tutsiwarrior

Ah.... such culinary supercilious superiority from the country that gave the world Macdonalds, Burger King and Kentucky Fried Chicken......

Get off your high horse.

Burger King is a British company and don't forget Wimpy's Buger Bar.

We will claim Wimpy but not BurgerKing. It is an American company.

"I'd gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today."

it has always puzzled me why an american animator for popeye cartoons had a plump englishman tying to cage hamburgers from unsympathetic americans...maybe this transatlantic culinary dichotomy that we have been discussing has greater and more profound implications...

In less than 10 hours there has been 38 posts regarding unprocessed chicken sandwich meat! My god, do we have too much time on our hands or what? Oh dear, I'm the 39th.... Hi, my name is mdeland and I'm a expat forum addict. Welcome to the Sunday night Bangkok meeting of EFAA (Expat Forum Addicts Anonymous). Let's go around the forum and introduce ourselves, is there anyone at their first EFAA meeting ever?

do you offer chicken salad sammiches?

To save a step, just buy the ground pork available anywhere, it has enough fat.

I agree...any small market butcher section has loads of the stuff for much cheaper than you could buy at a supermarket...give yer grinder a break...unless your're looking at a specific recipie that requires a specific cut of meat like pork shoulder, etc...

Here's 3 types of Jimmy Deans as well as my personal favorite...Waffle House

Very nice and thanks Buckwheat. I've noticed several recipes for sausage calling for Marjoram, is that the same as Oregano? Don't know the availability of it but oregano is no problem.

marjoram is NOT the same as oregano but they combine well for pasta sauces and other dishes. Don't attempt to substitute one for the other...

If you want it healthy, you would be farther ahead to buy boneless, skinless chicken breasts at the supermarket. Cook them in the microwave, slice them and store them in your refrigerator. Who knows what preservatives are in deli meat and especially worrying is how old it is.

excellent idea...I would suggest cooking the sliced chicken breasts stove top with garlic, onions, paprika, salt and pepper and a little broth. Put into the fridge overnight and prepare the chicken salad with a little mayo per usual next morning for sammiches.

fergit what them brits are suggesting...in england a meat salad sandwich consists of withered meat, with withered salad veg on withered bread...they ain't got a clue... and they put butter on the bread rather than mayo??? (Vincent Vega to Jules in Pulp Fiction describing inappropriate french fries cuisine with mayo on their fries in europe 'they do it, man...I seen them drown them in that stuff'...)

Ah.... such culinary supercilious superiority from the country that gave the world Macdonalds, Burger King and Kentucky Fried Chicken......

Pretty unhealthy obsession with sandwiches when you turn it into a Brit bashing thread, methinks

a nice alliterative touch...and I must admit that I like a nice fish dinner from the chippie or a nice indian takeaway...so you guys ain't all bad.

(tutsi offers the olive branch before things escalate out of control...mods please take note)

If you want it healthy, you would be farther ahead to buy boneless, skinless chicken breasts at the supermarket. Cook them in the microwave, slice them and store them in your refrigerator. Who knows what preservatives are in deli meat and especially worrying is how old it is.

excellent idea...I would suggest cooking the sliced chicken breasts stove top with garlic, onions, paprika, salt and pepper and a little broth. Put into the fridge overnight and prepare the chicken salad with a little mayo per usual next morning for sammiches.

fergit what them brits are suggesting...in england a meat salad sandwich consists of withered meat, with withered salad veg on withered bread...they ain't got a clue... and they put butter on the bread rather than mayo??? (Vincent Vega to Jules in Pulp Fiction describing inappropriate french fries cuisine with mayo on their fries in europe 'they do it, man...I seen them drown them in that stuff'...)

chicken salad flame wars on thaivisa.com...you saw it here first...

If you want it healthy, you would be farther ahead to buy boneless, skinless chicken breasts at the supermarket. Cook them in the microwave, slice them and store them in your refrigerator. Who knows what preservatives are in deli meat and especially worrying is how old it is.

excellent idea...I would suggest cooking the sliced chicken breasts stove top with garlic, onions, paprika, salt and pepper and a little broth. Put into the fridge overnight and prepare the chicken salad with a little mayo per usual next morning for sammiches.

fergit what them brits are suggesting...in england a meat salad sandwich consists of withered meat, with withered salad veg on withered bread...they ain't got a clue... and they put butter on the bread rather than mayo??? (Vincent Vega to Jules in Pulp Fiction describing inappropriate french fries cuisine with mayo on their fries in europe 'they do it, man...I seen them drown them in that stuff'...)

without havin' a go at little black waddlin' jerk offs and his obnoxious associates I say that the US is the home of the chicken salad/turkey salad sandwich. To the OP I'd say forget about US deli style sliced chicken/turkey breast...it don't exist in Thailand. However, there are plenty of places where you can get a whole roast chicken. Buy one for yer supper, eat half and pull the meat offa the bones of the other half and prepare chicken salad as you normally would for yer lunch the next day.

