The Curry Chronicles

Gastropod

Cynthia Graber and Nicola Twilley

Science, Food, History, Arts

4.7 • 3.5K Ratings

🗓️ 9 April 2019

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Curry is, supposedly, Indian. But there is no such word in any of the country’s many official languages—and no Indian would use the term to describe their own food. So what is curry? This episode takes us to India, Britain, and Japan on a quest to understand how a variety of spicy, saucy dishes ended up being lumped together under one name—and then transformed into something completely different as they were transported around the world. From a post-pub vindaloo in Leeds to comforting kare raisu in Kyoto, we explore the stories and flavors of curry—a dish that’s from nowhere and yet eaten nearly everywhere. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Fendeloo, Fendeloo, Fendeloo, Fendeloo
0:04.7	Me and my mum and my dad and my grand in a bucket of Vindaloo
0:08.4	Na na na na, Vindaloo
0:11.9	I'm glad you're enjoying this song, but I've never heard it before.
0:14.8	What is this? Why are you singing about Indian food?
0:17.8	Because curry is my national dish.
0:19.6	Now I'm really confused. Sure, London has great Indian restaurants
0:23.1	because of course of colonialism, but curry is your national dish.
0:27.2	How? How did curry become Britain's national dish?
0:29.9	I think the questions need to go further than that Cynthia.
0:32.6	I mean, what is curry and why is it not actually eaten in India
0:37.3	where it supposedly comes from?
0:38.8	And then there's Japanese curry and curry's from the Caribbean.
0:41.8	Where do all these dishes come from?
0:43.6	Na na na na na, Vindaloo, Fendeloo
0:48.4	You just keep going and I'll introduce the show.
0:51.2	You're all listening.
0:52.5	Well, Tinniki singing and to Gastropod,
0:54.7	the podcast that looks at food through the lens of science
0:56.8	and history, I'm Cynthia Graber.
0:58.5	And I'm Nicola Twilly, future winner of Britain's Got Talent
1:02.1	as well as co-host of Gastropod.
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