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...my grandfather, a terrible and violent alcoholic seems to have come, from what I heard, from a family of British military types, practitioners of the violence of British imperialism.

I kind of wondered how it is that my father, decidedly not a "man of worldly cuisine," basically a meat and potatoes, kind of guy, cooked so often with curries. Apparently my grandfather, when not drunk and exhibiting war related PTSD by exhibiting violence against his family, worked as a fairly prominent chef, having learned to cook while stationed in India with the British army.

(My current historical reading is Legacy of Violence, A History of the British Empire, which I am reading with interest based on my familial history.)

My father didn't get much from his father, but apparently some recipes were among the few things he got.

I no longer eat mammals or birds, but when I was growing up, I looked forward to my father - a man who made a point of not being his father when his turn at being a father came - made curried lamb.

I can't remember what it tasted like, but I do remember being happy when he made it. (I eat a lot of Indian food now, none with lamb however. Indian cuisine is rich with vegetarian dishes.)