davidmurin

Well my Thai wife and I are currently trying the bamboo tray outside drying method hanging from a pole. We slice some home grown "Better Boy's" (seeds from U.S. and very good propagated from containers the to plastic bags . Now what to do with all these big,ripe,jucy tomatoes. Usaually I make Salsa or pico de gallo. Italian sauce...but this is my first experience with drying usually canning or pickeling the green one or frying...seems to be working . We have been cutting pretty thin because of the rainy weather or has been a little cloudy for drying the thick ones but working..dried in about 3 days. We also have some tomatoes in a box that get the calcium carbide rock ripening treatment. These are ripening very well. We pick green due to the wetness and tomatoes laying one the ground plus wet plus heat causes rot. That's it for now..just like to know what to do with these dried tomatoes. You can freeze them as well till you have time for cooking and canning..in my case too many at the present.

Yeah, now you're cooking.

EGG(S), SUNNYSIDE UP

Carefully break the eggs in the teflon pan.

already wrong....teflon pans are best used as a gong to alert the family that dinner is ready. Never use them for cooking. Pans are made from cast iron.

Turn on the heat under the pan.

but careful. Not too much or the egg white will get hard and unedible.

Wait until it gets heated/hard enough for you (I like my yolks runny).

again....keep the heat not too hot. You may cover the pan to get the yolk well done.

Turn off heat and carefully slide unto plate.

you are allowed to use a spatula...makes life easier

Try frying a little bacon and then crack the eggs in the oil and then flip the grease on the egg a little or without a little oil or bacon fat ...

Hello.

Has anyone ever tried smoking their own joint of ham? I have not seen anything mentioned in this forum about smoking ham, how to actually do it. Any su ggestions appreciated

I have a friend who smokes meat regularly - usually ribs. He uses coconut husk to smoke with. It works well, but it's not really suitable for stuff like kippers. It's used for hot smoking I think.

He got a local welder to build a smoker. It has 2 chambers - a large and a small one, the husk goes at the bottom of the small one - which is perforated with a BBQ under. The charcoal is v close to the coconut. The smoke goes up into the other chamber - which has a small chimney.

I hope this helps. I think you would be cheaper getting someone here to make one - there's not much to it.

Hello, Well being from Texas and not having hams and Turkeys,Ribs and Chicken smoked was a drag so...Acquire a 55 gal drum stand it upright cut tht the top out and put two grills in it the fireboxin the bottom or coals on the next elevation ..the charcoal holder or wood. The meat was smoked with coal which can be soaked in whiskey abnd the wood or dry wood can be damp also. Lemon grass can also be used for the smoke but hardwood chips that have been soaked and added to the coals make a nice smoke. Pork can be marinated with beer also as it cooks. To each his own . This little project was done at a local village welders with a convenience clean out door included and a pretty big wash basin(aluminum) for the cover. Have fun!!!!!!!!

Forget the first link it does'nt work so its this one

http://www.fao.org/documents/

Hello there! Just got back from my friend in Nam Now and he has excellent avacados and Brush Nuts Macadamias from the LomSak Area doing good after about four years now. I brought some of the plants here 100 kilo north of Chaiyaphum near Phukieo. Seem to be thriving with a little water. Looks like the mountains are dryer but have morning dew also good for the orchids there.

They just look like 'fruitless' scones to me. I still don't get the 'gravy' side of the equation. Is it like a meat gravy, ie savoury? or a sweet gravy?

As always when it's not something you are used to it sounds a bit weird!

Gravy ain't wavy. First of all comin from a tried and true southern boy from Mississippi.. raised on cornbread and crowder peas, biscuits and gravy and cornbread. First of all whenever you get through cookin that piece of pork or chicken or meat don't throw out that grease but pour some out and add a little thickener preferably some cornstarch and milk to it or some wheat flour and simmer slow even add some water if too thick with a little salt and pepper. The texture is simi-creamy and has some meat fragments left over in a real cast -iron fry pan but here in Thailand I have yet to find a cast iron pan for my bread nor fry pan.

They just look like 'fruitless' scones to me.  I still don't get the 'gravy' side of the equation.  Is it like a meat gravy, ie savoury? or a sweet gravy?

As always when it's not something you are used to it sounds a bit weird!

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Scones are always sweet, right?

Biscuits taste good because of the slight sour taste of the bread and the texture, together. They are like the opposite of scones.

Many people like them with (American) sausage gravy, at breakfast time but it covers up the "sourness" as far I am concerned, however I do like them that way too.

In the US, if you eat strawberry shortcake, the cake is often really a biscuit and the sweet, tart, strawberries taste even better because of the slight sourness of the biscuits. That and the texture of the biscuits is just amazing. I'm afraid that that is the best that I can explain it.

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I grew up in Texas and all this talk about biscuits and strawberry shortcake has me scrambling looking up recipes. http://www.texascooking.com/recipes1.htm and here http://www.virtualcities.com/ons/0rec/11biscut.htm

I make pretty good southern fried chicken followed up with chicken gravy spread over buttermilk biscuits. Don't think I can get buttermilk in Thailand though.

I live in Texas also but can't seem to find buttermilk nor lard here in Thailandia for my biscuits and cornbread. I also have corn meal for the cornbread but had to have it sent from Mississippi fresh. Ya know what I mean jellybean? By the way where the heck are the chicken and dumplings or from S.Carolina chicken and pastry??? Are there any canned biscuits here? The little fat doughboy needs to get his ship together.

As foolish as this thread has become, it is an excellent one

Another good point and the more who read this the better, regardless of their personal feelings. The fact is that it is a danger to overstay and everyone should be aware of that fact. It matters not what we may think about the law and its enforcement - as long as people understand the consequences they may face.

Well as far as overstays I have a friend that has been here 8 years without a valid passport nor a visa but he does know the police and military in his area and around Thailand and has no trouble because he makes no trouble. He is retired and can cover his arse if drinking and driving but not many incidences just keep on smiling.

HI I WOULD LIKE TO BILD A 2 BEDROOM BUNGALOW FOR MY SON AND GIRLFRIEND IN KORAT, HER MUM HAS ALREADY GIVEN US THE LAND SO WE SAVE MONEY THERE, DO YOU THINK WE COULD BUILD THIS FOR 500 THOUSAND BAHT, I DONT WANT A/C JUST FANS, SMALL BATHROOM ROOM WITH SHOWER (NOT BATHTUB) AND NO NEED FOR CARPORT

CHEERS

JASON

Hi Jason, I accepted a remodeling project about three years ago on the house I live in the village...And after reading the posts people are accurate in saying to remember the street elevation and drainage around the house. One other thing.... the interior wiring can be done with conduit (plastic or metal)and using insulated single stranded wire instead of insulated wires stapeled on the walls. Use ground faults in the wet areas (kitchen and baths) and a good ground rod to tie these internal grounds to the earth. The cost of this project was around the cost of a cemented house say around 500,000 but was built on a two story raised house and new tile and upstairs 3 bed rooms with screen added and windows and doors and tile both celing dropped and ceramic floors plus A/C plus outside wall and security gates and doors. Wood can be costly but it is nice if it is old hardwood but it will not warp so be careful on new softwood doors THEY WILL SHRINK AND CRACK !!!!! Here it is for what it is worth.