Rigggghhhhhtttt……………………..

No one takes them that seriously except for you.

Please limit yourself to 2 comments a day. For all of us.

Um, it seems that Janet was the one who had to edify Zen. Either that or Zen knew that curry means masala and she pretended, for whatever weird reason, not to.

Walk into an Indo-Pak grocery store and you will see “curry” written on several products. So it seems that even amongst Indians, the word “curry” as become synonomous with “masala” or “spice” or “spicy mixture”.

Does Zen not know this? I doubt it.

Therefore my “snobby, smart-ass” statement.

In the exchange between Zen and Janet above, it is Zen who comes up looking foolish, not Janet, with her correct use of the word “curry”.

I qoute:

Janet: It contained that spice, you know, curry!

I don’t understand why every single, little, easy-to-figure-out-what-they-are-getting-at comment made by a non-desi has to turn into some snobby analysis of how racist or unclued in non-desis are about desi culture, food, mating practices, etc.

Why should non-desis be clued in in the first place?

Are we that insecure that we need everyone to know all about us for us to feel validated as human beings.

This is why I always say that we desis need to get over ourselves, take the stick that’s been shoved up our booty and just RELAX.

Be and let be.

And, speaking of acting like a snob–we know what curry leaves are. This is not what the coworker meant, and that’s obvious. She used it as the general term for all foods Indian as well as all Indian spices.

If you mean that perhaps Zen could have edified Janet, then maybe. But sometimes one doesn’t feel up to the workout of scaling the walls of ignorance.

It has it’s origins in the kadi pata, curry leaf.

Go into any Indian store and ask for “curry leaf” and they will give you kadi pata.

Really, no need to act like a smart ass snob.

Janet: Do you eat tuna?
Me: No
Janet: Do you eat a lot of tofu?
Me: No, I’m Indian, my vegetarian diet isn’t based on that.
Janet: Oh, do you eat a lot of curry?
Me: I don’t know what that means.
Janet: I can’t handle it, I went to Indian row once and I got so sick!
Me: But what was it?
Janet: Food that had curry in it.
Me: What is it though?
Janet: It contained that spice, you know, curry!

Went on for like 10 minutes, ridiculous.