happygirl

Don't know how they work that one out. Only this week I heard from a friend who regularly travels on a certain cruise ship,that one of the biggest cruise ship company's  has cancelled Thailand from its itinerary because of the un rest.

Amazing TAT always amaze with their stats.

As for "Amazing Thailand Always Amazes You" strewth. What a fag pack of an effort that one is.

Years ago, Thailand were warned by geologists from China, Germany, and Australia, that there was a fault line running where they wanted to build the dam in Kanchanaburi, and were advised against the construction. The Thai's as usual knew better!!!

'Quality of workmanship' in Thailand springs to mind ..... a letter missing, slightly the wrong size ..... did they just need some rubber stamps in a hurry and didn't use the 'approved supplier' ???

'Attention to detail' isn't a phrase often used here. (Sorry, actually it is ... but it is usually phrased "what about the specific, detailed, 'king requirements that I gave you"

However - guilty as hel_l - just think of the amount of benefits fraud involved in getting a name like that.

I came through Suvanarbumhi from the UK last week, and was suprised that I was questioned about my passport. Apparently, when we left Thailand 2 weeks earlier, Immigration forgot to stamp my passport, and I had no reason to check. I was busy sorting out my husband as he was in a wheelchair. My husbands passport had no problem. I did make a comment at the time though when the official dealing with our passports on departure immigration was chatting on his mobile, and waved my husband through when the porter pushing my husband pointed out he hadnt taken a photo. Obviously his phone call to his mate was more important than stamping passports and taking photo's. The immigration official checking my passport on arrival was very annoyed. Not with me, but because one of her coleagues had made a mistake. Her words were, no problem for you, very bad security. I couldn't agree more.

crazy, how the hel_l do they expect legit businesses to function trying to make normal deliveries when they shut down the fuel stations. If the protestors are trying to bring the country to a standstill then they are doing a dam_n good job of it already, before the rally starts. And the powers that be are playing right into their hands.

Do you think anyone really cares in this country about legit business? This whole thing is self centered around one man, a convicted criminal who is on the run with a pocket full of change. He cares nought about Thailand or its people. Megalomaniacs and narcissist are like that!

not a truer word spoken Asiawatcher, how silly of me not to think of that

crazy, how the hel_l do they expect legit businesses to function trying to make normal deliveries when they shut down the fuel stations. If the protestors are trying to bring the country to a standstill then they are doing a dam_n good job of it already, before the rally starts. And the powers that be are playing right into their hands.

S E Asian men tend to have small peni in my experience, usually passive as well.

You obviously read that in The Sun

Is there a vacancy going to measure these guys for the survey ?

A step in the right direction. Time to buy those cloth shopping bags people.

The biggest culprits for wasting and using more plastic bags than necessarry are Tesco Lotus and Big C. They are the people who should be made to cut down on the amount used. I shopped yesterday and 3 carriers were used where one would have done. This is regular. Stop the supermarkets over using before you charge the customer, but yes, I agree, cloth bags are much better, re- usable, and better for the enviroment. Stronger too.

what is the matter with the delegates attending the conference via the Royal Cliffe Catermerang ? Hasn't anyone got any ideas round there ? These delegates are allowing the mobs to disrupt and dictate. The city has already spent heaven knows how much on this summit, even a helicopter to get them in could have been used. We were disrupted on the roads yesterday as hundreds of troups were brought through the city in trucks. If they are not going to use them to stop all this nonsense, what is the point in bringing them in. Not only has the roads been disrupted by this summit but most of our businesses have too. Another reason for visitors not to come to Thailand. This country has stopped shooting themselves in the foot, they are aiming at their heads now.

Hi I am new to the site but not to Thailand. Happy to be aboard guys.

Hi I am new to the site but not to Thailand. I have already written and had some helpful replies. Nice to be aboard guys.

Thank you Bonobo, much appreciated.

Many more recipes still needed, so anyone else who would like to contribute, please do so. Please add your name and where you are, or the recipe's country of origin.

Happy girl.

