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vinegar. In Ceylon the cooks do not use 

 readymade curry powder, but send to the 

 market for a pound of " curry stuff," which 

 consists of a most miscellaneous collection of 

 articles divided into separate parcels, the names 

 of some I did not know, and when I enquired 

 from the appu, he only replied vaguely. "They 

 are just curry stuff, lady." So I was none the 

 wiser,but I recognised, garlic, chilis, maldive 

 fish, ginger, aniseed, and grated cocoa-nut. 

 From these the cooks compound a mixture of 

 their own, and it is generally excellent, especially 

 when we eat with it, as a condiment, home 

 made mango, or tamarind chutney. 



