Calls to cancel curry
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It’s to wind up the likes of the GD regulars. Further fuelling xenophobia and victimhood. Waa waa the world hates me, must vote Brexit to get rid of the dirty foreigners.
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It's so that they can curry favour with their followers 
More than a bit. It's nothing but horrendous torture.
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Once upon a time, white liberals seethed and tried to cancel white girls attending proms in Chinese clothing, except not one single Chinese person was offended.
That reminds me that it often is the case that people like the ones in this article learn such behaviour from observing liberal Karens.
That reminds me that it often is the case that people like the ones in this article learn such behaviour from observing liberal Karens.
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Which places are these? I've been to India 3 times. Total time spent across all 3 times equates to circa 18 months.
I've been to Goa, Delhi, Bombay, agra and all over Punjab as well as madyha Pradesh.
https://www.cookwithmanali.com/punjabi-kadhi-pakora/
The word kadhi is pronounced very similar to the word carry it's more like karee, Kari, caree. So I can see how someone could have had this traditional Indian dish and just assumed everything similar was this back under colonial rule.
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'kadhi' isn't just similar to 'curry', its literally the origin of the word.
Also 'Kachumber' = Cucumber and such.
Also 'Kachumber' = Cucumber and such.
Headline more sensationalist than the actual contents as per usual.
"But Ms Bansal says the word does not need to be 'cancelled' completely, as particularly in South India it describes a variety of dishes from meat ones in gravy to vegetable side plates.
"My partner is Sri Lankan, I have friends that are Malayali, friends that are Tamil, and yes they use the word curry," she says.
"But you shouldn't just lump all of our foods together under this term.""
If she was such a good influencer she can use her platform to educate people can't she.
"But Ms Bansal says the word does not need to be 'cancelled' completely, as particularly in South India it describes a variety of dishes from meat ones in gravy to vegetable side plates.
"My partner is Sri Lankan, I have friends that are Malayali, friends that are Tamil, and yes they use the word curry," she says.
"But you shouldn't just lump all of our foods together under this term.""
If she was such a good influencer she can use her platform to educate people can't she.
Its just typical of some posters to not actually read the article which is what i was getting at earlier.
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The Hindi name of curry is Kari which literally means gravy.
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Care to explain why calling a curry curry is offensive to anyone?
Most if not all curries in the UK are British cuisine just initially inspired by Indian food.
Curry got popularised during the British Raj because its what Queen Victoria would eat in India, and all the wealthy Brits at the time would have wanted anything that the queen had.
I really don't think anyone gets curry sauce with their fish and chips and thinks that is an Indian thing. Its merely a word originally adopted from India.
I would say that if there is any offense to be made, its with all the plebs that say 'going out for an Indian / Chinese', but in that case Goodness Gracious Me already roasted that with their 'Going out for an English' sketch.
Curry as we have it in the UK today is simply not South Asian food.
Why dont you actually read the article?
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I did.
Now why don't you explain what the point of article you claim to have read was?
Theres a Korean YouTuber I can't remember the name of that tries food with her Grandma, they did a video on Indian food I.E curry, and nobody was offended by that.
She went into depth to explain the differences between Korean 'Karai' and Indian 'Curry' which the former is also influenced by, and pointed out as most people know that curry has become popular all over the world based on food originally from India.
Do Italians get offended when deep pan pizza is still called pizza? Well actually yes they do but does anyone give the slightest crap?
We should totally cancel Heinz for putting spaghetti in tins.
The problem is enhanced by people with south Asian heritage who run these restaurants and have everything listed as a "curry" because that's now what the British have termed as a hot dish. If they all dropped the word curry, and each dish was called by their respective names, then the word curry will eventually die off. If you popularise the word, then of course it's just going to become generic for pretty much every dish of that cuisine.
Such a woke article.
Such a woke article.
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Pro tip - any restaurant that serves Balti and Tikka Masala are not Indian restaurants, even if owned by Indians.
Even when they have a full menu of stuff with names of dishes from India, its still all a variation of a British Tikka Masala or such. None of the food they serve is authentic Indian food.
For starters most Indians are vegetarian. There was an attempt at a genuine Indian vegetarian cuisine restaurant in Bradford, which went out of business very fast.
Vegetarian food appeals to very few people in the west as generally people want either meat or vegan.
And honestly, a proper made British curry with all fresh ingredients wipes the floor with taking months old expired vegetables and cooking them with spices to mask the rot.
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On my local Indian menu, the word curry is mentioned once, and that’s for a dish specifically called curry. The word appears nowhere else. Everything is listed as the actual dish, I.e, Chicken madras, jalfrezi, pathia etc.
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