Naan mate, my chicken korma wasn’t raw: Scott Morrison responds to currygate

Scott Morrison has an interesting explanation for one of the viral moments of the campaign, as he rejects claims he served his family a raw chicken curry.

Scott Morrison has responded to the controversy over a recent photo he took of one of his homemade curries.

The prime minister, who regularly posts on social media about the curries he cooks for his wife and children, raised eyebrows when he shared a picture of a chicken korma that looked rather underdone.

Mr Morrison addressed the ensuing currygate storm on Melbourne’s Fox FM radio on Tuesday morning, after the hosts asked him whether the chicken was raw.

He denied the rumours, which have swirled wildly online since he shared the now-viral photo on Sunday night.

“It’s absolutely untrue. People went back for seconds. It was just the way the light bounced off the skin of the chicken. It was really nice!” Mr Morrison said.

Mr Morrison shared the photo of the infamous dinner on his official “ScoMo” Facebook page.

“Nice to have a night at home. So curry it is. Sri Lankan Tamarind Eggplant and Okra Curry and a classic Chicken Korma,” he wrote in the caption.

“Strong curry. Strong economy. Stronger future.”

But fellow Instagrammers weren’t convinced of his culinary credentials. “Salmonella poisoning incoming,” wrote one. “Explains Engadine,” another said.

“How much did you pay for the chicken? 5.1 per cent more than last quarter?” wrote a third.

Mr Morrison has attempted to frame the federal election as a choice between the Coalition as trusted economic managers and Labor as the unknown.

Let’s zoom in. A serving of salmonella or a trick of the light? You be the judge.

With the Reserve Bank tipped to raise interest rates on Tuesday from historic lows, Mr Morrison has been quick to blame international pressures for soaring inflation.

“All that pressure people know and understand is coming from overseas. The war in Europe, the pandemic ... that’s pushing up costs all around the world,” he told Fox FM.

Labor’s finance spokeswoman Katy Gallagher earlier accused Mr Morrison of deflecting responsibility.

“But I think what we saw from the PM yesterday was an attempt to shift responsibility elsewhere,” she told the ABC.

“When things are not going so good, it’s always someone else’s issue”

Senator Gallagher’s comments follow Mr Morrison’s press conference on Monday in which he said interest rates weren’t about politics.

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