This has to do with with the mixture of honeys and apples being associated with Vermont in Japan, though I'm not quite sure how wildly known that is or why.
It's because there was a book called "Folk Medicine: A Vermont Doctor's Guide to Good Health" that kicked off a health fad called the "Vermont health system" in Japan. It included drinking apple cider vinegar and honey. The curry then appropriated the name for its health connotations.
Like how KFC is associated with American Christmas in Japan?
https://www.timeout.com/tokyo/things-to-do/whats-the-deal-with-kfc-and-christmas-in-japan
TIL if you want Kentucky Fried Chicken, go to Japan.
the default country syndrome strikes hard again, today it got even me!
OP's mind is gonna be blown when they discover there are multiple different types of rice, too.
Or different types of coffee.
And different types of syrup
That's not the point. Vermont Curry is from Japan.
Chinese fortune cookies came from a Japanese person in San Francisco!
Why does it always need to be about best or most popular?
Maybe this tastes good in its own way, hits the spot in its own way, and that doesn't diminish Indian/Thai/etc curry in any way.
Then again, I do favor Thai curry over Indian curry, which I've been told makes me a monster no one should listen to...
It is actually a Japanese product. It is Japanese style brown curry with some maple syrup, honey, and apple, or at least those flavors, added to it.
I will get curry with you.
To Vermont!
There's people who argue about pineapple on pizza and it's ridiculous.
Food is food. And there's no wrong way to eat it!!!
Except people who put mustard on their fries
I do favor Thai curry over Indian curry, which I've been told makes me a monster no one should listen to...
What? Why, though???
I also prefer Thai curry, because Thai food is incredible. I mean, so is Indian food, but everyone has their own favorite flavor profiles.
Indian curry is also a very vague description. There are so many types of curry of Indian origin and they're all so different from each other.
Why are you a monster? Thai curry is fucking delicious!
Not to be confused with Vermont Carry, which is Constitutional or "permitless" carry of handguns.
Indiana and Florida too
29 states all together.
If the cheese and syrup have taught me anything, it's that everything made in Vermont is better.
Switzerland and Canada respectively disagree.
I've had real Canadian maple syrup and it's better than New Hampshire's but not better than Vermont's. Sorry, not sorry.
I've not actually had real Swiss cheese, though. Just the cheese we have here in the states that we call Swiss cheese, which is really just a single type of Swiss "invented" cheese but since it's not actually made in Switzerland doesn't really count. Because it's based on bacterial cultures, it really does matter where it's made. Wisconsin cheese is very good, but I can't think of anything better than extra sharp Vermont cheddar. Ideally, I'd have both on the same board. 🤤
Switzerland, the place with all the holes in its cheese?
This isn't made in Vermont though. It's Japanese.
I don't know if that hold true here judging by the picture on the box. It looks like brown gravy.
Vermont curry isn't actually from Vermont. It's a Japanese style curry, rather than an Indian style, so it's a different spice composition.
Add tumeric so it looks like the usual yellow. 🤷🏻♂️
Similar to Green Mountain Salsa. Nothing says authenticly Mexican like Vermont Salsa
Better than NEW YORK CITY!
Fun fact: In Super Troopers, there were several jokes about Thorny being Arabian, Mexican, etc because of his personal life growing up in Vermont and people were uh uncertain.
Anyone that has seen the movie and is from a small town in any state can relate.
Ok but when I think apple and honey Vermont does come to mind
And now enjoy apple honey curry
It's really good. We buy Montana and Otago curry from the same brand. I always found the names funny, though.
I'm tired and out of the corner of my eye that initially looked like 'Voldemort curry'
Or the longer name: Curry that must not to be named.
Voldemort Curry: “The curry of choice for Turfs”
Oddly enough, they don’t seem to sell this in the EU or UK (though some Asian groceries near universities have a mix in similarly coloured packaging made for the Chinese market by House’s PRC subsidiary), though they sell other House and S&B curry mixes. I wonder if Vermont Curry might contain an ingredient that’s banned in the EU or something.
I mean that sounds kind of good though...
Pizzafication
I don't like any curry do I have no dog in this race. That said, even if know that this is dumb.
