Cooking Club 12.0: Indian

Date: May 9, 2009
Attendees: Martha Ellen, Mary Kay, Bridget, R. J., Allyson
Theme: Indian Night!

Menu:
- Chicken Tikka Masala
- Aloo Gobi
- Fried Paneer & Spinach
- Naan
- Gulab Jamun

It took two trips to the grocery, one trip to Saraga International Market, and Cooking Club’s first grease fire to complete the attempt at Indian food. And the result was well worth the effort.

Memorable Quotes:
“I mean, this is just sugar and water” – Mary Kay

“There are going to be a lot of key learnings tonight’ - Bridget

Asafetita smells like either “sweaty socks and a Christmas tree” (Bridget) or “a belch” (R. J.)

“I thought the spinach recipe was going to be cheese on spinach similar to a caprese salad” – Martha Ellen

Key Learnings:
- It helps to have a chemist to weigh 200 grams
- Seasoned salt is not turmeric
- It’s pronounced “turmeric”
- Mary Kay would rather pick the thyme leaves off rather than peel pearl onions
- Printed recipes make a difference; Bridget needs visuals
- DMB still makes everyone happy when it comes on the radio randomly
- King Fisher tastes really good – especially with Indian food
- Z stores spices in gallon size containers – we should consider this. But…how long before a spice goes bad?
- ‘The Box’ is a felony but it makes a good box
- C.C members don’t like it when the sponsored guest out audits and out pronounces them.