Me too...my favorite curry is a Thai yellow curry with chicken, which usually comes with potatoes and carrots. I made something similar last night with 'musaman' curry paste I bought at Ranch 99. It was a bit darker, but still had the fresh thai flavor, esp. when I added some dried homegrown basil.

Can't help you, but you might want to check out the So Spicy It Hurts! Tribe. You'd fit right in ;)

"I favor yellow curries no tomatoes with lots of coconut milk - chicken with potatos. "

Yummmmm.... my dad makes this kind, but instead of coconut milk he uses evaporated milk - makes it less sweet. My boyfriend craves curry all of the time! We have to either go out for it or I have to make it when his cravings are really strong. We took a cooking class in Thailand and made masaman curry paste from scratch - delish! Masaman is sweeter and more pungent (lots of cardamom and anise). It's one of my new favorites with lots of potatoes. We're both addicted to spicy food - we even grow our own Thai chili's!

India has the lowest rate of altzheimers disease in the world

it is related to the curry consumption, there is a chemical that has no taste in the Tumeric that gives it it's color, pharmaceuticals are looking into making it into a dietary suppliment so that finniky westerners who hate curry can take a pill and avoid being "on golden pond" when they grow old.

But I think I'll avoid my senility one curry beef puff at a time over my bubble tea.

Nautral high and avoid senility...
Ahhh, it's great to be a curry addict! ^_^

I married an indian and the curry addiction only gets worse. The good news is that you get to eat your vegi's and don't really notice it.

If you like yellow curries what about red and green? I think it is also the coconut milk. It is so fricken good! Now if someone will only teach me how to make malasian roti!

Hey, again, Mandingo--
Interesting info on pain receptors and spicy food, etc. Hadn't heard that, but I have heard(and tend to believe) that a desire for spicy food is a responsive desire to override a sense of personal pain. Kinda the same idea, but with a different slant!
My personal weakness is jalapeno-type spice, though I do love a good HOT Indian when I come across one! (Don't ask.)
As colder weather arrives, I have a favorite curried butternut squash soup I make, which may or may not be of interest to you. I took the basis from a recipe in the original Moosewood Cookbook and then kinda tweaked it. Here goes:

Cut in half, seed, oil and bake, face-down on baking sheet, two medium butternut squash, at 375 for 30-45 minutes, till done. Cool squash. Chop one onion and 3-4 cloves garlic. Also, 1-2 stalks celery, if desired.
Heat 3 T butter in a heavy bottomed soup pot and sautee the onion and garlic (and celery). When soft and beginning to brown, add about 1/2 t cinnamon and coriander, 1 t ground cumin, 1/4 t ground mustard, 1/2 t turmeric, cayenne or fresh minced chiles to taste, and 1-2 t fresh grated ginger. Cook, stirring, for a minute or two. Meanwhile, scoop out cooled squash pulp and put in the blender with about 1 C orange juice. Then add to soup pot along with 1 C chicken broth and 1-1 1/2 C coconut milk. Add 1/2- 1 C sliced almonds. Cook 10-15 minutes; check seasonings and add salt to taste. Finish with fresh lemon or lime juice to desired taste. This is, of course, better the next day-- if it lasts!
Elizabeth

I like it so hot that the muscles in my jaw spasm.

I just read in another tribe: "there is no "downside" for the proper addict..."

Curry addiction is harmless if balanced properly with one's other personality traits. In fact, this seems like a very healthy "habit" rather than an "addiction".

I love all curries...Indian Vindaloo, Thai green red & yellow, and my childhood comfort food - Japanese curry.

Daaamn I want some curry so bad right now!

but I have a stomach virus... so it's probably not the best thing for me. *sigh*

My mother is from Fiji, so back home we do a lot of curry, and yes I get cravings for mum's curry all the time.
I just wanted to tell you all a funny story about another Fiji friend who would always make the curry hotter and hotter...he finally realised he needed to cut back on the chilis when he found himself sitting down to a plate with his roti in one hand and a towel to wipe the sweat from his brow in the other.

Yes, I have a curry addiction. When I'm hungover especially, nothing else will do!

Having cravings for curries might suggest deficiency in something; you know, sort of how the body might naturally crave bananas if you're in need of potassium for example. Does anyone know what curries contain that might have us all craving?