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[–] [email protected] 66 points 2 months ago (3 children)

This has to do with with the mixture of honeys and apples being associated with Vermont in Japan, though I'm not quite sure how wildly known that is or why.

[–] [email protected] 74 points 2 months ago (2 children)

It's because there was a book called "Folk Medicine: A Vermont Doctor's Guide to Good Health" that kicked off a health fad called the "Vermont health system" in Japan. It included drinking apple cider vinegar and honey. The curry then appropriated the name for its health connotations.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I hope this isn't rude, but how did you know that?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'm a huge fan of this style of curry, and went down a rabbit hole a few years ago learning lots of stuff about Japanese style curry.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

TIL! Blows my mind as just yesterday I was buying some more S&B Gold at the store and was really curious about this brand. Cool insight.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You can get a similar vibe out of golden curry by peeling and pureeing a couple apples. I add them after the onions get soft and fry some moisture out of them before the water and tubers go in.

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

TIL if you want Kentucky Fried Chicken, go to Japan.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

the default country syndrome strikes hard again, today it got even me!

[–] [email protected] 30 points 2 months ago (2 children)

OP's mind is gonna be blown when they discover there are multiple different types of rice, too.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Or different types of coffee.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

And different types of syrup

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That's not the point. Vermont Curry is from Japan.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Chinese fortune cookies came from a Japanese person in San Francisco!

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (5 children)

Why does it always need to be about best or most popular?

Maybe this tastes good in its own way, hits the spot in its own way, and that doesn't diminish Indian/Thai/etc curry in any way.

Then again, I do favor Thai curry over Indian curry, which I've been told makes me a monster no one should listen to...

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago

It is actually a Japanese product. It is Japanese style brown curry with some maple syrup, honey, and apple, or at least those flavors, added to it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I will get curry with you.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

To Vermont!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I do favor Thai curry over Indian curry, which I've been told makes me a monster no one should listen to...

What? Why, though???

I also prefer Thai curry, because Thai food is incredible. I mean, so is Indian food, but everyone has their own favorite flavor profiles.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Indian curry is also a very vague description. There are so many types of curry of Indian origin and they're all so different from each other.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Why are you a monster? Thai curry is fucking delicious!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

There's people who argue about pineapple on pizza and it's ridiculous.

Food is food. And there's no wrong way to eat it!!!

Except people who put mustard on their fries

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Not to be confused with Vermont Carry, which is Constitutional or "permitless" carry of handguns.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

29 states all together.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago (6 children)

If the cheese and syrup have taught me anything, it's that everything made in Vermont is better.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Switzerland and Canada respectively disagree.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

I've had real Canadian maple syrup and it's better than New Hampshire's but not better than Vermont's. Sorry, not sorry.

I've not actually had real Swiss cheese, though. Just the cheese we have here in the states that we call Swiss cheese, which is really just a single type of Swiss "invented" cheese but since it's not actually made in Switzerland doesn't really count. Because it's based on bacterial cultures, it really does matter where it's made. Wisconsin cheese is very good, but I can't think of anything better than extra sharp Vermont cheddar. Ideally, I'd have both on the same board. 🤤

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

I agree, Canadian maple syrup slaps and is easier to find. Vermont maple syrup slaps just a little bit harder but I can't usually find it in the Midwest.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Cheese from protected origins aside, it's actually pretty common for cheeses to be made in a fashion where the specific origin doesn't matter in the modern world. For repeatability the bacteria involved for a certain style will often be isolated and artificially introduced into the dairy to ensure different batches have uniform characteristics. This also ensures the changing conditions don't result in the cheese suddenly being different.
As a result it's perfectly possible to use bacterial cultures from anywhere to make cheese somewhere else.

When it comes to Swiss cheese specifically, not even Switzerland claims that Swiss cheese needs to come from Switzerland. It's usually accepted that it refers to Swiss-style cheeses. Switzerland would like the terms Emmentaler or Gruyère to be specific to Switzerland.

That very few countries agree with that request is a different matter.
In any case, "real Swiss cheese" makes about as much sense as "real Italian cheese" in reference to mozzarella.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

There's also Golden Curry, but there's no gold in it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Are you implying you need to have Vermont in Vermont Curry?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Switzerland, the place with all the holes in its cheese?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

If you're celebrating Vermont cheese, you need to get out to Wisconsin. I'm a Minnesotan so it does pain me to say that they're better than us at something, but Wisconsin cheese lives up to the hype.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Once you've had Crowley cheese people tend to stop looking. There was a place in town that had a Crowley pizza that was wicked good.

Then again I also think Four Fat Foul is pretty much the best soft cheese you're going to get this side of the Atlantic, and it's made in NY.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Similar to Green Mountain Salsa. Nothing says authenticly Mexican like Vermont Salsa

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago

Better than NEW YORK CITY!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Man, VT has become so freaking precious about itself. I'm biased, I grew up there in the 80s and GTFO as soon as I could. I heard a thing in Brave Little State -- a whole episode no less -- about the so called "VT wave," which they do in every rural community from Georgia to Montana ffs.

Vermont is cool and all, for reasons, but not for all the reasons some folks think they are.

VT curry my ass. Fuckin VT needs to get over itself.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Fun fact: In Super Troopers, there were several jokes about Thorny being Arabian, Mexican, etc because of his personal life growing up in Vermont and people were uh uncertain.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Ok but when I think apple and honey Vermont does come to mind

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

And now enjoy apple honey curry

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

It's really good. We buy Montana and Otago curry from the same brand. I always found the names funny, though.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I'm tired and out of the corner of my eye that initially looked like 'Voldemort curry'

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Or the longer name: Curry that must not to be named.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Voldemort Curry: “The curry of choice for Turfs”

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

I mean that sounds kind of good though...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Oddly enough, they don’t seem to sell this in the EU or UK (though some Asian groceries near universities have a mix in similarly coloured packaging made for the Chinese market by House’s PRC subsidiary), though they sell other House and S&B curry mixes. I wonder if Vermont Curry might contain an ingredient that’s banned in the EU or something.

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