"Salt is the difference between eating in black and white and eating in Technicolour"

Can I have some more please?

Gruel? Really? That’s what this translates as? Blimey, I’ll have some of that!

It ain’t Banana Fritters!

I went for a Thai meal with vegetarians once. It was nice enough. Then the waiter asked about deserts: “Apple fritters please”; “Bananas in Coconut Milk for me”, “Ooh, me too. Bananas in Coconut Milk”. It got to me : “Lamb Masaman Curry, Please”.

Can curry paste be religious?

This is translated as “Muslim” curry paste. It may have been brought in by Persian traders. "Mussulman" is arguably another word for Muslim. It’s interesting – either way it feels like it comes from well to the West of Thailand.

Ripped off from Dhal

Another made-up Mexican side dish because I don't really like the limited number I have in my Mexican cookbook

Holy Guacamole, Batman! (As Robin never said)

This is basically Tomato Salsa with mashed avocado mixed in. Don't buy it, there's no comparison to the real stuff

Salsa, chatni, it's all the same; fruit, veg, acid and herbs.

This could pas for Asian as well as American but either way it's really lovely

Made it up before I knew it had a name. Not authentic but it went down well

I couldn't anything I fancied in the Mexican cookbook - seems like all the veg had cheese and/or bread of some sort so I thought about ratatouille with Mexican flavours instead. The Spanish do something called Pisto but it's very tomato-ey and I wanted it a bit less gloopy

Anything but plain - you've got to love them Mexicans!

This is the same principle as Plain Rice where you measure the rice and liquid beforehand and cook it until the liquid is gone.