(Moggycat) wrote in message . com...
"Brian Sharrock" wrote

Chicken Tikka Masala (CTM) is apparently the most requested (I nearly
said popular) dish served in Indian-restaurants in the UK. The dish is
reputed to have originated in the midlands when a Brummie asked the
waiter for some sauce for the diner's rather dry roast chicken pieces.

I heard that it originated on Manchester's "Curry Mile"; same story
about wanting sauce (a result of Brits liking gravy with their meat),
but allegedly the sauce was made using Campbell's tomato soup and
curry spices.

The resultant dish became famous, now appears on the menu in almost
every Indian-Takeaway outlet and can be found in the instant-meal
section of supermarkets. AIUI, the dish is now exported to the Indian
subcontinent itself!

Birmingham is the home of Balti, also exported and found in the
ready-meals chilled cabinets the length and breadth of Britain.
However balti lacks the staining power of a relly good tikka masala
and is less useful in feline propulsion units.

I'm advised that many instances of civil planes mysteriously falling
out of the sky can be traced to (a) cessation of happy thoughts/lack
of lemon fondant for the pixies or to (b) a large amount of happy
thoughts/gateau mountain at ground level distracting the pixies from
their task. This may, of course, be utter hogwash, but then we'd be
back to the flying pigs ....



Curry powered flying pigs any-one ?