.

Usually I don't go that hot though. My fave at the moment is a dhansak, which is more sweet than hot.

[wasp in a jar]

i have a terrible habit of ordering extra hot sauce at nandos and then crying with delight/pain as i eat my dinner.

[The Tourist]

my belly has actually been better than I thought it would be. There was some initial burning sensation, but that's seemed to have gone! I went through a habit of drowning anything I ate with hotsauce. I actually have about a dozen hotsauces in the kitchen atm. My dad thinks that stupid cos apparently they all taste the same, though in reality they all taste very different. I guess if all you can taste is spiciness then you miss out on the actual flavour that goes with the heat.

[Daysleeper]

I really like mango chutney when I have a curry.

[The Tourist]

I really like lime pickle. My mum tried it for the first time last night and thought it was disgusting. It is an acquired taste, I don't think she'll ever acquire it though.

[Herr Lipp]

Well seeing as I find Tikka Massala's too hot for my tastes, funnily enough I've never had a Phall. But I am aware of their potency. It's not that I won't try hot food, but my taste buds just don't detect anything pleasurable about it so I don't bother. I'll usually just get a Korma or Bhuna or something if I go for a curry. Kima naan's are my new favourite thing but only on takeaway's as I'm not fat enough to get a meat dish and a kima naan.

last curry I went to was 12th January, about a week before "the week" and I had to run out just after I finished as I mistook a burp for vomit rising, lol, the embarrassment. My friends were being rowdy as fuck (there were 11 of us) but it was a laugh once I gave up trying to apologise for them. There was racist slurs, foul language and anti-social smoking in people's faces left right and centre! That's what 21st birthdays are all about.

[Daysleeper]

Not a fan of lime pickle, although in an ironic twist, my mum does like it.

Peshwari (sp?) nanns are my favourite naan breads to go for. They have like coconut and raisins in them.

[The Tourist]

yeah, I had a peshwari naan last night. They don't always have raisins in them, which is good cos I dislike raisins in things.
I spent my 21st with my parents and grandparents. :( We were in Sicily for my sister's wedding, thus I had no choice really. Anya was there too, but she did little to make me feel special. :O ah ha.

[Suede]

I make my own curry sauce!

Ingredients
Vegetable oil or Sunflower oil
Chopped onions
Chopped garlic
3 chilis

Then...
Add Cumin (lol), Chili, coriander and paprika powder.

Add garlic or tomato puree if you like it really thick.

Then mix.

[i]

I love hot foods.

I had a phall in Brick Lane one time with the work crew when I used to work in Aldgate East. It was effin hot, but I managed to finish it. Although I did have to cave and order a lassi to wash it down. And I'd had a few beeeers.

i have a terrible habit of ordering extra hot sauce at nandos and then crying with delight/pain as i eat my dinner.

My family in Australia is ADDICTED to Nando's. They always get it extra hot too cos they can eat hot foods easily.


I dislike raisins in things too, my grandma used to make pizza for us that had raisins in it, ick!! Her idea of pizza was any random ingredients on a pizza base.

I also dislike chutney.

[i]

PS, Grania, what do you eat at Nando's? Do they have vegetarian stuff?

[Narcissistic Nihilist]

I fucking ADORE curries. I make my own for the most part. I dont bother with the fucking rice and stick with the bread instead. Indian bread is the best in the world. Particluarly chapatis and parathas. Add naans and raithas and my god, you have a meal fit for a king. I usually get a Rogan Josh myself. After a bit of a false start, I have got Meghan into them too.

Oh, I hate raisins in things too, and i like a little lime pickle. It gets on my wick after a while.

[The Tourist]

yeah, I don't like it in large doses. But a bit with the poppadoms is good.
I've only made a curry once, and that was cheating a bit cos I got a "spice box" (precise measurements of ingredients for whichever curry you want to make) from a shop. I think I shall make my own, perhaps next week when we get back from Paris. Fun times.

[Static Split Screen]

I love indian food!

I love:
Veggie korma
Paneer tikka masala
Channa masala
Chipata
Saag paneer

I'm sure there's a million other things. Indian food forever!

[Herr Lipp]

My arsehole couldn't survive if all I ate was indian food. I suppose you'd get used to it but I wouldn't want to!

[ramblingrose]

Not a fan of lime pickle, although in an ironic twist, my mum does like it.



I love this Paul, thank you!

I don't get the thing about curry making you poo funny, I don't eat really hot ones but I like madras (had a laavely one on Brick Lane t'other week) and I've never had any innard issues from Indian/whiteva food.
I hate peshwari naan, it's evil. My old next door neighbour ruined chapatis for me as hers were so very fab, so now I don't eat them, just naan. And I find pilau rice very variable, some of it is delightful but some of it is just rice with pink food colouring and dubious "bits" in.

