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Spondias mombin aka ma-kok (?????)
Somebody brought in a bag of these the other day and I’d never seen them before so I had somebody write down the name. If I’m summarizing correctly, this may…
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Saccharomyces Draught
Over at Wired: Brewing Beer From 45-Million-Year-Old Yeast Unspeakably cool. In most of Asia, they’d probably still drink it with ice, tho.
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smell my armpit
I forgot to post my instructional photo on how to harvest bananas, caveman style: Unable to hold the clump with one hand while chopping with the other (the clump was…
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ribs and drums
Just chilling at home eating leftovers and watching geckos climb the wall..
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The Story of Sriracha
Sriracha sauce that is: A Chili Sauce to Crow About My parents had a bottle of Sriracha on the table ever since I was about ten, so I literally grew…
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taco bell folk song
Is it me or do they sound a bit like the D?
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Pond Scum Soup
It doesn’t sound or look appetizing, but it was actually pretty good. On Sunday we went to an outdoor market in a park downtown where many fresh produce vendors gather.…
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Cake Wreck
This is perhaps my favorite entry on the whole Cake Wrecks blog:
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It’s Mango Season
Around these parts, mango season comes at the hottest time of the year. This year, luckily, we have been blessed with rain almost every week, which brings down the temperature…
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No escape from the barbie
Monster freshwater shrimp trying to get away on Max’s birthday a couple weeks ago. They were delicious, especially the ones rich with roe. Nam made a traditional nam chim dip…
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near wild heaven
An old woman came by my table at an outdoor restaurant, selling this (plus another similarly-sized chunk) out of a basket. It was the last of her merchandise so she…
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Steamed Beetles
BEFORE: Not sure what kind of beetles these are, but they need to be soaked (drowned?) to induce excretion before cooking. AFTER: Steamed with lemon grass and kaffir lime leaves.…
