This is an open letter to Doug in BC. Doug, what have you done to my wife? I made your Curried Pork Tenderloin yesterday evening and it had a very strange effect. I made the curry as near as I could to your recipe. I served the curry and waited to hear what she thought of it. What I did hear was not so much words as, well, something like this (and I quote or as near as I can get for primeval sounds)... Ooooooh. Mmmmmm. Oh yes! This is .. whhhhhh. Phwaaaaaaah. - you get the picture? Now I am getting a bit worried at this point. I rush over to the recipe to see what could possibly be the cause of such a reaction. Could it be that the recipe uses some of her favourite ingredients - coconut, ginger, chiles and basil? Maybe Doug has found a secret combination to entice the female of the species? I know not. Until I tried some myself. Doug, old chap, you have created a masterpiece here. It was delicious. I don't know how long it took you to perfect this recipe but it was time well spent. Does it have the same effect on your wife? I only changed a couple of things and those were by necessity as I didn't have the ingredients. I used sherry instead of wine for the marinade and a couple of cayennes instead of the hab. I did use GOOD Madras curry powder (Rajah) as instructed even though I usually mix my own spices. If any CH's are curry fans I recommend you try Doug's recipe. But watch out for the reaction you get!!! It's in digest #143 if you're looking for it. cheers, David drop in at The Curry House http://www.curryhouse.co.uk for curry recipes, articles and a UK restaurant guide