At 4:27 PM +0000 6/19/08, Alex Silbajoris wrote: >That makes me wonder, how many veterans came home from WWII, Korea, and Viet Nam, with a new-found taste for hot peppers they discovered in Asia? Certainly, British taste was modified by returning military people. I think the Brits invented the word curry - wait - I always forget I have OED2 online at work - [a. Tamil kari sauce, relish for rice, Canarese karil, whence Pg. caril, and earlier Eng. and Fr. forms; mod.F. is cari.] -- --- Regards, Cameron.