In the middle east arabs eat a lot of roast chicken and on the way home from work when I was single would get a whole one, hoummous, salad and arabic bread for about 3 dollars and do as described above...like the ads useta say about the US candy bar 'indescribably delicious'...

a couple of folks have mentioned the availability of used books down the KSR. I've got a load of once-handled paperbacks and would like to find a place with a good trade/swap/credit policy. Anyone got any info on specific used book shops down that way please PM...

oh, yeah...I would prefer to do business with a respectable english chap that would offer me a cup of tea...not some rude, thai rip off merchant...

Kao San Road is a complete rip-off for selling used books as is Bangkok in general. No matter how good your books are, you will be lucky to get cab fare home. They have TONS of suckers trying to get rid of old books all of the time and it is a sellers market.

Elite Used Books, near the Emporium is better than KSR, but going somewhere like Chiang Mai is the best for cash. There aren't so many people trying to sell books there, so they pay much more.

The books have to be either very popular fiction or good non-fiction to get any real money however. The book shops are swamped with people trying to get rid of old Grisham and Clancy and that type of thing, so you might as well just give them to a friend.

I got 'quality' stuff like VS Naipul, Nick Hornby, Roddy Doyle, Ruth Rendell, Ian McEwan, etc and was hoping to get a reasonable deal on swap/trade/credit, however if that Grisham and Clancy garbage is all KSR has to bargain with I'll look elsewhere. Maybe a good excuse for a visit to CM...Thanks

Those are quality books (but Rendell titles are quite common and don't sell for much). What kind of condition are they in?

I suggest that you go to Gecko Books main branch in Chiang Mai ( www. geckobooks.net ) and tell the girls that your books are from 'tutsiwarrior' and to have the boss look at them. You will get the best price possible as you will be dealing with a long-time fan of your posts on Thai Visa.com!

thanks UG...I'll follow it up. Most of what I got were only handled once, either bought at Asia Books or at Heathrow...I got some Ngaio Marsh that I bought 2nd hand but still in good condition....mostly entertaining reads...cheers...

anyone know of any good websites that feature standard type sausage recipies? Are the necessary spices available in Thailand? I made some sauages once a few years ago using the spices that I had (not much). They were basic but tasty.

anything is better than the 'sausage' offering at tescos. The sausage counter at the Suphan tescos is staffed by cute young girls and they often beckon to me to come and inspect their wares. I pretend to vomit and it provokes gales of laughter...

a couple of folks have mentioned the availability of used books down the KSR. I've got a load of once-handled paperbacks and would like to find a place with a good trade/swap/credit policy. Anyone got any info on specific used book shops down that way please PM...

oh, yeah...I would prefer to do business with a respectable english chap that would offer me a cup of tea...not some rude, thai rip off merchant...

Kao San Road is a complete rip-off for selling used books as is Bangkok in general. No matter how good your books are, you will be lucky to get cab fare home. They have TONS of suckers trying to get rid of old books all of the time and it is a sellers market.

Elite Used Books, near the Emporium is better than KSR, but going somewhere like Chiang Mai is the best for cash. There aren't so many people trying to sell books there, so they pay much more.

The books have to be either very popular fiction or good non-fiction to get any real money however. The book shops are swamped with people trying to get rid of old Grisham and Clancy and that type of thing, so you might as well just give them to a friend.

I got 'quality' stuff like VS Naipul, Nick Hornby, Roddy Doyle, Ruth Rendell, Ian McEwan, etc and was hoping to get a reasonable deal on swap/trade/credit, however if that Grisham and Clancy garbage is all KSR has to bargain with I'll look elsewhere. Maybe a good excuse for a visit to CM...Thanks

a couple of folks have mentioned the availability of used books down the KSR. I've got a load of once-handled paperbacks and would like to find a place with a good trade/swap/credit policy. Anyone got any info on specific used book shops down that way please PM...

oh, yeah...I would prefer to do business with a respectable english chap that would offer me a cup of tea...not some rude, thai rip off merchant...

I may be traveling to Montevideo. Anyone know what this involves in terms of plane changes, etc? Some years ago I flew to LAX from Jakarta and had to stop the night in HKK then continue the next morning...a bit of an ordeal. I wouldn't think that there are any direct flights to Montevideo from SEA...probably BKK to HKK then to Buenos Aires then a connecting flight. I'm thinking of what my wife may have to endure if she followed me on separately.

thanks...tutsi

Try this one Tutsiwarrior:

http://ems.thailandpost.co.th/

Yeah, usually it works.

Sometimes we get 'complains' that documents not received a.s.o.

