Raising a family in Thailand // Documenting Issan food, culture, music, and people
How the heck did I miss this until now?
Kinda like the best documentary ever, using the oldest pawn shop equipment available. Awesome.
This is the reddit page my mom thoughtfully sent me: Costco Kimchi
I’m sure Kevin must have mentioned it at some point, but I’d never heard of this practice until today.
Outside cooking in Southeast Asia sometimes means grilling in between thunderstorms… But the beer is cold and the cats are comfortingly selfish, plus the freshly cut lamyai (longan) smells so damn good when it burns.
Uncle Andreas got us a bottle of malt vinegar, so we decided to make beer batter and fry up some fish. Unfortunately, the local Makro didn’t have much of a fish selection, so we settled on (ahem!) Issan cod.
Max and Mina did most of the prep, and I was on fry duty.
Today’s cooking vocabulary included: Deboning, scaling, pin bones, fins, gills, gutting, ounces, even spoonful, heaping spoonful, all purpose flour, sodium bicarbonate, sifting, dredging, frying oil, and fire extinguisher.
#englishforcooking
#cookingwithglenmo
#culinarylinguistics
Rolling through these mean trademark-infringing streets.
You know Sriracha is played out when you see it on the ISS: https://goo.gl/maps/2efiknVbirk
I offered the ox a taste of beef, but he refused, saying that he was Hindu, and although this could be viewed as narcissistic, it hardly hinted at cannibalism. “Besides,” he said, “where I’m from, ‘corn fed’ isn’t a compliment.”
I can never stop experimenting with new ingredients for krapow.
Also, a drippy fried egg makes everything taste better.
Nam put out the call on FB for fresh lamyai (longan) branches that I want to try for smoking meats, and a good friend came through.
Her dad cut off some branches from their trees in Ubon Rachathanee and sent them back with her this weekend.
Seeing as how imported apple wood chips cost about $30 US for a 5 lb bag, this should be a great alternative. Thanks, Jay (from J)!!
Mina wants a pizza, Mina gets a pizza.
This pizza disappeared so quickly after it came out of the oven, I didn’t get a pic.
I’ve been trying new crusts and simple uncooked sauces… I now want a better (hotter) oven.
