Curry

Curry
Origin	South Asia
Type	Meal, Ready-to-Eat
Production and service
Used by	Militaires Sans Frontières

Curry is a type of spiced dish that is derived from India or other South Asian countries.

History

Originally an Indian dish, it was prepared with meat, vegetables, and other ingredients cooked in spices. It made its way into Great Britain around the 16th century. It was later adopted into the British Navy due to its nutritious nature as well as being capable of being preserved. During World War II in the early 20th century, Japan developed curry as rations for its Navy. Upon returning, it eventually found its way to Japanese homes and was formally adopted into the Japan Self-Defense Forces. The dish is most popular as a simple to cook yet widely adaptable savory and aromatic comfort food.

Curry was Kazuhira Miller's favorite food.

Peace Walker Incident

Main article: Peace Walker Incident

During the Peace Walker Incident in 1974, the mercenary group Militaires Sans Frontières procured various curry recipes. The MSF then developed a spicy curry dish for its soldiers, which was sealed in specially manufactured retort pouches. The development of the retort pouches were not easy, as their only reference during development were the vacuum-sealed sausage rations used by the United States military at the time of the mission, with the temperature and the pressure adjustments also requiring a lot of trial and error before successful development. The result was a type of ration using retort pouches comparable to those used to store space-food, and required three minutes to boil it in water before eating. Big Boss, when learning of this from Miller, was impressed at how they were able to develop it.

The group's R&D Team later added more spice to the dish to create "Great Curry," which had a flavor more closely related to freshly cooked curry. They later made the curry 95% fat free and made it even more spicy to create "Future Curry," which as the name implies, went "far beyond" freshly cooked curry. Each variant of curry, overall belonging to the Legendary Taste series, had 1 serving as well as 434 grams per serving.

Behind the scenes

Curry in Pliskin VR Mission Variety Mode Level 1.

Curry appears in one of Iroquois Pliskin's VR Missions, Variety Level 01, featured in Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance. The mission requires the player to take down seven enemy soldiers with the PSG1, to stop them from approaching a curry dish that has been left in the open. Should the player fail, the soldier who reaches the dish will react with joy (in an identical manner to encountering a Book), and the mission will result in a Game Over.

The Yellow Genome Soldier in Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops Plus is mentioned to enjoy curry.

In Super Smash Bros. Brawl, one of the weapons that the player can utilize against other fighters is the Superspicy Curry, which has the fighters spraying fireballs until they grow adjusted to the flavor. The trophy description also alludes to Solid Snake eating it. The description erroneously mentioned that it debuted in Kirby's Adventure, when in reality, it debuted in Kirby's Dream Land and never even appeared in Kirby's Adventure. It returned in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate with the same function as in Brawl.

"The spiciest curry around. Eat it, and you'll be able to attack by spitting out fireballs. The eater of the curry will soon be unable to handle the heat, however, and end up frantically dashing about the screen. This is a pretty funny sight that never gets old, especially when it's Samus or Snake. Eat this mouth-scorching dish if you dare.
NES Kirby's Adventure"

―Superspicy Curry Trophy description from Super Smash Bros. Brawl

In the Japanese version of Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, the various levels of curry (Spicy Curry, Great Curry, and Future Curry) were actually Bon Curry, Bon Curry Gold 21, and Bon Curry Neo, respectively, added in by Hideo Kojima as a joke in regards to product placement. There was also a briefing file where Big Boss and Miller talked about the Bon Curry, but it was removed in the overseas versions, presumably due to copyright issues. The briefing file implied that the name "Bon Curry" was named by Miller after Cécile Cosima Caminades regarding her French nationality, due to "Bon" being the French word for "good." A similar tape, relating to Retort Pouched curries in itself, and likewise occurring before the Bon Curry tape, was also removed, presumably for the same reason as the Bon Curry tape itself. Similarly, the various Curry in the Japanese version shared the exact same flavor text in the basic menu description, while the overseas versions had each Curry being given a slightly more unique description for each version. For their model viewer descriptions, it was the opposite: The English versions, besides slight alterations, had the same overall description, while in Japan, each model viewer description for the item was completely unique.

Humorously, the Curry items were given an indirect mention during one of the briefing conversations when Miller suggests dispatching several MSF members to other countries, when Big Boss sarcastically asks if he is going to make MSF-brand rations, with Miller briefly considering it to be a good idea.

Gameplay

Each of the three Curry items in the game restores LIFE when used, and if equipped, will automatically be used should the LIFE gauge become depleted.

Hints

When preparing to face the most difficult enemies in battle such as Custom AIs or Gear Rex, it is recommended to place Curry (preferably Future Curry) in an Items slot, in addition to standard Rations, for prolonged survival.

