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    Experiments in revision control: Curry recipe.

    My personal recipe for Japanese curry, which has mutated over the years and is
    now open-source thanks to github, hot damn. Some of the ingredients are not
    very Japanese, but curry came to Japan from England which got it from India to
    begin with, so whatever.

    1.5 - 2 lbs. of meat, prefer thin-sliced beef (komagire), pork works, too.
    Thin-sliced stuff is always best, but in a pinch stewing beef works. Bacon
    works surprisingly well. Chicken will work, technically, but if you must,
    then use whole drum-sticks (the meat will fall off the bones by the end, and
    you can just pull those out of the pot).
    0.75 brown onion
    1.5 satsumaimo (Really good, but you can substitute regular potatoes and carrots
    if you can't find them. It is just not the same and your curry will feel
    empty.)
    4-6 pickled peppers, depending on the size.
    0.5 bag miso pickled garlic. Regular minced garlic works, too, but it's not as
    nice. You'll need about 45g.
    Soy sauce
    Cooking oil (Sunflower is good. Butter is always a great option, too.)
    1.5 boxes Japanese curry blocks (300g). I usually use S&B's spicy curry.
    Cayenne pepper
    Garlic powder, maybe some Worchestershire sauce
    Some Japanese rice

    1. Open meat packages, pour some soy sauce so it soaks into the meat while you
    get the other stuff ready. It'll keep the meat juicy and delicious.
    2. Peel/chop potatoes, same with onion and peppers, put into pot
    3. Put some cayenne pepper and the half bag of garlic into the pot along with
    the curry blocks.
    4. Pour water into the pot, let it sit.
    5. Fry up the meat with a little garlic powder and maybe a dash of the
    Worchestershire sauce. Curry takes a while, so I usually cook extra meat so
    that I can eat it while cooking the curry. Don't over-cook, it's better
    when the meat is juicy. High heat, cook it fast.
    6. Drain the beef or scoop it into the pot with the spatula. Anyway, get it
    into the pot without getting too much grease in with it.
    7. Pour some water in, until the pot is about 85% full. You'll probably need
    some more water before it's done.
    8. Heat the pot to boiling. This'll take a while, it's dense.
    9. Reduce heat, stir until curry dissolves.
    10. Cover it, occasionally adding water if you need to, keep it stewing for,
    like, forever. Like four to six hours forever. Trust me, this is the most
    important step and is totally worth it. Two hours is an insufficient amount
    of time.
    11. It's not done unless the onions have dissolved. Really, it takes forever.
    12. FOREVER
    13. At forever minus about 40 minutes, put on the rice so it'll be done in time.
    You will have no patience when it's finally done.
    14. Get some bowls. Long, shallow bowls are best. Put curry and rice into the
    bowls. The curry should be about as thick as gravy, which is different from
    Indian curry.
    15. Eat it, damn. There's enough for, like, six people. Awesome.