Favourite vegetable?

[snow2fall]

and a big pile of curry and tabasco.

Curry paste or powder?

Either way: the hotter, the better. Korean food is unbeatable in that respect.

 

[Ellestin]

Korean food is unbeatable in that respect.

I need to visit a Korean restaurant some day. There's not a single one in whole fucking Cologne

 

[MajestikMøøse]

I still stand by my choice of:

 

[dorian gray]

peppers burn your anus. it's a fact.

 

[Conspicuously Absent]

Curry paste or powder?

Either way: the hotter, the better. Korean food is unbeatable in that respect.

Powder cause I can't find a place that sells DECENT curry paste, but I can find really good powder. At home I have some of both. Korean food, Indian food are both really good. Mongolia has some pretty spicy dishes too. I love my food spicy, I just wish I knew a good place around here that sells that stuff, I need some spicy food to help clear out this cold.

 

[Conspicuously Absent]

agreed. Thats why I keep curry powder on hand, for when I'm making food to "fill me up" not food to enjoy.

 

[snow2fall]

I need to visit a Korean restaurant some day. There's not a single one in whole fucking Cologne

There are a very few in Berlin. But they're crap. It's all adapted to "European taste", which means the food is less spicy and greasier than the food you'd get in Korea.
I was so lucky to have a Korean "sister" in my New Zealand host family, and there were heaps of authentic Asian food places in Christchurch (NZ) as well, so that's where I learnt to love Korean cuisine.

 

[dorian gray]

you should shop at krogers. spices are cheap there.

 

[Conspicuously Absent]

Same problem over here, usually, the more the place looks like a total dive outside, the more authentic the food is. China town has some good places though.

 

[dorian gray]

thais eat some seriously spicy food

 

[dorian gray]

like sweden doesnt have krogers. come on.

 

[NAD]

i fucking love thai food. mmmmmmmmm them shitz.

spices are KEY to food. i have like 20 different shitz and feel my collection is severely lacking.

 

[Ellestin]

Anyway most of what's served as foreign food tastes aeons away from the dishes you can find in the countries of origin. I mean pizza in most Italian restaurants in Germany has nothing to do with trve pizza. Chinese food is glutamat all the way. And French bread specialities, well, chewing-gum

 

[Conspicuously Absent]

hurray for having family friends from india, korea and china while growing up. I know what the authentic shitz taste like.

 

[dorian gray]

food is wierd. if there werent so many drawbacks to IV nutrition, id have a drip going right now.

 

[Conspicuously Absent]

fuck nutrition(to an extent), my tastebuds rule my eating habits.

 

[snow2fall]

Spices are expensive

They are. But they're worth it. Essential spices (besides salt and pepper) that I keep in stock:
Cumin
Curcuma
Coriander
Cinnamon
Cardamom
Curry paste
Black Sesame
Garam Masala
Ginger (dried roots)
Chillies (both dried and in various sauces)

 

[dorian gray]

haha, true. tastebuds have ruled us for millions of years. i just think its funny because food tastes good for like 1 second and then its turned into energy and the rest gets shat out of your ass. generally not worth it to me.

 

[dorian gray]

snow2fall: you are a vegetarian no?

 

[dorian gray]

thats my point. eating is boring. tasty does not = exciting to me.
cooking and eating are alot of work for not alot of result. eating out is tasty but expensive. id rather drink a calorie-packed tasteless milkshake.