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I have found the most addictive moorish dipping sauce, (lab khom?) for dipping bits of barbequed meat (pork, lamb, beef). It's main constituants seem to be lime, chilli and beef bile (nam dee).

I understand that the bile needs to be prepared first......how is this done?

Once the bile is prepared, how is the dipping sauce made...fish sauce also?

Can sheep bile be substituted? I am in New Zealand and sheep are easier to obtain)

Come to think of it.....fish bile is easy to get....are there any simmilar sauces that use fish bile?

Ribeye has got to be the best...as someone said, because of the marbling. fillet is of course the tenderest and if you don't want the fat, then it is best.

As for T-bones.....one side of the T is the fillet, the other side the sirloin. As a matter of principle, I rarely buy T-bones because it is a cut that has 2 distinctly different quality cuts embedded in it....and you're paying for weight of bone.

The best bbq sauce for steak is the one made from beef bile (nam dee). I think it is called lab khom. Does anyone know how to make it, and do you think I could substitute sheep bile as I am in New Zealand.

The one I like is " Kee chang chup takataan", ride an elephant to catch grasshopers, in other words something like "breaking eggs with a sledge hammer"

Hi RedBullHorn,

I wanted to get independant information as my "father-in-law" could understandably be forgiven for tending to make the profit figures look on the generous side. After all, I would be throwing considerable amounts of cash at him.

My gf did the maths (we are in New Zealand at present), at a worst case scenario of 85% production @ 1.5 thb/eg wholesale.....perhaps her costs of labour, electricity, feed etc were on the low side because there was still a very good return.

Hence my desire for non-partisan figures on cost vs yield.

400 bht per bag of feed and 90 - 100 gms per chook per day.... how big is a bag of feed? 25kg? 16 bht per kg, 1.6 bht per chook per day. Plus utilities, labour, transport.... doesn't look good.

Perhaps economy of scale makes it profitable....

If you are buying feed for 50 000 + chooks (father and brother combined), wouldn't the cost of feed be considerably less than quoted above? Last time I visited the farm they were trucking out 20 000 eggs per day...that was before the brother started up and his enterprise is bigger. I am sure they combine resources such as buying power, transport etc.

Hi,

Unfortunately I can't help you with a rooster, but was hoping you might be able to help me find some day-old Rhode Island Red chickens to raise as egg layers only. I live in Chiang Mai and haven't been able to source any so far. Any help much appreciated, thanks.

Sorry I can't answer the first lot of questions, however, as for sourcing layer chicks, I may be able to assist. My gf's father runs an egg farm in Uttaradit. He is just about to replace 7500 layers...I will ask where he sources them.

I have a question of my own: I am interested in investing in above-mentioned hens. What is the current average price of eggs, wholesale or retail anywhere in Thailand except BKK? This price will have a bearing on how much I can invest.

All answers and advice eagerly anticipated, thanks.