Timeline for Difference between curry and tikka masala?
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| Apr 20, 2022 at 23:08 | comment | added | Very Amateur | If someone asks the difference between a hamburger and a sandwich, you might point out that a hamburger is a subset of sandwiches, but the answer to the question is that if it contains a ground beef patty, it's a hamburger ,and if it does not contain a ground beef patty, it's not a hamburger. In the same way, tikka masala has characteristics that make it identifiable from other things that broadly fit the definition of curry, and the answer to my question was to give those differences, not to to give other examples of subset vs category. Greybeard has given that answer; we're done here. | |
| Apr 20, 2022 at 14:41 | comment | added | dbmag9 | I think the frustration stems from everyone reaching for examples to illustrate a very abstract concept. Non-food examples might include "What is the difference between Berlin and cities in Germany?", "What is the difference between rectangles and quadrilaterals?", "What is the difference between cats and mammals?", "What is the difference between shades of blue and colours?" and so on. | |
| Apr 20, 2022 at 5:17 | comment | added | Very Amateur | I don't understand why some people are willfully refusing to understand a simple concept here, or feel it necessary to get personal with a total stranger... and those who have downvoted the only reply that made any attempt to answer the actual question, and that's at least TWO people, are even worse. When the large majority of posts have nothing to do with the question, and the post that answers the question, and is marked as such, has a ZERO combined score, there is a serious problem. | |
| Apr 20, 2022 at 1:31 | comment | added | Preston | @VeryAmateur your example here about bread proved the opposite of your point. I’m wondering if there’s a language barrier at ply here. “Bread is loaf shaped” is a false statement because focaccia is bread and also not loaf shaped. You’re picking a weird, illogical hill to die on here and it’s going to be confusing to the vast majority of English speakers. | |
| Apr 17, 2022 at 23:42 | vote | accept | Very Amateur | ||
| Apr 17, 2022 at 8:12 | comment | added | Very Amateur | Wikipedia disagrees: "Gazpacho is a cold soup... Although there are other recipes called gazpacho such as, gazpacho manchego, the standard usage implies tomato soup gazpacho." Bread is loaf shaped; foccacia is flat. | |
| Apr 17, 2022 at 4:37 | comment | added | FuzzyChef | Gazpacho is not always made from tomatoes, and isn't only served cold. And there is no dish called "Indian curry". First, Indians don't use the term "curry" except to explain things to non-Indians; second, the term "Indian curry" is applied by non-Indians to literally thousands of different dishes. So again, your question is like "what is the differences between bread and foccacia?" | |
| Apr 16, 2022 at 20:50 | comment | added | Very Amateur | Your reply proves my point! Fettuccine Alfredo has a specific type of sauce and no other, and gazpacho is cold and tomato only; they are very easy to differentiate from the regular types in their categories, :-) | |
| Apr 16, 2022 at 14:52 | answer | added | Greybeard | timeline score: 2 | |
| Apr 16, 2022 at 12:24 | comment | added | dbmag9 | The confusion is understandable, but this question is like asking "what is the difference between fettuccine Alfredo and pasta with sauce", or "what is the difference between gazpacho and soup". There simply is no dish called "Indian curry" with a consistent definition. | |
| Apr 16, 2022 at 11:24 | comment | added | Very Amateur | I specified INDIAN curry. Tikka masala might be a subset of curry, but there would still be something that MAKES it a subset. Since an amateur has already identified TWO differences, I'm sure that the experts can come up with a couple more. :-) | |
| Apr 16, 2022 at 6:47 | answer | added | dbmag9 | timeline score: 8 | |
| Apr 16, 2022 at 5:02 | comment | added | Stephie♦ | @FuzzyChef would an answer then be that “tikka masala” is a subset of “curry”? | |
| Apr 16, 2022 at 4:54 | comment | added | FuzzyChef | Hey, I'm afraid that your question is meaningless because "curry" is not a thing. There are many, many combinations of spices and aromatics across at least six different national cuisines that get called "curry" ... one of which is tikka masala. | |
| Apr 16, 2022 at 4:33 | history | asked | Very Amateur | CC BY-SA 4.0 |