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    Hal's Muslim beef curry- with a classic British twist!

    Well, not mine but somebody else's:

    As we all know - and as has been established elsewhere in recent days on the forum - British food is some of the best in the world, and you don't get much more British than a curry and 10 pints, so I took a break from sparring with our Antipodean and American cousins yesterday and got to work on this little delight.

    First, the ingredients (as you'll see in the background, something had definitely been lost at the butcher's with the phrase low fat beef, but more of that later and, anyway, fat is flavour)

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    Then it was time to get started and to introduce the classic British twist: beer.

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    Ok, people will point out that Indian cooking has gone through many years without the inclusion of alcohol, and this dish is most definitely not Muslim any longer, but what is a classic British Ruby Murray without a pint or 10? The key to this recipe is to open a new pint at every stage of the process. Open the spices and chop the ingredients: pint. Fry the onions: pint. Add the garlic and ginger: pint. Add the meat: pint. And a few more pints in between for good luck!

    Finally staggering over to the pot after about 2 and a half hours, I managed to scrape off the absolutely ridiculous amount of fat from the beef and wolfed down a couple of spoonfuls myself. Served with rice today and Chinese style vegetables from a few days ago (because fusion is a thing, yeah), I'd give this a solid 8 out of 10 and would definitely order it again if I paid for it in a restaurant.

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    So, ladies and gentlemen of the board, give it a shot and get yourself stuck into some Great British cooking!

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    Love stewing shin of beef, my favourite, loads of flavour and a bit gelatinous and used to be soooo cheap. Since all these bloody TV chefs have started using it on menus its the same price as brisket or silverside.

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    Quote Originally Posted by malmomike77 View Post
    Love stewing shin of beef, my favourite, loads of flavour and a bit gelatinous and used to be soooo cheap. Since all these bloody TV chefs have started using it on menus its the same price as brisket or silverside.
    Aye. I was after some lamb, but the butcher's had nothing in. Boo hoo.

    My camera somehow managed to make everything look grey. Including the beef. It used to make everything look orange, but now makes things look grey. Fucked if I know why.

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    Quote Originally Posted by hallelujah View Post
    British food is some of the best in the world
    Good lord, the desperation is growing.


    Quote Originally Posted by hallelujah View Post
    So, ladies and gentlemen of the board, give it a shot and get yourself stuck into some Great British cooking!
    You just descended to Chittys level, especially with the frozen veg in the last pic.


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    ^^^^ it don't get more British than that. If BB is lucky he might see that British delicacy on the street of NYC in a few years once they've caught up, they are always c5 years behind.

    Quote Originally Posted by hallelujah View Post
    I was after some lamb, but the butcher's had nothing in. Boo hoo.
    If you are in Egypt i would have thought they'd have mutton (goat)

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    Quote Originally Posted by bsnub View Post
    Good lord, the desperation is growing.

    Thanks snubs. Maybe we can start a weekly thread of Great British classics? Curry this week, Chinese the next week etc.


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    Quote Originally Posted by malmomike77 View Post
    ^^^^ it don't get more British than that. If BB is lucky he might see that British delicacy on the street of NYC in a few years once they've caught up, they are always c5 years behind.



    If you are in Egypt i would have thought they'd have mutton (goat)
    Sheep and goat, but they had nothing in yesterday.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bsnub View Post
    appropriate another ethnicity's cuisine
    one word...beans

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    Quote Originally Posted by bsnub View Post
    Good lord, the desperation is growing.




    You just descended to Chittys level, especially with the frozen veg in the last pic.

    I think you have me mistaken with Willy.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bsnub View Post
    You just descended to Chittys level, especially with the frozen veg in the last pic.
    I thought that was more of a willy thing?

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    Quote Originally Posted by cyrille View Post
    I thought that was more of a willy thing?
    Yeah, weird. My missus cooked them the other day. I don't think I've ever bought frozen veg.

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    Quote Originally Posted by hallelujah View Post
    and Chinese style vegetables from a few days ago
    Too much effort to cook fresh?



    Explain to me how a Muslim curry is English? I don’t even know what a Muslim curry is, but it does not sound English.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Saint Willy View Post
    Too much effort to cook fresh?

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    Do you really think I'd go to the trouble of cooking a curry from scratch yet cook frozen vegetables?

    Let me break this down to you in simple steps.

    1. I went to the market and bought some vegetables.

    2. My wife chopped them and fried them with some soya sauce and threw in a couple of eggs, hence my description "Chinese style."

    The only one on here cooking frozen veg is you.

