No Hurry for Curry

I am an easy date for restaurant choices. There are not many foods that turn me off and even fewer that disgust me completely. The only totally rejected dinner would be one that is still moving. Most flavors are acceptable from bland to pretty spicy stuff, but I have a mental block against pesto and curry.

I think I do not like curry as a flavoring in general. There have been one or two occasions that I have eaten a "curried" dish and was able to easily tolerate it. I don't know if it was the curry blend, the amount of it in the dish, that I didn't realize it was curry or the fact that I was so hungry at the time it didn't matter.

It might just be the smell that turns me off, but the idea of it conjures up thoughts of unsanitary preparation, meat sources that may be found around the home (with names like fido and boots) or local trash dump scavengers and critters that I've only seen in National Geographic or at the local zoo. I know that is totally unfair, untrue and slightly exaggerated, but there you have it.

No Hurry for Curry

The jury is out on curry as a spice to cook in my food

after one dish in a cafe that completely ruined my day

I promised myself with an oath not to go down that road I now loath

I discovered there is no little plant, bush or tree

that produces a nut, fruit or root called curry

It takes a village of spices to make the foul smell

with some of my favorites mixed in as well

Its a taste that only a mutton could love

a good spice too for a dish of tofu roux

or a lean cut of Yak from down on the back

As you can see I think its just not for me

but I'm not in a hurry to lock out curry

as long as I have tabasco nearby