24.6.25- 25.3.15

Thank you Bob Stead for introducing me to proper curry .

When I was 11 I made a friend for life, Jane Stead . She came to my house , I went to hers .Our 2 families met up in the IOW for a holiday . We all liked eating ,drinking, laughing ,swimming, walking etc- the usual stuff . But , her family was very different to mine , in that her dad,Bob , could cook … and having been brought up in India ,the thing he liked cooking most were curries .

So at the age of 12 ,only ever having sampled curry in Vesta form ( anyone under 40 , google it – you won’t believe we thought this was haute cuisine ) , I went to the Steads and Bob cooked up Bhunas and Dansaks and Goshtobas and Undhiyus. I couldn’t get enough of them .

Sadly Bob died on 25th March, 3 months before his 90th birthday , and yesterday was his funeral . So to stop me crying , because ,in truth , all I am thinking of is Rosie , I went through the names of as many different curries I could think of . You’ll be glad to know I did it in my head .

It was a lovely service , followed by an Indian feast back in his other daughter’s garden .

4 Replies to “24.6.25- 25.3.15”

  1. Thinking about curries for a man who obviously loved them and prepared them well sounds like the perfectly sensible thing to do during his funeral service, distraction or otherwise. And after reading your post, I’m craving a good curry!

  2. Thinking about curries for a man who obviously loved them and prepared them well sounds like the perfectly sensible thing to do during his funeral service, distraction or otherwise. And after reading your post, I’m craving a good curry!

  3. Another thing I remembered when I was thinking of days back at the Steads house , was ,Ann ( Jane’s Mum , telling me off for 3 heaped teaspoons of Coffeemate and 4 of sugar in my coffee . She made me drink coffee with just a dash of milk and then describe it .
    I’ve never looked back and never drunk it any other way .
    I thanks her for that

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