Fifty Weeks, Fifty Curries: Week Twenty-Six: Kozhi Varatha Kosambu

I'd say I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but 1) I actually don't care, and writing reviews about things I didn't like is probably the easiest single kind of review I do and 2) I didn't actually dislike this week's curry, for reasons that I'll get to after I've rambled on for a while in the intro in accordance, as is tradition from time immemorial. I was looking forward to it when we bought chicken thighs at the butcher, because dark chicken is the best chicken. I'm glad that as a culture we're getting over the "No fat, boneless skinless breast meat only, Final Destination" mania that afflicted us when I was a child, though at the same time I'm not because it means that fatty meat is actually valuable now and we can't get fatty cuts for cheap. At least organic, pastured chicken hearts are still $5 a pound. Maintain your disgust with organ meat, Americans!
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