Although the curry is the national dish of the British these days, back in the 1960s and 1970s when fish & chips was still Britain’s favourite meal, having a curry was the height of culinary daring.
It showed you had a sophisticated and worldly palette.
It wasn’t particularly easy to get hold of a curry though. In fact, the only real way to sate your urge for something spicy was to pop down to your local supermarket and pick up a Vesta.
This was a DIY curry which was available in a choice of flavours – none of which were particularly hot or curry-like.
The box contained sachets of coloured powder which you prepared by tipping them into a pot of boiling hot water and stirring.
The end result was a shiny brown stew that both looked and tasted like shit. And which made your kitchen stink like a Calcutta cesspit.
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It showed you had a sophisticated and worldly palette.