[Static Split Screen]

i hate it when samosas are too greasy/soggy, but I love a good crisp samosa. Peeps dont eat enough indian food in america.

[Lily]

Gosh, golly. I had a chicken phall last night, it was quite savage and now my guts feel like they're full of lava. It's only the 2nd time I've ever ordered one, but I think this one was much hotter than the one I had previous.
Anyway, I love spicy food and occasionally get the urge for something ridiculously hot. Does anyone else ever do this? Just once in a while go for the hottest thing you can find, I guess it's a bit like a chilli binge. I don't really know the point of me posting this, other than to say that my guts have been raped by curry. :( I was hoping I'd get the same effect as Homer does in that Mexican insanity pepper episode, it did spin me out a bit actually, which is quite cool.
OMG YES When I go to Indian restaraunts they always ask me if I want it less spicy and I'm like, bring it on as hot as possible, and then I sit there with tears running down my cheeks while I eat it. I love hot food.

[Lily]

The hottest thing I had that I can remember is jerk pork in Jamaica. The jerk chicken was lurvley even if it was served at a little fries and burgers place, but the pork almost killed my mouth forever. Even I couldn't eat it and I can eat reallyreallyreally spicy food.

[The Tourist]

The hottest thing I've ever eaten was a very small amount of hot sauce. There was actually a kind of health warning thing on the bottle. I put a very small amount on my finger to taste it, my god, my mouth was burning for an hour. It was quite horrific. Anya kissed me about 15 minutes after I'd tried it and then her mouth actually started to burn a bit too. It was ridiculous. The bottle also said that it was hotsauce for people who thought they could handle ultra hot foodstuffs, but that those people would be wrong.
I was one of the wrong ones. :(

[Herr Lipp]

it was probably a very mild poison.

[The Tourist]

There are certain hotsauces that you buy which state that you shouldn't eat them. A guess it's a bit like a waiver in that they take no responsibility of the consequences of consuming their sauce! I can't remember how hot stuff is measured. Tabasco measures about 1200 (of whatever the count is), some of the death inducing ones have measurements in the hundreds of thousands. I think one was over a million. I'll try and find out exactly what I'm talking about!

[The Tourist]

Chilli Heat: In 1902 Wibur Scoville developed a method for measuring the strength of capsicum in a given pepper, which originally meant tasting a diluted version of a pepper and giving it a value. Nowadays it can be done more accurately with the help of computers to rate the peppers in Scoville units, which indicate parts per million of capsaicin. The fiery sensation of chillis is caused by capsaicin, a potent chemical that survives both cooking and freezing, but apart from the burning sensation it also triggers the brain to produce endorphins, natural painkillers that promote a sense of well being.
The Scoville scale begins at zero with mild bell peppers and moves to the lower range of peppers measuring 1,500 to 2,500 such as cascabels, four out of ten. The Jalapeño is mid range at about 2,500 to 5,000 Scoville units. The eight out of ten chillis such as cayenne, aji and pequin will rate about 30,000 to 50,00 units, while the habernero which rates as one of the hottest comes somewhere between 100,00 and 500,000 units, but as can be seen above in the article has a hotter chilli been found ?

[wasp in a jar]

'ere we go:

Scoville rating Type of pepper
15,000,000 - 16,000,000 Pure capsaicin[4]
9,100,000 Nordihydrocapsaicin
2,000,000 - 5,300,000 Standard US Grade pepper spray [5]
855,000 - 1,041,427 Naga Jolokia [6][7]
876,000 - 970,000 Dorset Naga [8][5]
350,000 - 577,000 Red Savina Habanero[9]
100,000 - 350,000 Habanero Chile [10]
100,000 - 350,000 Scotch Bonnet [10]
100,000 - 200,000 Jamaican Hot Pepper [5]
50,000 - 100,000 Thai Pepper , Malagueta Pepper, Chiltepin Pepper
30,000 - 50,000 Cayenne Pepper , Ají pepper [10]
10,000 - 23,000 Serrano Pepper
7,000 - 8,000 Tabasco Sauce (Habanero)[11]
5,000 - 10,000 Wax Pepper
2,500 - 8,000 Jalapeño Pepper
2,500 - 5,000 Tabasco sauce (Tabasco pepper) [11]
1,500 - 2,500 Rocotillo Pepper
1,000 - 1,500 Poblano Pepper
600 - 800 Tabasco Sauce (Green Pepper) [11]
500 - 1000 New Mexico pepper
100 - 500 Pimento [5], Pepperoncini
0 No heat, Bell Pepper [5]

[gangsta puffin]

After a bit of a false start, I have got Meghan into them too.


yeah it's true, i didn't really like it at first but i had some really good indian and came around some. there's still a lot of it i don't think i'd like, and i pretty much stick with chicken tikka masala and various breads. i don't eat it frequently, but it's nice for a change of pace once in a while, when food gets boring.

