Seen recently: ***Dave :: Curry and Cognition. I mentioned this idea that’s been making the rounds via a recent study to my husband David: eating curry may have a beneficial effect on the brains of Alzheimer’s patients, and eating it now and then may have some sort of protective effect.

So; more curry for us! We made some using a rather strange but tasty Japanese product called “Vermont Curry,” which I found at Meijer. It was a lot like the H&B curry blocks (which are melted into a hot, soupy mixture of sauted meats and vegetables that have then come to a boil in water or stock. Mmm, it was good, and I think we might be able to jazz it up with coconut milk and other Thai items to vary the taste.

David liked it enough that he wants to have it over noodles soon. It’s odd that it’s called “Vermont Curry,” but there’s apparently some apples in the flavor block. There are other ways to make curry, of course, but I was familiar with this method. So we’ll see what else we come up with, because if the health benefits are real, it’s an easy fit for our slap-dash manner of cooking.

Also via Boing Boing: Curry Cures Alzheimers?