OK. My real name is Jonathan. I live and work outside BKK, but my home is in San Diego. And the dish is from Naples (althought the optional ingredients are things which are not in the classic recipe but which I have found I like in it.)

Thanks Jonathan. Everyone helps.

What else a man can do on a nice sunday afternoon..........cooking for the family

Wife washed the car this morning and it's now my turn(as usual).

Braised beef in a onion-tomato gravy, red cabbage and home made mashed potatoes.

What a great smell all over the house when you start frying the beef with the onions and tomatoes, hmmmmm.

Wife seems to be hungry already, beef is not 50% finished and wanted to cook he potatoes for the mash....

Here are some pics:

Yes, I know I am too lazy to use fresh red cabbage

Perfect piece of beef!

seasoned with salt and fresh grounded black pepper, getting a nice brown colour

adding the onion and tomatoes, cover the pan, lower the heat

cooking te red cabbage with onions, bayleaves, cloves, juniper and a shot of red wine.

when beef, tomatoes&onions having a brown colour add some water(and some Knorr beef)

now let it simmer until soft, add some water from time to time

Final result will come earl evening!

Gerd

Hi Gerd, would you be kind enough to donate a couple of your recipes to a global cook book a friend of mine is compiling in order to raise money to build a new school in Yasothon ?

They would be much appreciated.

Thanks.

Hi,

after the numerous topics about pizza making and since we were making pizza today for a catering job, I have photographed some of the production from start to finish.

The following link will take you to our website and you'll find the link there straight to our recipe site

Visit My Website

I have deleted and re-posted this after one pizza shop chap started flaming us ... we do not own or run a pizza shop.. this post was simply made as a service intended to assist people in making their own pizza at home -

Hi JohnBKK, would you care to donate a couple of recipes to a friend of mine who is compiling a global recipe book in order to raise money to build a school in Yasothon ? Please put the origin of the recipe so that it can be placed in the correct section of the book. All recipes, tried and tested only, will be included in the book

Much appreciated.

Happy girl

Hi Forum members,

A very good friend of mine is raising money to build a much needed new school building in Yasothon. To help raise money, she is compiling a global recipe book. Any one willing to share a tried and tested recipe with her? She is looking for recipes from around the world, so the more variety the better the book. Please can you help this worthy cause.

There must be some budding or experienced cooks/chefs out there, so please help if you can. Please add your name, and your country to the bottom, or at least the recipe's country of origin.

Thanks

Hello Ladies.

A friend of mine is raising money to build a new school in North East Thailand. The school is in bad repair and will be re-built at an estimated cost of 1.2 million baht. To help raise the money, she is compiling a recipe book which she hopes to publish in time for Christmas 2008. She is looking for recipes from around the world, so the more variety the better the book.

Do any of you have any tried and tested recipes that you can donate please to this worthy cause.

Much appreciated.

Happygirl

Here is a simple recipe which all my Thai and non-Thai friends love and ask me to make for any get-together:

Penne Putenesca

(the name has an interesting story in and of itself)

Heat water for the penne (you can use any pasta). Add salt and a spash of olive oil. Cook pasta as per the insturcitons on the package.)

The sauce:

olive oil

3 anchovy filets

1 large can roma tomatoes (other types can be substituted)

2 cloves garlic, thinly sliced

1 tablespoon capers

3 tablespoons kalmata or Italian olives, sliced

salt

pepper

optional items:

splash red wine

marinated artichoke hearts

1 tablespoon veal stock

2 red chiles (Thais like it with this)

fresh roma tomatoes

Heat 2 tablespoons olive oil in a large skillet and turn heat to high. When hot, place anchovy filets in skillet and melt them into a paste, stirring continually. Add garlic and cook for 1 minute. If adding fresh tomatoes as an optional ingrediant, add them now and cook for one minute. Lower heat to medium

Take tomatoes in hand and crush over the skillet, dropping them in after. Add reserved juice from can. Stir. Add capers and olives. Add any other optional ingredients you might have decided to use. Cook for 10 minutes, stirring every minute or two. Salt and pepper to taste.

