Re: Curry - in Canada?
 

Otherwise....you might have to bring in Chef Ramsey ;)

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Well, Vicky, if you were near a larger city with one or more of those 'British Treasures' shops and they didn't already have someone doing it you might be onto something. The stuff freezes and keeps, you don't have to run around because 1 place to deliver, and it's apparently in demand. I don't see a downside....... get on your google and it shouldn't be too hard to find your market. If you have good success there's a continental grocery industry that doesn't sell that product yet, and .........
Tomas Bata, founder of Bata Shoes told a story about sending salesmen to Africa. One salesman cabled back, "Situation hopeless, the people here don't even wear shoes." The other salesman wrote back, "Possibilities endless! No one here has shoes yet!" So you've got a customer base in ex-pats and anyone else who likes curry, (and there are a lot), an untapped market, (grocery stores here all have pasta, sushi, roast chickens, etc, but no English curries). You could probably get away without buying any advertising if you start in the specialty shops, and even if they have one or two brands of what you want to make there may be room for yours as well. I'm going to go in that store today and look for curry and I'll get back to you.

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Thanks Caretaker,

Am thinking about doing it here first, trying to sell locally, get my hand in so to speak.

Now you have me started again.......just got to get the hubby more confident about passing redseal exams!!!

Thanks
Vicky

Re: Curry - in Canada?
 

That depends where you are. There's a petrol station east of here with a sign advertising "samosas, butter chicken" (butter chicken, for the uninitiated, is a Canadian dish, essentially curry without spices). I don't know how you eat butter chicken while driving but that's an example of a place offering the nearest saleable equivalent to curry (saleable in most of the country).

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Just a thought but does anyone know of import restrictions on spices, curry powders etc? Or can they be purchased within Canada?
Any restrictions from USA to Canada?

Will research.

Thanks
Vicky

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The feasibility of importing from the US will depend on your location in Canada. If you're in Toronto you can go to Little India or Brampton and get 'most anything. Driving to Buffalo will not improve your supply options. If you're in Calgary you might have less choice than in Toronto but Montana isn't renowned for its amber swathes of saffron.

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I gassed up at a place in Montana that sold whisky, beer, and guns and ammo all in 1 room, but no curry. The Indian buffets here all have curried chicken, butter chicken, dal, spicy potatoes of some sort, pakoras, and a couple of other veggie dishes, plus nan bread and the servers come to the table once in awhile with tandoori chicken. Some places are much better than others, but I don't go often, preferring Vietnamese.

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Butter chicken isn't a Canadian dish..i have had butter chicken in the UK and seen it many times in lots of Indian takeaways menus back home and im sure Tesco and Sainsbury sell butter chicken too.

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exported from Regina. People think Canadian food is only Kraft Dinner, salt beer dinner and peameal bacon but there's a whole world of bland.

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since when?

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Since the melt, when the roads opened, April maybe?

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Butter chicken is the Canadian equivalent of chicken tikka masala.

Creamy and tomato saucey with chicken.

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i had a look online it says butter chicken originated in New Delhi..that famous suburb of Regina?

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Ack, I confess, I knew all along that butter chicken as served in Canada has its origins in a dish originally created in India. I contend however that the removal of the flavour makes the Canadian variation a different dish, in the same way as Chicken Tikka Masala is a British dish, not an Indian one.

I know now and, indeed, knew all along, that there is no tradition of exporting culinary creations from prarie provinces. Butter Chicken isn't typically trucked from Regina.

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Anybody that lives in Durham Region or GTA. Theres a great authentic Indian restaurant in Pickering called Mount Everest. Always very busy so I advise you to book ahead :) Closest to the UK Ive found!