In-game descriptions

Game	Item	Item Window description	Icon
Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker (NA/EU)	Spicy Curry	Popular food in Japan. Spicy and delicious. Recovers LIFE. Automatically used if LIFE reaches zero when equipped.
	Great Curry	Updated with enhanced flavour thanks to the latest in food technology.
	Future Curry	The next generation of food R&D - truly a taste of the future!
Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker (JP)	Bon Curry	レトルトカレー。 体力(LIFE)を回復する。 装備してるとLIFE0になったとき、 自動的に使用する。 (Translation: Curry in a pouch. Recovers stamina (LIFE). Automatically used if LIFE reaches zero when equipped.)
	Bon Curry Gold 21
	Bon Curry Neo

Name	Item	Model Viewer description
Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker (NA/EU)	Spicy Curry	Ready-to-eat, instant curry developed by the lab boys at MSF's research section. Prepared with meat, vegetables and other ingredients cooked in spices, curry dishes are originally an Indian cuisine that made its way to the U.K. With its spices acting as preservatives and ingreedients that provide balanced nutrition, curry was adopted by the British Navy as military food. In the early 20th century, Japan developed curry as rations for their navy. When the soldiers returned home from war, curry gradually found its way into Japanese households. Currently, curry is adopted by Japan's Self Defence Force and is Kaz Miller's favorite dish. MSF has developed curry as a ration that can be easily carried, preserved in specially manufactured retort pouches.
	Great Curry	Improved version with a flavor that is much closer to freshly cooked curry.
	Future Curry	Improved to the point that the flavor goes beyond that of freshly cooked curry. Most likely to change the future of cuisine as we know it!

Game	Item	Model Viewer description		Image
		Japanese	Translation
Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker (JP)	Bon Curry	1968年2月12日、市販用として世界ではじめてのレトルト食品「ボンカレー」が新発売された（発売当初阪神地区限定）。 いまや定番となった「ボンカレー」というネーミングだが、これは、フランス語のBON（良い、おいしい）と英語のCURRY（カレー） を組み合わせ、まさにおいしいカレーという意味が込められた「ボンカレー」に決定されたのである。	Released on February 12, 1968, Bon Curry was the first commercialized meal brand sold on a retort pouch (available only at the Hanshin district). The now staple brand name comes from a combination of the French word "Bon" and English word "Curry", hence the name essentially means "delicious curry".
	Bon Curry Gold 21	2001年“21世紀スタンダードカレー”として質・量ともさらに充実された「ボンカレーゴールド21」の発売が開始された。 辛さだけの違いではなく、フルーティな甘口、コクと旨みの中辛、スパイシーな辛口、辛さと旨さの熱辛と それぞれの辛さに合った味の個性が特長である。	The Bon Curry Gold 21 line was launched in 2001 with the intent of setting "a new standard of Curry" for the 21st century with improved quality and quantity. The various flavors are characterized not just by their levels of spiciness but by their individual tastes: there's the fruity mild curry (amakuchi), the strong but flavorful medium-spicy curry (chūkara), the spicy dry curry (karakuchi) and the hot and delicious ultra-spicy flavor (netsukara).
	Bon Curry Neo	2009年、発売41年目の2月12日、ボンカレーの日を記念して「ボンカレーネオ」が新発売された。 お母さんが家族の為に手間暇かけて作る愛情たっぷりの美味しさ。 「ボンカレーネオ」は、その原点を大切にしながら、時代と共に進化し続けるカレーである。 確かな素材で、ていねいに作られたボンカレーネオは、“フタをあけ、箱ごとレンジで2分で調理する”ことも出来る。 これからも、「おいしい進化は、とまらない。」	Bon Curry Neo was launched on February 12, 2009, the 41st anniversary of the Bon Curry brand. It has a homemade-like taste that feels like it was cooked by mom with plenty of love for the whole family. Bon Curry Neo is a curry that evolved with the times while cherishing its roots. With certain materials, it can be cooked in a microwave in two minutes. The evolution of taste does not stop here.

Gallery

Spicy Curry.

Great Curry.

Future Curry.

Bon Curry.

Bon Curry 21 Gold.

Bon Curry Neo.

Bon Curry 21 Gold, Bon Curry Neo, and Bon Curry as shown on the Japanese Peace Walker site.

Bon Curry Neo model viewer.

Bon Curry Gold 21 model viewer.

Bon Curry model viewer.

Superspicy Curry artwork from Super Smash Bros. Brawl.

Superspicy Curry trophy in Super Smash Bros. Brawl.

Superspicy Curry in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.

Appearances

• Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance (VR Missions Variety Level 01 Iroquois Pliskin; first appearance)
• Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops Plus (mentioned only; non-canon)
• Super Smash Bros. Brawl (as Superspicy Curry; non-canon)
• Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker (as Spicy Curry, Great Curry, Future Curry, Bon Curry, Bon Curry Neo, and Bon Curry Gold 21, depending on the version)