Which curry condiment? You decide.

[Orang Utan]

The first half is right... but I've never EVER known it come in a little pot. I'd feel very ripped off if it ever did.

But it does come in a pot and it is a condiment

 

[ChrisFilter]

The mint sauce is a raita too.

Do you know what you are talking about?

Well, I suppose you could call it raita. In fact it may well even be raita, but on every takeaway menu I've ever seen it's had the following (or thereabouts):

Cucumber raita - £1.20
Mixed raita - £1.50
Mint sauce - 50p
Mango chutney - 50p
Lime pickle - 50p

 

[El Jefe]

Thank you

 

[ChrisFilter]

And on most menus, mint is listed as mint sauce to avoid confusion with cucumber raita

Exactly.

 

[Orang Utan]

there's nothing there

Put a ) on the end

 

[ChrisFilter]

But it does come in a pot and it is a condiment

It comes in a punnet!

 

[Orang Utan]

I bow to your fat bastard takeaway munching superior knowledge - when I eat out and ask for raita, they give me this 'mint sauce' you're talking about. I've never seen mint sauce on a curry menu.

 

[El Jefe]

Put a ) on the end

but

Cucumber is not included in authentic versions of the dish,

Which somehow makes us both wrong

Anyway, empirically - cucumber raita is always called that on menus (or sometimes just raita), whereas as mint sauce (be it a raita or not) is almost invariably called mint sauce.

And is yellowish

 

[Orang Utan]

It comes in a punnet!

It comes in a glass dish when I order it - isn't a punnet a plastic dish with holes in it?

 

[El Jefe]

I bow to your fat bastard takeaway munching superior knowledge - when I eat out and ask for raita, they give me this 'mint sauce' you're talking about. I've never seen mint sauce on a curry menu.

I've just checked the three we have in the house.

2 call it mint sauce, one doesn't list it but lists cucumber raita

 

[ChrisFilter]

From www.hungryhouse.co.uk

The Chutney - Herne Hill
raitha £0.95
yoghurt
• onion
• cucumber
mango chutney £0.50
lime pickle £0.50
onion salad £0.50
mint sauce £0.50
chilli sauce £0.50


Spice Republic - East Dulwich
raita £1.20
• onion
• cucumber
chutney £0.50
• mango
• lime
• chilli
• mixed
mint sauce £0.50

 

[Looby]

It comes in a punnet!

Raspberries and strawberries come in a punnet you spanner not raita.

Anyway I voted mango chutney so I don't know why I'm bothered about the shit poll.

 

[Orang Utan]

I don't have any menus in the house - I don't get takeaways very often
<backs away from thread>

 

[moonsi til]

mango chutney and not lime pickle as my order will contain at least 1 madras hot dish.

Think it's 5 months till Im back in India....Im probaly in the minority of folk that get fat there.

 

[onemonkey]

mixed pickle.. i already have my own mango, lime and chili pickles in the fridge.. and mint is for toothpaste.

 

[ChrisFilter]

Anyway I voted mango chutney so I don't know why I'm bothered about the shit poll.

Why's the poll shit? I'm just reflecting the world of the takeaway!

 

[ChrisFilter]

I don't have any menus in the house - I don't get takeaways very often
<backs away from thread>

If you walked into my takeaway, the piano would stop playing and everyone would turn and stare. Someone might even spit on the floor.

 

[El Jefe]

Why's the poll shit? I'm just reflecting the world of the takeaway!

And yet have no raita, so it doesn't really, does it?

 

[Orang Utan]

If you walked into my takeaway, the piano would stop playing and everyone would turn and stare. Someone might even spit on the floor.

I don't really like takeaways to be honest - they cost too much for what you get - they're never quite good enough.

 

[ChrisFilter]

And yet have no raita, so it doesn't really, does it?

RAITA DOESN'T COME IN A FUCKING POT. THERE'S NO ROOOM ON THE FUCKING SCOOTER.

GOD

 

[ChrisFilter]

I don't really like takeaways to be honest - they cost too much for what you get - they're never quite good enough.

I know what you mean. Had one last night for the first time in ages... it was ok.

They're always better the morning after, anyway.

 

[Looby]

RAITA DOESN'T COME IN A FUCKING POT. THERE'S NO ROOOM ON THE FUCKING SCOOTER.

GOD

Are you buying a scooter? I would reconsider if I weren't able to manage an extra tiny POT of raita on it.

 

[El Jefe]

RAITA DOESN'T COME IN A FUCKING POT. THERE'S NO ROOOM ON THE FUCKING SCOOTER.

GOD

Ours always comes in a small polystyrene pot with a plastic lid.

Like the chutney does.

 

[ChrisFilter]

Ours always comes in a small polystyrene pot with a plastic lid.

Like the chutney does.

You're being ripped off then, it's normally more than double the cost of the chutney.

 

[Disaster]

I'd tell them to bugger off and order from a takeaway with a competent delivery service.

 

[ChrisFilter]

Are you buying a scooter? I would reconsider if I weren't able to manage an extra tiny POT of raita on it.

The poor driver is already carrying the pickle in his left hand. One more and he wouldn't be able to drive. Do you want him to die?

He has kids.
He has kids

 

[Looby]

The takeaway I use gives us free chutney, raita and poppadoms.

 

[El Jefe]

You're being ripped off then, it's normally more than double the cost of the chutney.

Actually, the raita normally comes for free because the missus always orders dishes that come with it.

Give it up, Filter, you fucked up

 

[Firky]

I voted before I read the post.

I rarely buy mango chutney or lime pickle (second choice) when ordering a curry as I buy a big jar of the stuff from the bangladeshi shop in town.

 

[ChrisFilter]

Actually, the raita normally comes for free because the missus always orders dishes that come with it.

Give it up, Filter, you fucked up

I haven't. I considered raita when posting the poll, but as I've already said, I've never known it come in a pot the size of the chutney or the pickle. It's always more expensive 'cos it comes in a bigger pot.

A little pot of raita is no good to anyone.