Post #57585 by OceaOtica on Wed, Oct 29, 2003 7:58 PM

lucked out as a kid, my chikdhood freind is indian and i had many a homemade meal at his folks home. the interesting thing is that i have eaten at many indian restruants since, and it is not the same; same style or flavor. he has explained to me that his mother's cooking is a vegetarian kind of "peasant" style. if thats what the lowest on the caste system eat, count me in.
as a side note, his mother had a metal cylindrical tin filled with many different colored spices. as kids, we got the bright idea to work our way around the tin sampling the spices on our fingers. we tried a few, they seemed to get a little hotter each time, but then denny hit this ruddy red powder. his face turned red, he ran to the restroom, where he remained for about twenty minutes. he said the spice was so strong and hot that he had diarhea almost instantly. needless to say, i did not follow suite in that sampling.