Humans and their Curry, Gravy, Sauces, and Tasty Stews

Matt Maeda

Throughout history man has used sauces. During 257 Romans used fish sauce to mask all the flavor of food consumed past its prime. In the medieval 1100's they loved their sweet sauces which were thickened with bread and enhanced with spices. During 1813 a system of sauce organization based on several mother sauces in france, which made france famous for sauce making. 

Today many cultures are known for their sauces. When we think of italian food many people think spaghetti. When we think of indian food many of us think Indian Curry. Its no secret that we love to identify cuisines with their most famous of liquid concoctions, and this is why it is important to develop or glorify different sauces with each urban culture. 

The urban cultures which I have been taking a look at lately have been urban cultures which glorify places in European history. This is why I have been studying things such as Stew and Gravy which derived from meats or left overs from cooking with a bit of added broth, water, and added vegetable ingredients usually. The cultures such as Gothic which takes many of its influences from Germany, Rinascimento which takes many influences from Italy, and Tellus which takes many of its Influences from Anglo-Indian and the French.

The term Curry is often applied to Stew like substances with Curry powder, but during the spice trades is where the spice Curry was made by the merchants from Asia to Europe in the 13th century. In India the words Curry and Curry powder dont really exist, so what is it called? its called Masala. Masala and Curry are labeled as one and the same, but they are clearly different from one another. This means when i am working on Desi culture I will definately need to take a look into the famous Masala, and when I am working on Tellus and its influence of anglo-indian, crusader, and medieval spice trades I will need to label it as Curry.