Thai curries are lovely, but they aren't curry within the meaning of the Act.

Except musaman curry.

If it ain't yellow, it ain't curry.

Jamaican curry's not yellow. Wanna take this outside?

uh-oh.

Somebody protect me?

And sorry - but "Curry" is the English spelling of the Indian word for "sauce". So curried foods are simply foods with Indian style sauces on them - many of which sauces are not yellow. The difference between various Indian curries (especially between regions) is as great as the difference between them and , say, Thai Green Curry. Curry is one of those things that was invented in one nation and spread to become the property of the world - like rock n' roll....

Okay, I'm giving up hyperbole for Lent.

Nah Betsy, just because someone's leg occasionally comes off in your hand is no reason to stop pulling.

I would love to try Ting but I haven't found it anywhere here.

(Saunters back into thread, cowboy hat on head, lariat in hand, Stars and Stripes flag pin in lapel)

I still say y'all have weird weird ideas 'bout food. Now 'scuse me, I got a mess o' catfish fritters, rattlesnake steaks, Big Macs, and some Mr. Pibb waitin' for me.

Now 'scuse me, I got a mess o' catfish fritters, rattlesnake steaks, Big Macs, and some Mr. Pibb waitin' for me.

I'll have that. Curried, of course.

My local crepery does a curried turkey crepe. Sounds scary -tastes yum. I also like to curry my tuna salad. Savory goodness.

Now I'm hungry. I like curried pasta, which I'm now making for lunch thanks to you lot.

Heather, Tim Tam Slam is the proper name for the liquid via biscuit thing (my personal favourite liquids being port and hot chocolate). If any of you are going to try it for the first time, I recommend doing so over a sink, it takes a bit of practice. Mal Webb actually wrote a song about it, which handily includes instructions:

Tim Tam Slam 
Once I met a girl, she said her name was Pam 
She told me that I ought to try the Tim Tam Slam 
She asked me up for coffee, I thought it was a line 
 But we were there before I got to say "your place or mine" 
She sat me down she filled the cups 
She made it white with one 
But when we got the Tim Tams out I knew we had begun 
We were doin' the Tim Tam Slam 


She showed me how it's done and you can do it too 
Get yourself a hot drink and Tim Tam or two 
Then bite both ends off one and use it as a straw 
Then quickly gulp the lot before it ends up on the floor 
Hot chocolate, tea or coffee 
It's a choice you'll have to make 
'Cos when it comes to sugar rush, this really takes the cake 
We were doing the Tim Tam Slam 


The next day when I woke upon the kitchen floor 
I felt like I had added on a kilogram or four 
My memory was murky, my mouth was much the same 
How can such wicked Biscuits go by such a cutesy name 
Pam burst in with three bags full 
She'd just been at the shop 
She grabbed the kettle with a grin and filled it to the top 
We were doin' the Tim Tam Slam 


That's right y'all, we were doin' it, doin' it  
We were doin' it, doin' it, doin' it, doin' it, doin' it, doin' it 
We were doin' the Tim Tam Slam 
That's right y'all, we were doin' it 
In the kitchen we were chewin' it 
On the hot plate we were brewin' it 
Yeah we were doin' it 
We were doin' the Tim Tam Slam, yeah 
So whenever you feel this way, don't delay do it today, slam away, it'll be OK 
You'll be doin' the Tim Tam Slam