SAWASDEE 3 (2009 Thai thread restarted)

[GeneT 0]

Just FYI, a mortar and pestal can be purchased for under $10 at Ikea of all places. It is rather small, but it works.

Yes, I've got small brass ones-antique apothecary or small spice but for some reason they relish beating the ####### out of the peppers and that unfortunate crab they throw in there mid smash with a nice big stick! It's amusing watching them make it. Call it insanity but each time I visit, I try my best to fit in which includes eating large quantities of that. After a couple days of intestinal protest, my body adapts and I've actually gotten cravings for it (like right now; I've wanted some so badly for a long time). Hard to explain but it is like an endorphin drug or something. I guess it's like beer. My first beer I barfed at 9 or 10 years old then you learn. In all honesty beer doesn't REALLY taste good but I crave it (I just don't give in much nowadays-too much trouble). Same with this tom macoom. I crave it like mad but it tastes like hell. I figured if they eat it then let's see how long it takes my body to stop rejecting it and it's surprisingly a short time. I eat it, sweat, tear, burns coming out and two rounds of that two days I'm all better and can eat about half the portions they do with no ill effects (except blowing the air to cool down your mouth while eating it).

Tabasco on eggs or 4 packs of hot sauce from taco hell doesn't compare...I need my spicy; I'm hooked! I learned most grocery stores are devoid of this drug and it's nightmarish!

This economy is horrible though. We're praying to our deities to help us find jobs so she can stay (I think I need to show finances again at some point AOS?). Only a week ago I lost my venue to sell old stuff from over there for a nice profit. I' really worried now.

OMG, that does not sound like something I want to try... What is it called?

Hey where has everyone found the bamboo sticky rice cookers? Any good sources for cooking equipment online??

[daboyz 36]

Just FYI, a mortar and pestal can be purchased for under $10 at Ikea of all places. It is rather small, but it works.

Yes, I've got small brass ones-antique apothecary or small spice but for some reason they relish beating the ####### out of the peppers and that unfortunate crab they throw in there mid smash with a nice big stick! It's amusing watching them make it. Call it insanity but each time I visit, I try my best to fit in which includes eating large quantities of that. After a couple days of intestinal protest, my body adapts and I've actually gotten cravings for it (like right now; I've wanted some so badly for a long time). Hard to explain but it is like an endorphin drug or something. I guess it's like beer. My first beer I barfed at 9 or 10 years old then you learn. In all honesty beer doesn't REALLY taste good but I crave it (I just don't give in much nowadays-too much trouble). Same with this tom macoom. I crave it like mad but it tastes like hell. I figured if they eat it then let's see how long it takes my body to stop rejecting it and it's surprisingly a short time. I eat it, sweat, tear, burns coming out and two rounds of that two days I'm all better and can eat about half the portions they do with no ill effects (except blowing the air to cool down your mouth while eating it).

Tabasco on eggs or 4 packs of hot sauce from taco hell doesn't compare...I need my spicy; I'm hooked! I learned most grocery stores are devoid of this drug and it's nightmarish!

This economy is horrible though. We're praying to our deities to help us find jobs so she can stay (I think I need to show finances again at some point AOS?). Only a week ago I lost my venue to sell old stuff from over there for a nice profit. I' really worried now.

You are way over thinking this. Get a bottle of Saeng Som and chill.

[Niels Bohr 72]

Please, if you're Cambodian....come to my thread. For godsakes!

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...=61956&st=0

I'll be glad to help.

[HYENA 4]

You can buy the bamboo rice cookers online. ebay (I hate ebay) has sellers all over but the prices are bad. I think we'll bring a few back. you can also make your own without much effort.

Come on...the mortar and pestle hot peppers with the beaten crab thrown in is tom macoom (tom yam? I can't remember the Thai word). Papaya salad...shredded green papaya, noodles, a handful of bitchin hot spicy's and a fresh water crab thrown in for flavor. They also put that bacteria fish sauce in while beating it all together (I can always hear them making it over the phone when i call her in the background and I ask "who's cooking?").

Actually I've never had any intestinal problems completely...only for an hour then it seems to go away but your body does adapt really fast to super super spicy food; you'd be surprised. By the end of a week, you can dip right in to the same stuff they're eating. I think it gives you an endorphin high or something. I have bad cravings for super spicy. I know she gets cranky if she doesn't get her fix, as well (nothing new; I've read about this all over the place).

