Comments on: The Indian Spice http://calpolymbatrip.com/2009/india/the-indian-spice/ The MBA Graduate Program at Cal Poly Tue, 07 Sep 2010 01:55:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Catherine Kristensen http://calpolymbatrip.com/2009/india/the-indian-spice/#comment-17179 Catherine Kristensen Thu, 03 Dec 2009 21:55:49 +0000 http://calpolymbatrip.com/?p=2206#comment-17179 Tim, this was a great post! I am intrigued by the trumpet mushrooms - let us know if you find those ever again! I love the comprehensive list of spices - wow, it is almost overwhelming! Thanks for sharing the research you did on the various properties of all of the spices. One dish I see you didn't mention is Dal (also spelled Dahl). This is one of my favorite dishes. I grew up eating this dish all the time. My parents spent a lot of time in India in the 1970's, (and in Vancouver, BC, a city full of Indian immigrants!) so they are quite into preparing and eating Indian food. Dal is a lentil based spicy soup/stew that is often eaten with roti (a wheat-based flat bread) or rice. It is very filling and a great treat on a cold day. One of my good friends, Dustin Ellison, lives in India (I'm hoping to visit him after our trip next summer!). He recently self-published a vegetarian Indian cookbook (preview here - http://www.blurb.com/books/447164). I have a copy if anyone would like to check out the great recipes. We are getting spoiled eating Neetu's great food at our meetings... maybe we could plan a 'culinary night' and try as a group to cook some delicious meals! Tim, this was a great post!

I am intrigued by the trumpet mushrooms - let us know if you find those ever again! I love the comprehensive list of spices - wow, it is almost overwhelming! Thanks for sharing the research you did on the various properties of all of the spices.

One dish I see you didn’t mention is Dal (also spelled Dahl). This is one of my favorite dishes. I grew up eating this dish all the time. My parents spent a lot of time in India in the 1970’s, (and in Vancouver, BC, a city full of Indian immigrants!) so they are quite into preparing and eating Indian food.

Dal is a lentil based spicy soup/stew that is often eaten with roti (a wheat-based flat bread) or rice. It is very filling and a great treat on a cold day.

One of my good friends, Dustin Ellison, lives in India (I’m hoping to visit him after our trip next summer!). He recently self-published a vegetarian Indian cookbook (preview here - http://www.blurb.com/books/447164). I have a copy if anyone would like to check out the great recipes. We are getting spoiled eating Neetu’s great food at our meetings… maybe we could plan a ‘culinary night’ and try as a group to cook some delicious meals!

]]> By: Jeff Severn http://calpolymbatrip.com/2009/india/the-indian-spice/#comment-17164 Jeff Severn Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:25:29 +0000 http://calpolymbatrip.com/?p=2206#comment-17164 I too love Indian food, I've been told though that there can be too much of a good thing. A business associate who moved to the US 20 years ago from India told me about problems he had with Indian food. Evidently certain dishes are only made at certain times of the year with certain spices that are only available at that time. When he came to the US, the spices were more readily available so his wife cooked his favorite dishes more often and with less restraint with the spices. He started getting sick with uncontrolled sweating, gastroenteritis, and general malaise. It turned out that he was just eating too much of his favorite dishes. I don't know which dishes were causing him problems, but I believe Aristotle's Doctrine of the Mean "Moderation in all things" I too love Indian food, I’ve been told though that there can be too much of a good thing. A business associate who moved to the US 20 years ago from India told me about problems he had with Indian food. Evidently certain dishes are only made at certain times of the year with certain spices that are only available at that time. When he came to the US, the spices were more readily available so his wife cooked his favorite dishes more often and with less restraint with the spices. He started getting sick with uncontrolled sweating, gastroenteritis, and general malaise. It turned out that he was just eating too much of his favorite dishes.
I don’t know which dishes were causing him problems, but I believe Aristotle’s Doctrine of the Mean “Moderation in all things”

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