indian food in england > indian food in us

[i]

Here's some of the hottest sauces in the world on the Scoville scale:

http://www.chilliworld.com/FactFile/Scoville_Scale.asp

[Narcissistic Nihilist]

'ere we go:

Scoville rating Type of pepper
15,000,000 - 16,000,000 Pure capsaicin[4]
9,100,000 Nordihydrocapsaicin
2,000,000 - 5,300,000 Standard US Grade pepper spray [5]
855,000 - 1,041,427 Naga Jolokia [6][7]
876,000 - 970,000 Dorset Naga [8][5]
350,000 - 577,000 Red Savina Habanero[9]
100,000 - 350,000 Habanero Chile [10]
100,000 - 350,000 Scotch Bonnet [10]
100,000 - 200,000 Jamaican Hot Pepper [5]
50,000 - 100,000 Thai Pepper , Malagueta Pepper, Chiltepin Pepper
30,000 - 50,000 Cayenne Pepper , Ají pepper [10]
10,000 - 23,000 Serrano Pepper
7,000 - 8,000 Tabasco Sauce (Habanero)[11]
5,000 - 10,000 Wax Pepper
2,500 - 8,000 Jalapeño Pepper
2,500 - 5,000 Tabasco sauce (Tabasco pepper) [11]
1,500 - 2,500 Rocotillo Pepper
1,000 - 1,500 Poblano Pepper
600 - 800 Tabasco Sauce (Green Pepper) [11]
500 - 1000 New Mexico pepper
100 - 500 Pimento [5], Pepperoncini
0 No heat, Bell Pepper [5]

You forgot the most basic one!
The rating is based on comparisons to peppercorns. That is why peppercorn has a rating of 1.

I saw a similar scale once, and I like how the ones at the top just said "not fit for human consumption"

No kidding, Sherlock!

[wasp in a jar]

You forgot the most basic one!
The rating is based on comparisons to peppercorns. That is why peppercorn has a rating of 1.

I saw a similar scale once, and I like how the ones at the top just said "not fit for human consumption"

No kidding, Sherlock!sorry, i just copied it from wikipedia!

i went to a test screening of some tfi-friday esque talk show a few years back and they tested various chilli sauces on some poor unsuspecting bastard. wish i could remember the name of the hottest one.

though the guy cried at tabasco. weakling.

[wasp in a jar]

my sister flinches at peppercorn heat. poor thing.

[Static Split Screen]

I have such white tastebuds. But being best friends with ***** helped me some. I used to think guacamole doritos were spicy :cry:

I like rogan josh but when i got one there was a hair in it and it kinda put me off :(

[gangsta puffin]

i've always completely hated spicy food, though in the last year or so i've come to like the occasional kick of heat.

[Herr Lipp]

burely there are other spicey sensations that don't come from chilli? I'm not a big chilli fan. Chilli con carne is about as adventurous as I'll go, but I usually put the kidney beans to one side.

[Daysleeper]

I don't know, Fraser :(

I sometimes add some chili sauce to stuff like shepherds pie and bolognese to 'zing' them up a little bit.

[Herr Lipp]

there's brown sauce for that paul. tsk. you can't "foreignise" a sheperd's pie, GAWD!

[Daysleeper]

I like brown sauce. But I add the chili sauce to the 'gubbins when I'm cooking in, so that it's not a condiment :geihand:

[Herr Lipp]

I love brown sauce. I couldn't eat a bacon sandwich plain or with red sauce ever again. well, i suppose in an emergency...

[Daysleeper]

I love brown sauce. I couldn't eat a bacon sandwich plain or with red sauce ever again. well, i suppose in an emergency...

I always have a bit of brown with my bacon or sausage sarnies. Even when I have a chip buttie, and I sometimes put some on my cheese on toast.

[ramblingrose]

John-Paul McQueen?

[Static Split Screen]

brown sauce isn't spicy tho

[ramblingrose]

Paul! Lookit! you sayin' he ain't spicy Laura? he's a sexual adventurer, innit

[wasp in a jar]

John-Paul McQueen?

HOLLYOAKS ALERT! HOLLYOAKS ALERT!

[Daysleeper]

Paul! Lookit! you sayin' he ain't spicy Laura? he's a sexual adventurer, innit

I can't stand him.

[Herr Lipp]

brown sauce isn't spicy tho

textbook error. you're confusing spicy with hot. check out the label if you don't believe me. something like "made with a blend of eastern spices" or something like that. I think it's something to do with India.

[The Tourist]

Twas made for the Houses of Parliament, nonetheless. :O Or at least that's what some nearby restauranteur/chef decided. Didn't we have this conversation quite recently?
Yes, there is a difference between spicy and hot. Though usually when someone says something is spicy they mean it is hot. Non?