Drain cooked penne well. Add to skillet and stir in sauce. Cook for 1-2 minutes. Serve.

I make this with a green salad and garlic bread. The entire dish is easy and takes about 20 minutes, and it is a real favorite.

Thank you Bonobo, much appreciated.

Many more recipes still needed, so anyone else who would like to contribute, please do so. Please add your name and where you are, or the recipe's country of origin.

Happy girl.

Fried Curried Pumpkin ( Gang Fuk Thong )

Small Pumpkin

1/2 pound of Pork Mince

2 Tablespoons Thai Yellow Curry Paste or more

1 cup Coconut Milk

1 Tablespoon Sugar

2 Tablespoons Light Soy Sauce or Golden Mountain

2 Garlic Cloves

2 Tablespoons Oil

1. Clean and chop the pumpkin into a bite sized pieces.

2. Put the oil into a frying pan over a medium heat. Chop the garlic and fry with oil for a few seconds.

3. Add the curry paste and coconut milk, stir it until the curry is mixed with coconut milk. add more or less to taste.

4. Roll pieces of pork mince into small balls and add to the pan.

5. Add the sugar, light soy sauce and water if it's too thick, and fry for 1 minute. It's better to put a lid on the pan so it doesn't dry out.

when the pumpkin is soft anf the porkballs are done it ready to eat with rice.

You can make chicken balls if you don't like pork.

It's all good!

*j*

Hi Chung Noi, Please can we use your recipe in a global cook book that my friend is compiling to raise money to build a school in NE Thailand ? Any more ??

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Phad fak thong

Fried Pumpkin with Pork.

1 cup of Pork, cut into strips

2 cups of Pumpkin, diced or cut into bite-sized pieces

2 Eggs (Optional)

2 Tablespoons of Olive Oil (Extra light and mild)

2-4 Tablespoons of Soy Sauce

1 Teaspoon of Sugar

Paste

1 Teaspoon of black Pepper

1-2 of Coriander roots, cut

1-2 Cloves of Garlic

Coriander leaves for Garnish

Preparation

• put the black peppercorns, garlic and coriander roots in a mortar and pound until fine, or blend in a food processor, set aside

• heat the wok/cooking pan on medium heat

• add olive oil

• add the paste (mixed of coriander root, garlic and black pepper)

• stir-fry the paste till aromatic

• add pork, stir-fry till the pork is almost cooked through

• add soy sauce, sugar

• add a little bit of water

• add pumpkin, stir gently to mix well

• cover with a lid for 4-5 mins, check if the pumpkin is cooked through

• remove into a serving plate

• sprinkle with coriander leaves

• serve with streamed whole-grain rice

ps. you can add egg and sweet basil (Horapha)

http://riya-kitchen.blogspot.com/2007/09/phad-fak-thong.html

Hi Bambina. A friend of mine is raising money to build a new school for nursery children in N.E. Thailand. One way is by compiling a global cookery book. Please can we have your permission to add this one to the book ? And any more if you have them ? Thanks.

Laab Gai: Thai Minced Chicken Salad

Although this recipie calls for Chicken to be used, any ground meat, or fish can be easily substituted. Thais often use, Duck, Beef, Snake, Frog, Catfish or Pork in their Laab dishes.

(you can omit the snake,frog)

Ingredients

2-3 tablespoons lime juice

2-3 tablespoons chicken stock

2-3 tablespoons fish sauce nam pla

4-6 teaspoons ground red chilies the results of substituting with chilli powder are not good

1 tablespoon Khoa Koor

3-4 chopped shallots

Half a stalk of very thinly sliced lemon grass.

3 shredded kaffir lime leaves.

1-2 thinly sliced spring onions.

1 teaspoon galangal, finely chopped

4 ounces of minced chicken (innards and sweetmeats as additional garnish, are optional).

Accompaniment - Raw vegetables

4 ounces long beans, cut into 3" sticks

4 ounces chinese leaves or raw white cabbage

3 whole stems Thai basil

5 ice cubes, broken but not crushed

Served together on a salad plate.

