Steerpike

One of those great American slang terms! Originally used to indicate a drug craving. https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/...e-mean-craving "In the early 1960s, a “jones” was a craving—but strictly a craving for heroin. Clever junkies had been using “Mr. Jones” as a code name for the drug since it became popular with Beatniks in the late 1950s."

Nutmegger

As you can see, I'm stanning for Maunika!

BristolUK

Make that two new words

BristolUK

lansbury

Mrs L discovered a chicken tikka masala in Costco the other day. We tried it last night and it was reasonable for a microwaved meal.

robtuck

My wife makes a cracking curry from scratch, a recent development in her culinary skills (which are negligible to say the least). In recent months, with less time on her hands, she has switched to using the English jars you can find in Publix and adding a few extra's to those to bring them up to spec - like Chillies, more spices, mixed Peppers and Onions etc. They are pretty good and require only 10 mins or so extra prep than just warming the jar contents and adding the meat, the Jalfrezi being my personal fav.

BristolUK

Yep, all that works.
I'm particularly fond of the Red Thai sauces too and have even discovered that Rosé wine pairs very well.

Sometimes there are good sauces that just need a bit of an extra kick and a teaspoon of Vindaloo paste does the job.

anotherlimey

I do this too.

I used to buy spices online from curry123.co uk but I think they've gone away. With a spice blend it is relatively easy to make a good curry with whatever protein (or vegetable) you want. A quick Google shows equivalents from "the spice tailor" on Amazon... but I've not tried it.

robtuck

My wife made one this weekend, it was spanking gorgeous, almost as good as a fully home made one in fact. 30 mins from the time of dicing the chicken and beef to the first morsel going into the mouth.

johndel1

If any of you live near Long Island or nyc there is a uk style Chinese here.

Pulaski

What does that mean? The only differences I notice with Chinese take-aways in the US is that they call chow-mein "lo-main", and the dishes are loaded with broccoli.

BristolUK

I touched on the potential differences in an earlier post.
Although I was referencing curry be it Indian or Chinese and then differentiating between Canadian Chinese curry and British Chinese curry I do think there's a general difference between the Chinese take-aways of the two continents.

Your broccoli comment probably illustrates it nicely.

Beef and Broccoli from a British Chinese and Broccoli and Beef from a US Chinese.

We're not alone in seeing a difference.
Why has British Chinese food shocked the US?

It's weird though, because a lot of the listed differences on search results seem to focus on chips on the British menus. But that's more to do with the British culture of the chip shop being catered for; the Chinese take-away probably sells more "something" and chips at lunchtimes and after the pubs close than they do Chinese food, while earlier in the evening they may sell more Chinese food than chips.

But if I have Beef curry or Beef and broccoli (or green peppers) in the UK the Canadian version is different. Perhaps best described as being in a sauce in the UK and a 'coating' in Canada.
Johndel1 suggests some may see it as a North American difference.

Spring rolls also seem to be very different too. Bite one in the UK and the bean sprouts dangling out the end look like something out of a horror movie.

Pulaski

I have (almost *) never ordered, or paid any attention to whatsoever, the non-Chinese menu items on a Chinese takeaway menu. So I have never ordered anything with chips/ fries.

* I think I bought a curry from the Chinese at the end of the road in Wimbledon, maybe twice in the three years I lived there. It wasn't that good, but was OK for a change. I also bought a curry once from a local Chinese takeaway here in NC; it was also OK, but not remarkable enough for me to repeat the experience.

I have never had a spring roll half as good, or even half the size of my first experience with spring rolls, from a chip shop near the halls or residence in Liverpool. They were a great, cheap way to deal with evening hunger pangs after the inadequate dining hall evening meal.

BristolUK

Absolutely. I think it was the most common thing I heard people ordering. I always thought it was some people's way of compromising; having a bit of British and a bit of Chinese.