    Quote Originally Posted by Saint Willy View Post

    Explain to me how a Muslim curry is English? I don’t even know what a Muslim curry is, but it does not sound English.
    There's only so much I can do to help you. Try reading it again (or even watching the Youtube link that I posted for more information on the curry) and note the paragraph where I talk about having a pint or two with it (time to introduce the classic British twist: beer). You know, like HUMOUR and stuff; having a bit of a laugh on the back of the breakfast wars thread.

    For fucks sake, willy. I'm astonished they let you loose in a school in a position of responsibility.
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    Quote Originally Posted by hallelujah View Post
    The key to this recipe is to open a new pint at every stage of the process
    I concur, making a proper curry is thirsty work!

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    I didn’t ask if they were frozen or not. I asked if they were too much retort to cook freshly, I since you admitting using left over stir fry vegetables.

    I understand the concept of a joke, swilling 12 beers in order to make the recipe ‘English’ is rather feeble. But that’s also not what I asked. (Second time in one post you have intentionally misunderstand or are you fucking stupid? ).

    I’ll ask again, what is Muslim curry? Why is it Muslim and not Indian or Malaysian or English?

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    Quote Originally Posted by bsnub View Post
    Good lord, the desperation is growing.




    You just descended to Chittys level, especially with the frozen veg in the last pic.

    What we need is a Great British Vs American food thread!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Joe 90 View Post
    I concur, making a proper curry is thirsty work!
    Correct, in both execution and consumption, its a fine line.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Joe 90 View Post
    I concur, making a proper curry is thirsty work!
    It was such thirsty work that I had to keep going back for more!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Saint Willy View Post
    Too much effort to cook fresh?



    Explain to me how a Muslim curry is English? I don’t even know what a Muslim curry is, but it does not sound English.
    That's quite a racist comment there high rise boy!

    By cooking fresh you mean bbq garlic?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Saint Willy View Post
    I didn’t ask if they were frozen or not. I asked if they were too much retort to cook freshly, I since you admitting using left over stir fry vegetables.

    I understand the concept of a joke, swilling 12 beers in order to make the recipe ‘English’ is rather feeble. But that’s also not what I asked. (Second time in one post you have intentionally misunderstand or are you fucking stupid? ).

    I’ll ask again, what is Muslim curry? Why is it Muslim and not Indian or Malaysian or English?
    Given that the name of the channel is Sri Lankan v Indian recipes, I'd imagine it's a recipe common among the Muslim community in either of those countries. Please feel free to send any further questions to the owner of the channel though. I'm sure she'd be happy to help.

    How do you manage to put your shoes on and stuff in the morning? Do you get someone to help you?

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    So it’s a Sri Lankan curry?

    Good, you’re making baby steps.

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    Quote Originally Posted by hallelujah View Post
    Given that the name of the channel is Sri Lankan v Indian recipes, I'd imagine it's a recipe common among the Muslim community in either of those countries
    Quote Originally Posted by Saint Willy View Post
    So it’s a Sri Lankan curry?
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    Jesus Christ.

    Let's just leave it there though for your sanity and mine. Sri Lankan. Yeah.

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    Quote Originally Posted by malmomike77 View Post
    Correct, in both execution and consumption, its a fine line.
    One of the potential pitfalls is possibly falling asleep after overindulgence. The key is to start the cooking process before opening the first, which usually enables you to avoid any such disasters!

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    Quote Originally Posted by hallelujah View Post
    How do you manage to put your shoes on and stuff in the morning? Do you get someone to help you?
    Monkey boy only possess's a pair of flip flops and never ventures out of his condo coz the lift is broken and he can't be arsed walking up and down 60 odd floors the lazy fat racist fvck!

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    I remember when living in England for a while, such english cullinary delicacies as faggots and chips. Beef and offal pie. Blood sausage and the cullinary masterpiece cod n chips, so full of oil it could be used as a substitute for engine lubricant. Fortunately migration has partly mitigated this, from Indian food to Italian/french/spanish and asian food.
    Americans on the other hand with their history of migration have not only developed a wide range of foods from Cajun to Tex mex but in the process have managed to turn eating oneself into obesity and cholesterol armageddon into an art form.
    We antipodean folk on the other hand have developed an astonishingly wide variety of sophisticated healthy haute cuisine such as steak and prawns, steak and lobster, steak and moreton bay bugs, steak and oysters and the masterpiece fillet steak, topped with porterhouse steak and T bone steak, all served on a bed of rump steak, liberally drizzled with salsa di pomodoro.

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