Garnish

Coriander leaves, Thai Mint, lime wedges

Method

1. Line a serving dish with the lettuce leaves

2. Preheat your wok and add a tablespoon of oil, stir fry the chicken until it starts to turn white.

3. Throw in all the remaining ingredients and stir until the chicken is cooked.

Garnish to taste.

Serve with steamed sticky rice, together with the dish of mixed fresh vegetables and Thai table condiments.

The Issan (Laos as they refer to it) way to eat this is to pick up a small ball of sticky rice in your hand and use it to pick up a little laab, then eat it with the raw vegetables. This dish is great finger food with a glass of Beer Chang or Beer Singh.

This is pretty yummy try it.There's a website for good recipies can't bring it up try googling it.

Momo8 my friend is compliling a global cook book to raise funds for building a school in N.E. Thailand, Please can we use your recipe in the book ? ( we will put your name on it if you allow us )

should check out our food sections too. lots of receipes in there. You could ask permission to take some.

Thanks Boo. Who do we ask permission from ?

Is the book to be published in Thailand, or overseas? If in Thailand I think it would be more helpful if people wrote down local ingredients, and where they got them from.

I have many recipes which I have adapted due to avialability of ingredients locally, many herbs are hard to find over here.

Yes she is looking to publish in Thailand, and thankyou for that advise Sweetchariot, I would agree with you on the herbs etc. If anyone has a recipe to share and can add where the ingredient or equivilant can be purchased then that will make the recipe so much easier, and would probably help sell the book.

Is the book to be published in Thailand, or overseas? If in Thailand I think it would be more helpful if people wrote down local ingredients, and where they got them from.

I have many recipes which I have adapted due to avialability of ingredients locally, many herbs are hard to find over here.

Chilean Corn Casserole. This version uses chicken; other versions use beef, as well. Some say that it is not authentic if it doesn't include beef, but I have it on good authority that this is not always the case. However, I'm less concerned with whether it's authentic than whether it tastes good.

Ingredients

2 tablespoons oil

1/2 lb boneless skinless chicken thigh, cut into 1/2-inch pieces

1 onion, chopped

1/2 cup raisins or golden raisin, soaked in warm water 5 minutes and drained

1 teaspoon chili powder

2 cups fresh corn kernels, thawed or 1 (16 ounce) package frozen corn kernel, thawed

1 cup milk

2 egg, separated

2 tablespoons flour

2 tablespoons butter, melted

1 teaspoon sugar

1/2 teaspoon salt

3 hard-boiled egg, sliced

12 black olive or green olives, sliced

Directions

1Heat oil over medium-high heat and stir-fry chicken, onion, raisins and chili powder until chicken is browned and onion is soft, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat.

2In a bowl, combine the corn, milk, egg yolks, flour, butter, sugar and salt.

3In a separate bowl, beat egg whites until stiff and fold into the corn mixture.

4Spread chicken mixture in the bottom of a greased 2-quart casserole. Cover with a layer of egg slices, then top with olive slices. Pour the corn mixture over all.

5Bake at 350F 40 minutes.

Evelyn M. - Chile

Thank you both so much for your input.

all are much appreciated.

happy girl.( even happier now )

Hello Ladies.

A friend of mine is raising money to build a new school in North East Thailand. The school is in bad repair and will be re-built at an estimated cost of 1.2 million baht. To help raise the money, she is compiling a recipe book which she hopes to publish in time for Christmas 2008. She is looking for recipes from around the world, so the more variety the better the book.

Do any of you have any tried and tested recipes that you can donate please to this worthy cause.

Much appreciated.

Happygirl

Hi, My friend is raising money to build a school in North Thailand. She is compiling a recipe book and needs donations of tried and tested recipes. The idea is to have the book printed by Christmas 2008. All the proceeds from the sale of the book will go to the school. Anyone out there any good tried and tested recipes they would like to donate? please add your name and country at the bottom. She is looking for recipes from all countries. Please help if you can.