Hi all, As a potential attendee, I had talked with Gunnar (off-list) on the possibility of Indian cooking. I had also involved Bernelle as I thought s/he would probably know about sourcing Indian spices but as most Indians live in Durban it seems it would be difficult to source those spices. Cape town to Durban is 1646 km which is quite a bit.
Thankful to Nicholas for sharing list of what could be imported into South Africa http://www.nda.agric.za/vetweb/ImportExport/Application%20forms/Application%20to%20import%20dairy%20products.doc But that doesn't tell if airlines allow spices to be carried in (probably not for security purposes, at least logic dictates/tells that but could somebody clarify it ? ) Basic spices and ingredients that are part/soul of most vegetarian food :- rai or mustard seeds, zeera or cumin seeds. spices such as black pepper, turmeric, red chilli powder (kashmiri chilli) - sharing a brand below http://www.bigbasket.com/pd/269285/everest-powder-kashmirilal-ground-chilly-100-gm-carton/ , iodized salt and lastly garam masala which is combination of many spices but is separate. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garam_masala My queries are the following :- 1. Are spices prohibited/can airlines confiscate them ( most are in powder form) ? 2. Most of the cooking I have done is on kadai which are quite common here :- http://www.bigbasket.com/pd/40041655/meet-hard-anodized-kadai-with-lid-black-hdkl-14-1-pc/ Is something similar available in SA ? 3. Perhaps the most important of all - how big are these wine and cheese parties, I have cooked for 4-5 people at the most, there were couple of times where I did cooking for 100 odd people but I had amazing help and they were able to get the scale of spices from 4-5 people to 100 (not my forte) 4. Lastly, most of the cooking I have done is on gas which I don't know would be available or not. Look forward to know about above. -- Regards, Shirish Agarwal शिरीष अग्रवाल My quotes in this email licensed under CC 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://flossexperiences.wordpress.com EB80 462B 08E1 A0DE A73A 2C2F 9F3D C7A4 E1C4 D2D8 _______________________________________________ Debconf-discuss mailing list Debconf-discuss@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-discuss
