This post reminded me of the following passage from "The Naval Treaty".
It is the occasion where Holmes has invited Percy Phelps over to
explain the case, but in his very dramatic fashion...

<q>
The table was all laid, and just as I was about to ring Mrs.
Hudson entered with the tea and coffee. A few minutes later she
brought in three covers, and we all drew up to the table, Holmes
ravenous, I curious, and Phelps in the gloomiest state of depression.
"Mrs. Hudson has risen to the occasion," said Holmes, un-
covering a dish of curried chicken. "Her cuisine is a little
limited, but she has as good an idea of breakfast as a Scotchwoman.
What have you there, Watson?"
"Ham and eggs," I answered.
"Good! What are you going to take, Mr. Phelps -- curried
fowl or eggs, or will you help yourself?"
"Thank you. I can eat nothing," said Phelps.
"Oh, come! Try the dish before you."
"Thank you, I would really rather not."
"Well, then," said Holmes with a mischievous twinkle, "I
suppose that you have no objection to helping me?"
Phelps raised the cover, and as he did so he uttered a scream
and sat there staring with a face as white as the plate upon which
he looked. Across the centre of it was lying a little cylinder of
blue-gray paper. He caught it up, devoured it with his eyes, and
then danced madly about the room, pressing it to his bosom and
shrieking out in his delight.
</q>

As you can see, Holmes was not averse to Indian cuisine, since he
was presented some curried chicken by the landlady whereas it is
Watson who gets a proper English breakfast. But I guess, this was
perhaps not the normal state of things, and Holmes might have preferred
curry to enjoy a joyous occasion.

It is also interesting of his remark about Mrs Hudson's cooking abilities.
- "Her cuisine is a little limited, but she has as good an idea of
breakfast as a Scotchwoman."

Happy posting in 2008.

--Anand

On Dec 31, 2007 5:21 PM, Tim Symonds <tim.symonds@...> wrote:
> It seems to me quite likely that Dr Watson's tastes in food would be quite
> different from Holmes'. Watson may have been influenced by his time in 'the
> East' and therefore would appreciate spicy food whereas my impression of
> Holmes is he ate to live, i.e. would have more simple English meals of the
> day, largely lamb or beef and potatoes and boiled vegetables, which the
> faithful landlady would be able to provide..
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> > I came acroos this rather strange refeerence in a blog.
> > "The Sherlock Holmes Cookbook was published in 1976 and written by Sean
> > Wright and John Farrell, two Holmes devotees. The authors assert that
> > food was ever present at Holmes' and Watson's flat at 221-B Baker
> > Street in London".
> > Any comments on that?
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> At the 31st Meeting of The Goose Club (last night, Los Angeles) I
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-Anand