[HYENA 4]

misunderstood the earlier question....I'm sure you know about the papaya salad.

the drug i was referring to was spicy hot stuff, that's all. Sorry to confuse, just excited to be going back again to bring her here (Buddha willing)

[Niels Bohr 72]

I lov Papaya Salad. Yummy!

[HYENA 4]

I lov Papaya Salad. Yummy!

I love it, too and I have NO IDEA WHY! It tastes like rotten bacteria fish with evil spices but every time I see it, I crawl over to the plate (of course you know you're in Thailand if you're eating from plates on the floor)! Haaahahahaha!

[scandal 951]

It tastes like rotten bacteria fish with evil spices

That's just offensive. You keep repeating it. You've been doing it for months. It's insensitive and offensive and demonstrates a total lack of appreciation for a foreign culture and cuisine. If you like the food - fine, enjoy it. If you don't like it - fine. If you want to mix your offensive way of referring to it, while simultaneously professing an admiration for it, go ahead but I know what opinion I hold of you for doing so.

[rin and john 71]

Hey where has everyone found the bamboo sticky rice cookers? Any good sources for cooking equipment online??

This?

Three of the four asian groceries in Memphis carry them (both the baskets and pots).

They also have these for making som tom:

Check the asian stores in your area:

http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/2049

There are online sites to purchase but all of them were pricier than the local asian shops.

One is www.simply-thai.com (if MSP is too far from your home).

Google is your friend.....

Edited July 13, 2009 by rin and john

[rin and john 71]

Here's another website selling Thai cookware:

http://www.templeofthai.com/cookware/

Must be run by a Thai (based on pricing policy):

sticky rice steamer basket: $6.00

sticky rice steamer pot: $10.00

sticky rice steamer set (basket and pot): $16.95

Edited July 13, 2009 by rin and john

[daboyz 36]

Here's another website selling Thai cookware:

http://www.templeofthai.com/cookware/

Must be run by a Thai (based on pricing policy):

sticky rice steamer basket: $6.00

sticky rice steamer pot: $10.00

sticky rice steamer set (basket and pot): $16.95

[rsn 135]

Hey where has everyone found the bamboo sticky rice cookers? Any good sources for cooking equipment online??

This?

Three of the four asian groceries in Memphis carry them (both the baskets and pots).

They also have these for making som tom:

Check the asian stores in your area:

http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/2049

There are online sites to purchase but all of them were pricier than the local asian shops.

One is www.simply-thai.com (if MSP is too far from your home).

Google is your friend.....

We saw the sticky rice cookers at a few Asian stores near us, but our biggest problem has been finding Isan food to eat with sticky rice. Not a lot of luck in that department.

[rin and john 71]

We saw the sticky rice cookers at a few Asian stores near us, but our biggest problem has been finding Isan food to eat with sticky rice. Not a lot of luck in that department.

We rarely eat sticky rice (in two years Rin has probably only made it 5 or 6 times). I think everytime it has been to eat with fried or grilled chicken.

What type of Isaan food are you looking for?

[rsn 135]

We saw the sticky rice cookers at a few Asian stores near us, but our biggest problem has been finding Isan food to eat with sticky rice. Not a lot of luck in that department.

We rarely eat sticky rice (in two years Rin has probably only made it 5 or 6 times). I think everytime it has been to eat with fried or grilled chicken.

What type of Isaan food are you looking for?

Yea, I've done the fried chicken thing w/ sticky rice. As far as other foods, I'm not entirely sure of the English names, and neither is Kat. Whenever I go over to her parents house near Udon, they always prepare a bunch of different stuff that we eat with sticky rice. Again though, I'm not sure what any of it is called, unfortunately. The only thing I can sort of describe is baby jackfruit which has been turned into a paste and mixed with chili powder (along with some other spices, I assume, that I also cannot identify). I know, I'm not much help.

EDIT: It would be nice if we could find whole tuna (not that processed stuff in a can). I remember eating that with sticky rice often. We saw it in one Thai restaurant in Chicago, but neglected to ask where they got it from.

Edited July 13, 2009 by rsn

[Niels Bohr 72]

For the ignorant fool.

The salt in the papaya salad kills the bacteria. How does salt kill bacteria? Simple. It removes the water inside the cell cutting it off from any further chemical reaction. I'm surprise that nobody know why people do not get sick from it because of this.

And, I can also explain why the need to goto the bathroom after eating. It's because of the spices. Heck, if I overload your hamburger with the Thai Chillis, you'll be going to the bathroom in the next 6-12 hours after eating it.