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Thai Fish Sauce Taste Test

By on July 2, 2012 in She Explores, She Rants and Muses, She Stocks a Thai Pantry, She Thais, She Uncooks


I have recently done a taste test on seven Thai brands of fish sauce that, according to a private poll, are the easiest to find in the United States. Though there are many other brands in the US market, we’re going to focus on these Thai brands. This is because they are made specifically for Thai food, and Thai food is what this blog covers — well, most of the time. I’ll write about the non-Thai brands, which are intentionally excluded, in the sequel to this post.

Here’s the result. Continue Reading →

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Hydrated Lemon Basil Seeds in Thai Desserts (เมล็ดแมงลัก)

By on April 24, 2012 in She Rants and Muses, She Stocks a Thai Pantry, She Uncooks, She Veges

 

After having lent its irreplaceable fragrance to many pots of Kaeng Liang, last year’s crop of lemon basil (maeng lak) left me with these. If I was in a more philosophical mood, I would have written something boring about my plan to plant another crop this year with these seeds and how that reminds me of how the death of something must take place in order to make a rebirth possible and all that. But since I’m not in a philosophical mood, I’m going to be writing something boring about how the Thai people use lemon basil seeds instead.

And what makes it boring is the fact that there really isn’t much to talk about when it comes to the culinary use of lemon basil seeds. In fact, overwhelmed by the dearth of material, I’ll resort to writing in bullet points which, interestingly, is the same method I use when overwhelmed by the wealth of material. You want to read on, though. You’re already on the second paragraph; might as well stick around and see how much more boring this can get. Continue Reading →

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Panko-Crusted Fried Baby Bananas (กล้วยไข่ชุบเกล็ดขนมปังทอด), Thai New Year, Songkran Goddess

By on April 13, 2012 in She Deglutenizes, She Fries, She Rants and Muses, She Thais, She Veges

 What did you do in the last few hours? Me? I woke up and found myself on a bed which happened to be the very same one into which I crawled last night. At one point, I felt a slight itch on my back. So I reached out my hand and scratched it thereby relieving the itch. With the itch having been sufficiently alleviated, I ceased scratching and continued to lie in bed some more. Then I noticed that the light in the closet was on, so I remedied the situation by getting up and flipping the switch to the off position thereby causing the light to go out requiring me to take no further action. Then I started doing some work on my laptop. After a while, I decided to take a short break by sitting idly for a few moments. At the end of the break, I started working again which was when I discontinued sitting idly. Half an hour later which coincided with the 30-minute mark after I’d resumed working, I felt hungry, so I went to the kitchen and opened the refrigerator door which allowed me to see inside it. I then decided to make a sandwich. I placed a slice of cheese on a piece of bread and a few slices of ham on top of the cheese. Then I placed another piece of bread on top of the whole thing which resulted in the ham and cheese being positioned right between the two pieces of bread. Then I ate the sandwich until it was no more at which point I stopped eating. [1]

I thought you’d be glad to find out that, luckily, things were much more exciting these past few hours in the cosmological world. How exciting? We’re talking seven beautiful women floating in the air with a severed head in tow.

Got your attention, didn’t I? Continue Reading →

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