Dehydrated Vegatable Flakes

[CosmicSurfer]

I've been living in Bangkok for the past 7 years, and I've been searching for "Dehydrated Vegatable Flakes" since I moved here.

I like to use them to bulk out my soups, or add to MAMA packaged noodles, etc.

MY current imported 'Care Pakage' supply is coming to an end, and my next trip home is in the distant future, with no people coming here soon either.

Are there no "Bulk" Naural Foods stores in Bangkok that sell this product?

How about any "Natural Foods" stores, period? Or are they too Healthy for Thais?

Any ideas will be most appreciated,

Thanks,

CS

[phaethon]

I'm not sure what constitutes a 'vegetable flake', but in Tesco's the other day I had a look over a whole rack of dried stuff including mushrooms and I can't remember what else, but they were basically ready-assembled, dehydrated soup kits. In On Nut branch they are next to the fish counter.

[teletiger]

For the love of God....for 7 years this poor man, situated in the hub of Asia's fresh veg "anything' market cannot find dehydrated vegetable flakes. Potatoes and papaya boil down nicely to thicken a soup. Sorry to sound snitty, not your usual question though. Please don't tell me you must ingest through a straw. I'll die..or blame it on SBK..

Regards

[Jingthing]

Split yellow mung beans (dry) cook very quickly, thicken soup, are super nutritious, and taste great too.

Edited March 18, 2009 by Jingthing

[CosmicSurfer]

I'm not sure what constitutes a 'vegetable flake', but in Tesco's the other day I had a look over a whole rack of dried stuff including mushrooms and I can't remember what else, but they were basically ready-assembled, dehydrated soup kits. In On Nut branch they are next to the fish counter.

Thanks, but this is not exactly what I'm looking for....

Dehydrated vegatable flakes are ASSORTED small pieces of dried and dehyrated veagatables, usually mixed onions, carrots, peppers, parsley, maybe very small pieces of mushroom, etc.

I don't want any powder or soup kits.. just the flakes, please.

Here's a photo I found on the Web.

[zaphodbeeblebrox]

I've seen dried celery and parsley, but never mixed vegetable flakes at Tesco. Best bet might be a dried soup mix from one of the western markets like Villa or Tops. I know what you're looking for, because I used to use vegetable flakes as a salad topper. The hard part is getting the dried carrots, peppers and cabbage, which is the key for the soup you want to make.

[CosmicSurfer]

For the love of God....for 7 years this poor man, situated in the hub of Asia's fresh veg "anything' market cannot find dehydrated vegetable flakes. Potatoes and papaya boil down nicely to thicken a soup. Sorry to sound snitty, not your usual question though. Please don't tell me you must ingest through a straw. I'll die..or blame it on SBK..

Regards

So Sorry.... BUT.....

I don't want fresh vegetables.. I don't want Soup thickeners... I don't want anything but Dried Vegetable Flakes.

I like what I like.. and I like to add a handful of Dried Vegetable Flakes to different dishes I cook...

To each his own....

I don't like Fat of any kind on any meat I eat.

I don't like Skin on my Chicken.

I don't like Raw (Blue or Rare) Steaks or anything that is still bleeding.

I don''t like Sushi, even if it isn't bleeding.

I HATE Sunny Side up eggs or Egg white of any kind.

It's not a pizza without Pepporoni.

I hate peanuts on/in my Ice Cream.

Fish should never smell fishy.

Food that Fights back when you chew it is for dogs, not me.

Seafood belongs in the Sea, not my plate.

But, I DO like "Dehydrated Vegetable Flakes" in some of the dishes I cook.

... and my reasons are obvious.

CS

[CosmicSurfer]

Sorry.. Double Post Deleted

Edited March 18, 2009 by CosmicSurfer

[CosmicSurfer]

I've seen dried celery and parsley, but never mixed vegetable flakes at Tesco. Best bet might be a dried soup mix from one of the western markets like Villa or Tops. I know what you're looking for, because I used to use vegetable flakes as a salad topper. The hard part is getting the dried carrots, peppers and cabbage, which is the key for the soup you want to make.

I buy this stuff premixed by the Kilo in any grocery store / supermarket back in the real world.

