Cheeky Monkey said:Henry Williamson-tastic
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Franks Wild Years said:Is the Indian side dish, Tarka Dahl really made from otters ?
I've never ordered it just in case.
Ray the Otter said:It is a popular misconception that Tarka Dahl is an Indian dish. In fact it is an Australian invention. Shane Wank of Gibbonwigalong is credited for it's name when, having gotten bored of eating wild dogs and Abbo's he decided he'd import some fresh otter meat from Ottery St Mary and said to his wife and sometime mechanic "fancy some Tarka Darl?". His Mrs was so disgusted by the suggestion that she promptly vomitted her stomach full of lentils, earth and crap lager all over the otter meat, giving the dish it's now infamous look and aroma. The name was changed to Tarka Dahl to make sound more exotic and the Second Generation Anglo Indians, always up for an opportunity to con stupid white people, claimed it as their own.