On Nov 11, 11:40 pm, mtfes...@netMAPSONscape.net wrote:
> obakesan <pellicleund...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi
> > you know those "meiji" bricks of curry that you add to a basic stew to make it
> > thicker and turn into a curry. Well I've got some here at the moment and
> > wondering if 1/2 the packet will be fine. I've already cooked and eaten it,
> > but after spending time away from Japan and time in India I'm not sure if they
> > had it that strong over there ...
>
> The kara-kuchi can be fairly strong; not as strong as Indian, but reasonably
> hot. However, once refrigerated, it gets very tame, unlike the Indian
> variety.

Some of us go for the opposite. When asked by the Nepali waiters at
one of my local "Indian" restaurants "how much spice would you like
sir, 1 through to 5?", I sometimes tease them by asking for minus. I
suspect Meiji curry bricks are minus 1, and the bane of many a Nepali
waiter's existence.