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Default Eggplant Caviar and Patak Curry

On Thu, 05 Jun 2008 18:31:03 -0700, Blinky the Shark
> wrote:

>Janet Baraclough wrote:
>
>> The message .net> from
>> Blinky the Shark > contains these words:
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>>> I espied a jar of "eggplant caviar" at the market today.

>>
>>> What the heck do you do with that?

>>
>> Its a dip (no fish eggs). Spread it on fingers of toast or raw veg.
>>
>>> I picked up a jar of Patak's Original curry sauce. Seems to be from the
>>> UK. I don't know the brand. Anybody know it? Mundane? Just Okay?
>>> Certifiably Good?

>>
>> It's a popular brand sold in nearly every supermarket in the UK.
>> Patak's jars are to Indian cooking what Newman's spaghetti sauce jars are
>> to Italian cooking.

>
>IOW, nothing special, I trust. I've never knowingly had any Newman stuff,
>I'll grant.


newman's virgin limeade is pretty decent. damned if i know what makes
the limes 'virgin' though.

your pal,
blake