After 7 years it's still hard to understand why no one has opened a bulk health food store in this country.

It's also hard to understand how the major supermarkets and food importers don't have a decent Just-in-time inventory control system.

And after 7 years I still can't find a Middle-eastern or Meditareanean grocery where I can buy "Turkish Coffee"... not that swill they serve in StarBucks.

And Turkish Coffee is NOT Espresso.

This can be added to my NOT-LIKE list above.... Coffee should taste like Caffeine, after all it is only a Drug... and NOT like some fruity dessert concoction.

And where are the Lo-Cal / Lo-Fat choices?

One thing always leads to another...

CS

[teletiger]

"I don't like Fat of any kind on any meat I eat.

It's not a pizza without Pepporoni."

Sooo...pepporoni is dried pepper flakes? Think not. About 50/50 meat/fat. You sound like fun at parties Sonic!

Regards.

[zaphodbeeblebrox]

For the love of God....for 7 years this poor man, situated in the hub of Asia's fresh veg "anything' market cannot find dehydrated vegetable flakes. Potatoes and papaya boil down nicely to thicken a soup. Sorry to sound snitty, not your usual question though. Please don't tell me you must ingest through a straw. I'll die..or blame it on SBK..

Regards

So Sorry.... BUT.....

I don't want fresh vegetables.. I don't want Soup thickeners... I don't want anything but Dried Vegetable Flakes.

I like what I like.. and I like to add a handful of Dried Vegetable Flakes to different dishes I cook...

But, I DO like "Dehydrated Vegetable Flakes" in some of the dishes I cook.

... and my reasons are obvious.

CS

I think the best thing would be to buy a food dehydrator. You'll probably need to get it shipped or have someone bring it in for you. They're not too expensive and as a bonus, you'll be able to make beef jerky.

Amazon food dehydrator

[cathyy]

I have seen a food dehydrator at Verasu, I am certain. It would indeed be a good solution too his problem, and it ought to dry quite quickly if he chops it into pieces the size he wants them to be in his soup. Ot maybe he'd like the veggies a bit bigger if he makes them himself. Dehydrator

[ozsamurai]

As I live close to a fresh veg market, I also invested in a dehydrator, easiest solution, cut the veg up, set it off overnight, wakeup and bag it.... too easy!

Oz

[CosmicSurfer]

I have seen a food dehydrator at Verasu, I am certain. It would indeed be a good solution too his problem, and it ought to dry quite quickly if he chops it into pieces the size he wants them to be in his soup. Ot maybe he'd like the veggies a bit bigger if he makes them himself. Dehydrator

Thank you for your suggestion... It is an option I have considered, but it's an expensive solution for an item that I would need to use only once a year... or less.

The best would be if there was some place I could buy the finished product locally.

It would probably cost less to have a kilo mailed from USA once a year also.

Maybe I should buy the Dehydrator and start a production line?

CS

[cathyy]

At the risk of sounding a bit harsh, Dude, there's just not much demand for dehydrated veggies in Thailand. Dehydrating is primarily used for long term food storage where space is an issue. Long term food storage is a concept from places where you need stored food to eat in the winter. It's just not a Thai thing.

[CosmicSurfer]

At the risk of sounding a bit harsh, Dude, there's just not much demand for dehydrated veggies in Thailand. Dehydrating is primarily used for long term food storage where space is an issue. Long term food storage is a concept from places where you need stored food to eat in the winter. It's just not a Thai thing.

Nothing Harsh about it...

I want what I want, and I don't want what I don't want. My reasons are my own.

As far as a market-demand in Thailand goes...Markets are created everyday... That's what Marketing is about.

Thais don't like Farang Food... Bingo... Pizza and KFC on every Corner.

Thais don't like cheese... Bingo.. Cheesy Fries at McDonalds.

Thais cook everything for themselves or buy Take-Out from the Soi Venders, they would never buy frozen prepared meals...

Someone better tell 7-Eleven and S&P, etc... Guess they need to fire all their Marketing people.

Some things in Life DO Change... even in Thailand.

CS

[polecat]

If you don't like it why don't you just Zzzzzzzz