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I've noticed at the grocery stores that the eggs aren't refrigerated so I'm kind of chicken when it comes to eating them.

Refrigerating eggs is a western practice. In Asia, most people don't refrigerate their eggs. I guess we also don't buy 12 eggs in a carton at a time when I was younger. We get what we need and use them so there's no need to refrigerate? My family in Malaysia still don't refrigerate their eggs today.

At 21 degrees centigrade eggs age about 7 times faster than they would in the refrigerator. At the temperatures prevalent here, and even more so in Malaysia, it's probably more like 20 times as fast. I can tell when an egg is old because the yolk is flat and the white is very runny. Generally not good for baking. But that's not much of a consideration for people in this part of the world.

I use White Swan Bread Flour in the "green" package, and SAF Instant yeast. Always get great bread all ingredient I purchase at Makro, they have quite a bit of baking goods.

Baking supplies should be available at all farang oriented stores.

Cheers:

I'm not really fond of these thai flours. They're all bleached which means the flour has lost a lot of its flavor. But what I would call insipid is actually pleasing to most Thai and other Asian palates.

Can you help to advise me the google coordinates of your favorite restaurants(Lert Rot / Talay Tong / Thajene Chomchan)? Because I'm not very famillar with Hongdong area.

As I recall, Lawrence is admittedly clueless when it comes to GPS. The only one of these place I am familiar with is Talay Tong. I don't have the exact coordinates but here are the coordinates for Pizza n Pasta. 18°44'44.21"N 98°57'15.81"E Talay Tong is located between Pizza n Pasta and the Canal Road. It's actually located between the Windmill Restaurant which is really hard to miss and the canal road. It's on the same side of the street as Pizza 'n Pasta and the Windmill restaurant.

I believe I have solved the mystery of what Mamma Mia was putting on its pizza: ricotta. And very good ricotta. It comes from a company called Da Casaro located in Hua Hin that makes real Italian style Ricotta which comes from whey. (In Italy the original ricotta came from sheep's whey but this is close enough). Because it's made from whey it's virtually fat free. Very delicate and delicious. But it really doesn't belong on a pizza.In New York, some places do sell what is called white pizza made with ricotta. I've never tried it.

I've been there 3 times and I agree with you. The only problem is that the place has already become so popular it's getting hard to snag a table.

A while back at Big C Hang Dong I saw Frozen Thai turkeys packed just like American Turkeys. Looked the same size as American turkeys and more or less the same shape Unfortunately, also more or less the same price.

as the question .. where is it .. has still not been answerd ... nor will i

but i will tell you i found a place called ma mas nowhere near the coordinates from google. 18.786557,99.001879

that cooked this 70 baht chicken and fries for me this afternoon but like the others on here at the moment

i cant be bothered to tell you where it is

its not in the google map with the thaphae road bridge at the top and the iron bridge at the bottom but its in the think net map .... somewhere ?

dave2

ps.. ill post some more clues err umm errr sometime ?

when i can be ar#d to try and help other people

If you're referring to the location of Momma's Kitchen, I did write where it is located in posting #5

Yeah, the Japanese edeme beans are a close sub for lima beans -- but not quite right. Fortunately, they're available frozen here, already shelled, so it's easy to mix them with frozen corn to make nearly-succotash. Now if I could just find some turkey this time of year!

I was getting fresh lima beans at the Friday Burmese market in the night bazaar. I haven't been there in a while so I don't know if it's a seasonal thing or they are available all year round. Usually, you can even find them shelled.

The thing about palm sugar is that it's mostly sucrose with much smaller quantites of glucose and fructose. Sucrose is table sugar. The claim that palm sugar has a low glycemic index stems from 1 study done by the Philippine dept of agrulture or health or something. I'm too lazy to look it up. Since the study was very small (6 subjects, I think) and the Philippine govt is not one of the more honest governmets out there, I'd be dubious of this claim. I'm not saying it's untrue, but it does seem odd that something so high in sucrose and with some glucose, could have a low glycemic index.

In some cookwares in the marketplace they sell heavy flat steel pans with low lips. These are meant for use by vendors of pad thai and various other noodle and rice specialties who prepare big quantities at fairs and markets. In Chiang Mai I know where they are sold.

