I have not. But I will look them up. May you have a great day and may America finally wake up and vote out the republican idiots.

You are right this probably does come down to nomenclature. And my intention is not to cause strife. It's to highlight the fact that traditional foods are ALWAYS the best. I spent 3 weeks in Europe watching idiots order steak and bud light while I enjoyed regional delicacies and local beers. After my trip I started…

And by kit I just meant they kept the spices needed on hand to make a garam. Once I learned what real curry was I swore off the packaged stuff and make my own now.

Also sad to hear that the younger generation is using the store crap. It may be easier but tastes nothing like it should.

LOL yeah to me it always means hot kit. As in I can use it at any time to spice a dish since it it is already hot and ready to go.

It is basic science. Seeds are spices, leaves are herbs. Your example of fennel is flawed though. One is a seed (Herb) the other is a bulbous plant. Not a leafy plant. So Fennel Seed would be a spice and the fennel plant would be a Foeniculum. And coincidentally the only one of its kind.

Oh trust me I know people keep a garam kit. But every Indian I have talked to takes offense to the term curry powder. To them it is a method of cooking. Not a spice blend.

This is a non winning argument. I think you are wrong and you think I am wrong. But at this point it is pointless. So I will sign off by saying I love you and I hope you have a great day. This week has been full of horrific shit so I am going out on a high note. You are loved and I wish you well even if I disagree…

So the fact that you call the seeds and the leaves the same is scientifically accurate? You are accusing me of North American Bias and yet you are using your own bias to justify it, I was speaking from a scientific point and even British scientists would back me on this one.

Sigh. Curry powder is a British invention. Garams yes are used in Indian curries and garam masala is the most popular but it is a base that is toasted to add the proper flavor to the the curry they are building. Additional spices are added to complete the curry.

This is my point. They taste wildly different but you would never equate the two. Botanically speaking there is a massive difference between mustard seeds and mustard greens. And as for Fennel I will grant you that if you can taste a difference. To me they taste the same. The same cannot be said for coriander and…

Not my insistence. It's a scientific thing. Herbs are defined as a leafy part of a plant. Spices are defined as a seed, bark, or rhizome of a plant.

Cilantro is the leaves. I never said it was the plant. And If I did I apologize. The whole point was leaves are herbs, seeds are spices. This is like calling black beans legumes. Yes the are in the same family. But not all legumes are beans. This has nothing to do with cultural differences. It has everything to do…

Take all of your kitchen helpers. Put them in a box. After 6 months if you have not used it, trash it.

When they differ as much as cilantro and coriander do then yes we should. Fennel seeds taste like fennel. Coriander seeds taste nothing like cilantro.

Have you tasted coriander next to cilantro? At least with fenegreek there is similarity. Coriander and cilantro? Yeah not even close.

Well then I apologize but no curry paste, powder, etc is not a thing. Curry is a dish. You make a curry. Usually with lamb or chicken. But you toast your spices before you start the curry. You then mix them in usually a yogurt sauce that coats your choice of meat. My favorite was a goat curry. But I also love lamb…

Umm what??? Any chef would tell you that breading is what you just described. The first part is dredging. Breading always involves breadcrumbs.

Yes I know the name. And to make sure we could differentiate between the two the seed is referred to as coriander and the leaf is cilantro. Science is not just for me it is for the world. Embrace it.

Dill seeds. They taste just like dill. Do you consider mustard seeds and mustard greens to be the same?