The Forme of Cury

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Forme_of_Cury

by drdee • 3 years ago

39 7 3 years ago

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rwmj• 3 years ago

"curry" meaning "cooking" https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/curry

There is a (disputed) story that curry was used as a dismissive way to refer to Indian food ("just cooking"), which then became used to refer to Indian food.

Brian_K_White• 3 years ago

Could this be where "to curry favor" comes from? Where curry, in it's "to cook" form basically means "to make"? So like "to cook up some favor" as "to generate favor"

karatinversion• 3 years ago

Wiktionary has a different etymology: https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/curry_favor#English

tptacek• 3 years ago

Curry used in the sense you're using it is derived from the Tamil word for "sauce".

64operator• 3 years ago

It's just a contraction of cookery, much like Wooster is a contraction of Worcestshire. Just throw out the unneeded, middle syllables.

2mol• 3 years ago

If you're into historical recipes, I can't recommend the "Tasting History" channel on youtube enough. It intersperses replicating the recipes with a whole load of historical context and nuance. "The Forme of Cury" has made some appearances on it as well.

https://www.youtube.com/@TastingHistory

jpm_sd• 3 years ago

Also highly recommended - the British Food History Podcast (and companion blog), with the aptly named Dr. Neil Buttery. Here's the episode about Forme of Cury.

https://britishfoodhistory.com/tag/forme-of-cury/

The Forme of Cury

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