1. The earliest known use of the word “curry” in English was as a verb in the late 13th century meaning to rub down a horse with a comb.

2. The earliest known curry recipe, for a chicken or rabbit curry, was given in Hannah Glasse’s 1747 Art Of Cookery, “To make a Currey the India way”.

3. The first reference to a “Curry-House” in English was in 1883.

4. An older word “cury” was used for any cooked food. It came from the French “cuire” meaning “to cook”. A 1390 cook book was called Form Of Cury.