Curry, a very highly seasoned, aromatic condiment, originally prepared in the East Indies. It derives its name from the plant which forms the basis of the preparation, the curcuma, a genus of zingiberacece, which furnishes the turmeric of commerce. The species used is the curcuma longa, and a variety of it called G. rotunda. Turmeric was formerly quite popular as a medicinal dietetic article, and had the reputation of giving tone to the digestive organs. The small proportion, however, which is used in some of the forms of curry makes it often an unimportant ingredient. In the East the mixed ingredients forming the powder are hawked about the country as an article of merchandise. It is prepared for use by the consumer by mixing with fresh acid vegetables or their juices; and the superiority of the East Indian over the European curries is said to be owing to this mode of preparation. Soyer has been censured for advising, in his "Modern Housewife," the admixture of sugar with curry. The Ceylon curry stuff, according to Simmonds's " Dictionary of Trade Products," consists of " a piece of green ginger, a few coriander and cardamom seeds, one dry capsicum pod, six or eight black pepper corns, two cloves of garlic, six small onions, half a cocoanut, half a lime, a small piece of turmeric, and half a dessert spoonful of butter, well mixed together." The following table contains five recipes for making curry:

INGREDIENTS.

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

Turmeric..........................

6

4

0

3

2

Black pepper......................

5

4

2

2

1/2

Cayenne pepper...................

1

1

..

i

6

Ginger root.......................

..

2

3

..

1/2

Fenugreek........................

3

2

1

1/2

Cumin seeds......................

8

2

2

4

..

Coriander seeds...................

6

8

12

6

Cardamom seeds....................

..

..

1/2

i

. .

Pimento...........................

..

..

1/2

i

i

Cinnamon..........................

..

..

..

i

i

Cloves............................

..

..

. .

1/4

1

Nutmeg................

..

..

..

...

1/2

Curry #1

Curry, the S. W. county of Oregon, bounded S. by California, W. by the Pacific, and watered by Rogue river and other streams; area, 1,600 sq. m.; pop. in 1870, 504, of whom 12 were Chinese. Cape Blanco, the westernmost point in the state, is in this county. Copper and some gold are found. The fisheries of the rivers and coast are productive. Timber is abundant, and there is some good soil. The chief productions in 1870 were 1,821 bushels of wheat, 1,274 of Indian corn, 2,601 of oats, 1,236 of peas and beans, 4,319 of potatoes, 149 tons of hay, and 24,110 lbs. of wool. There were 373 horses, 925 milch cows, 2,350 other cattle, 7,722 sheep, and 635 swine. Capital, Ellensburg.