Re: [CH] Learning the Heat (was Kudos)

Cameron Begg (PheasantPlucker@pop-server.columbus.rr.com)
Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:47:06 -0400

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.] 
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                     Regards,               Cameron.