Also, I don't know if this would work or not. But as a substitute for a pizza or bread stone, you can use unglazed terracotta tiles. The bigger and thicker they are the better.

Ah okay, thanks! I know the soi, go there sometimes for Muslim food.

I also found the place online, some nice pictures posted: https://www.facebook.com/mamaninaskitchen

I hope the GPS is completely accurate. It may be for a site near the restaurant.

Actually, I think Makro only carries whole turkey and turkey breast during the thanksgiving - christmas seasons.

A 1/10 gram scale can be very useful for weighing spices where a small amount goes a long way. Also for making small quantities of pink salt where you want to be very exact with the amount of sodium nitrite.

The Royal Project used to grow them and for a few years they were quite plentiful. But, as noted above, there probably wasn't enough of a market for them. I think they still do grow a few but they're quite pricey.

electronic scales, can be found for between 500 and 1000 baht and upwards.

The scales that go fr 500-1000 baht don't weight tenths of a gram.

To save time and hassle, you can doctor up most sauces to make a respectable red sauce. The big problem is if you use a sauce with a lot of sugar. Anyway, you can add paste, olive oil, garlic, onion and veggies.

Another spin - fresh tomatos, onion touch of paste, oil, garlic, herbs.

butter, olive oil and herbs or olive oil, loads of garlic herbs (parmasean cheeze a must).

Pesto sauce is awesome but never tried it with Thai basil. No idea what nuts you might use.

Of course fresh herbs make the dish

Onions are horrible in this country

What's the problem with onions here? I use them all the time and they cook up deliciously. At least to my taste. They are a bit strong when raw. But that's not necessarily a bad thing.

Years ago, I got one at Verasu but last time I went it was nowhere in evidence nor in the catalog. I had to go to a laboratory supply store to get mine. Union Science is one such place. It has branches in Bangkok, Chiang Mai, and possibly elsewhere.

It is sad that a couple of people who have built up succesful businesses by working hard to please their customers and give good value seem to now have grown due to those customers and seem to have developed a contempt for those who helped build their custom. Maybe they have moved upmarket and consider they no longer need them.

As for moving upmarket, we wouldn't be as busy as we are if "upmarket" described our prices. As for the issue of contempt, I have never ever initiated a negative comment about anyone or anything on Thaivisa.com. But if I feel that some has said something unfair or untrue about Butter is Better or about anyone else, then I reserve the right to contest their assertions. In this case, I believe that a blatantly unfair and bizarre criticism of the Dukes was launched.

Also, I think you are confusing the negative posters on thaivisa.com with our customers. Not a lot of intersection there. We do have lots of customers who read thaivisa.com and theyr'e really nice kind people. But nice, kind people tend to shy away from posting on thaivisa.com because of the trolls. David's point was a good one. A lot more people would participate on thaivisa.com if it weren't for the unhappy few who get some strange satisfaction from making others miserable.

I think expats in Thailand relish this kind of survey result, but of course they aren't interested in looking into it further, much better to sit back and say "I told you so" as if they have some in depth knowledge of the cutlural ins-andouts of language leaning and a detailed knowledge of language teaching - suddenly everyone's an expert?

Singapore - ex- British colony

Malaysia - ex-British colony

Philippines - ex - US colony

Indonesia and Thailand not a lot of difference apart from the fat Idonesia had Dutch and English influences

The 'facts' are that Indonesia was a Dutch colony. Moreover English is mandatory in Holland.

The facts also are that Thailand was never 'colonised' (sic) a fact that their xenophobic masters place great emphasis on. BUT they were conquered by the Burmese AND the Japanese. (and were it not for the allies Japanese would be the official language)

And for the record English, is widely spoken in Burma, particularly by anyone who is semi educated.

And finally, Aung San Suu Kyi 'whilst not your 'normal Burmese' has a command of English that would put many Oxford grads to shame.

The problem in Thailand is that parents don't see the need for their children to learn/speak English consequently not many do/or are proficient in the language.

I'm puzzled. What relevance does it have to this conversation that English is mandatory in the Netherlands? Or that Thailand was conquered by the Burmese and the Japanese?