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tea and curry, that's the thing...

posted 11 years ago by rachaelov
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... when they make dinner for themselves. I don't think I've ever seen an American film of that era (1940s) refer to curry? I'd assumed the tea remark was a refernce to England, and maybe someone had been to England and had one. Then did a little research and it turns out curry has been cooked in the US since the 1840's

http://digital.lib.msu.edu/projects/cookbooks/display.cfm?TitleNo=24&PageNum=152

Learn something new every day... still, never seen it in any other American film back then...

[–] alxnrth 8 years ago

If you lived in NYC, even way back then, I think you'd have been exposed to a large array of cuisines. . .including Indian.

[–] jcarpenter-1 8 years ago

Yes, but then they sit down and eat grapefruit...