this is the ask giving u freedom to tell us all about curry (I think I know at least vaguely where ur gonna go with this tho lol)
I’m sure everyone knows what I’m referring to. It’s not exactly hidden knowledge.
But if you’d taken a history class past maybe middle school, you’ll probably know about England and their relationship with India. It’s been a while, so I might get some facts wrong.
India was colonized, is that the word?, by England for a while, and the communication between them was pretty frequent. I believe it was the 1800s that curry became a popular food item in England due to this, and after India was released from their grip, the dish just stayed. Curry was even spread to other parts of the world, like the Caribbean, due to Indian indentured servants during this time.
Well, I find it fascinating that they chose curry over a traditional England dish, though I can see why. England dishes, are like, what, pretzels on fire? Beans on toast? Even tea didn’t come from England at first, and that’s what most people remember it for. (It’s from Asia and it was an accident, in case you didn’t know. The spread of Asian culture around the world long before England became a powerhouse and things like the Silk Road are also extremely fascinating. I like history but only before the United States became a thing. It gets boring after that.)
And curry powder is an ingredient you can get for it in the game. Curry power, to my knowledge, didn’t even exist until the dish became popular in England. So that right there proves that the dish wasn’t grandfathered in as a modern traditional English dish, to me at least. And I am someone who LOVES food and the history and culture of it. I am obsessed with learning dishes from around the world. So to my knowledge, the recipes made in the game are very much not actually authentic Indian curry.
Much like how Asian food was subtly modified by Asian immigrant during the gold rushes in the US (once again, very fascinating and will change your view on American Asian restaurants. They added a lot of meat to their dishes to appeal to the miners in the area, real traditional dishes weren’t selling very well. This is also when jeans were invented. I live somewhere where the gold rushes are a big part of the local history), curry, over time, has been modified subtly to fit the tastes of the English, spices are way down, the ingredients used now are shoehorned in to replace the harder to access Indian ingredients, etc., things to make “authentic Indian restaurants” perform better. . This kind of process leads people to believe that it’s authentic, when, if you went to the place of origin, you’ll get something completely different. It’s happening right now in the US in regards to Central American cuisine. (this kind of thing happens a lot in history.)
Well the history of England and India’s relationship is a pretty big deal, so it makes sense that there’s a few nods to it in Galar.
I’m not one to speculate about new regions, and I know a lot of people think the next one will be based on Egypt, which would be cool, but I think an Indian inspired region is most likely next in line. Because of the strong influences, like the curry, and a few pokemon. And no one can even try to deny it, Copperajah is an Indian looking pokemon. Nothing like that would exist in an English environment naturally. Even just the fact that it’s an elephant. I think that Rose might be the pokemon version of Indian as well, since the devs decided to make Copperajah his ace. Or at least, he’s got roots in this speculative region (haha because his name is a plant).
The evidence for Egypt is there, and I think that would be cool, but they’re literally proving the existence of an Indian region right in front of us, even showing us that there’s history between them. If it’s not next, it’s very soon, I think.
Thank you for letting me rant. This is the kind of thing I love to do. And the curry thing was something I picked up on immediately and always wanted to talk about. Also, I’ve tried English curry, though unfortunately have not been able to make a curry with a real Indian recipe. It was good, but there’s all kinds of curry. I’m constantly widening my horizons, as you guys saw with my earlier posts about the ramen and spring rolls (and yes, I know that those weren’t authentic spring rolls I made. They came from an air fryer recipe book. Still tasted great though.)
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