Very fast get confirmation that documents in fact have been delivered on date and time .... receipt signed by Smith

thanks, Axel...looks to work a treat thus far (just dispatched it today)

thanks for the replies...sounds like no worries with EMS. How does one track a document/parcel?...just find the website and follow instructions?

I had to send some important documents to the US and looked around here in our small town in central Thailand to be told that DHL service is not available. I ain't surprised...there ain't much service type stuff available around here of use to falangs. I opted to use the post office's EMS service...expensive, 600 baht to send a 130gr envelope to Philadelphia. Has anyone used this service to send documents internationally? No doubt the service probably works OK within Thailand.

any advice?

There is (or was) a successful chain of Coney Island hot dogs in Houston, but I never did like standard hot dog sausage - too much like bologna, bland. So I got to ordering "Polish" hot dogs; much more flavor, with thicker skins.

If you like chili hot dogs, you'd like Frito chili pie, with corn chips. Yummy!

I'll have to try that 7-11 hot dog. Never heard of 7-11. Is that new, a Thai store?

can't miss it PB...they got them hot dog cookers that roll the dogs around and pots of mustard, catsup and pickle relish and sliced cucumber and chopped onions...mmmm, mmmm good. You gots to make sure that they got the buns before you order...none of it makes sense otherwise...I get the stepdaughter or one of the nieces to do a run a couple of times a week and they return with a bewildered look and a couple of dogs with the works...('my uncle tutsi is a falang...give 'em the works...')

depends what lentils you are looking for, i have seen the dahl type lentils, green and yellow in Tesco, villa also have a good selection, alternatively try the indian supermarkets, one on the corner of Soi 12 and there is one tucked away on Soi 10.

ye gotta watch out at tescos...I bought what I thought were yellow lentils once and made some dahl...crunchy texture...I looked more closely and found that they were yellow split peas!

this has been an interesting thread...death and the associated grief is one of the hardest things that anyone has to deal with. As sbk pointed out people stay busy as a way to not confront their grief but it always comes washing back despite whatever means that are taken to buttress it.

In the US my brother-in-law recently lost his mother and his first reaction was to comfort those that were concerned...she was a special person to lots of people. I did the same when my mother was killed in an accident...other people's grief needed to be attended to. We all manage to do what we have to in these circumstances it seems...our personal time of grieving comes later.

my condolences to everyone contributing to this thread that has lost someone...

sausages , so i brought my own sausage machine , nice

I hear that one...a meat grinder is indispensible in these parts as ground beef is hard to find outside of BKK. Most grinders come with sausage attachments and you can be as creative as you like with meat mixtures, spices and etc...a good recommendation for any falang kitchen...

bambi...you have not lived unless you have had a nice lentil stew with onions, carrots assorted spices and flavored with a nice big ham hock...eat with toast on a cold day...

a nice indian dahl goes down good if you can get all the spices (whole cumin, coriander, mustard seed, fennel)...good comfort food...

also does well for the digestive system...great bowel movements afterwards...

i have taken lentil soup from some indian ristorantes in LOS and Sanfran cisco(maharani) http://www.maharanirestaurant.com/ lovely ..but i dont know its the same soup that you 've mented

i just blame my parents abit about the tick pea ei ei

nah...the stew that I mentioned is an eastern european dish...good for the cold weather...I got the recipie from a russian jewish woman, just added the ham hock as I knew that it would compliment the dish...my southern US grandma used to add a bit of hog jowl to a lot of things for a bit of extra grease and flavor...got the idea from her...

bambi...you have not lived unless you have had a nice lentil stew with onions, carrots assorted spices and flavored with a nice big ham hock...eat with toast on a cold day...

a nice indian dahl goes down good if you can get all the spices (whole cumin, coriander, mustard seed, fennel)...good comfort food...

also does well for the digestive system...great bowel movements afterwards...

Yeah, the farang stores often have CANNED chickpeas. But I would think Indian ones would have the real deal.

canned chick peas are cool...saves the soaking and the cooking which can be extensive. Canned peas with a big dollop of sesame tahini and some garlic and lime juice in the blender an' bob's yer uncle for a good hoummous...

yeah...pulses feature greatly in middle eastern and south asian cuisine. But there is a chauvanism with thai food...either accept it or the devil beware...I'm oiling up the pump action sawed off 12 gauge...don't know how much more of this shit I can take...

bambi?...please come and comfort me...I don't want to become homicidal (sob)...

yeah...I would like to know as well. I can't believe that simple items like dried pulses are not widely available in Thailand. You can get the stinkiest, most exotic items in the world but no beans??? No red kidneys (hence no chilli beans), no chick peas (hence no hoummous)...it all combines to make a bean salad the most exotic dish in Thailand.

go ahead and tell me to go back where I came from...I'll find you and kill your family