Nickerelastic Posted June 11, 2005 Share Posted June 11, 2005 Ok guys, just been to the supermarket and I want to learn to cook Thai food. Below is a list of ingredients Beef Pork Lamb Chicken Prawns/frozen Fresh Chillies Basil Lemon Grass Coriander Garlic Ginger Pappaya Pak choi Avocado Fine beans sugarsnaps Mangetout limes lemons kaffir lime leaves sweet potatoes Coconut, fresh and dessicated. And all the usual salad and root veg veg I've also got a whole range of indian spices, seeds and ground. Nam Plah Dark soy sauce Mushroom soy sauce Special Sweet Soy sauce Tamarind paste, mamaSita's brand Red Thai paste, May Ploy brand Coconut milk Coconut Butter Egg noodles fine and medium Rice noodles Thai fragrant rice basmati rice I couldn't get sticky rice or palm sugar...could I substitute honey, brown or muscavado sugar? If you can be bothered would you mind posting some recipes that your Thai partner cooks with these ingredients. Cheers Nickerelastic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spee Posted June 11, 2005 Share Posted June 11, 2005 Ok guys, just been to the supermarket and I want to learn to cook Thai food. Below is a list of ingredientsBeef .......... ........... basmati rice <{POST_SNAPBACK}> All that and you forgot a cookbook? I think if you surf a bit, you can find several cookbooks and recipes online. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Padkapow Guy Posted June 11, 2005 Share Posted June 11, 2005 You can make my favorite thai food. PADKAPOW GAI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickerelastic Posted June 11, 2005 Author Share Posted June 11, 2005 Smart answer I have loads of cookery book and I've have spent a lot of time surfing the net. I don't want an interpretation of Thai food. Thank you for you reply. All that and you forgot a cookbook? I think if you surf a bit, you can find several cookbooks and recipes online. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> PADKAPOW GAI yet another term/phrase I will have to look up. Life is one long learning process Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IvanLaw Posted June 11, 2005 Share Posted June 11, 2005 (edited) Berserlosis Gastric enteritis Sorry couldn’t resist To be serious Try TV Food Or do a search/ thai food Edited June 11, 2005 by IvanLaw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickerelastic Posted June 11, 2005 Author Share Posted June 11, 2005 (edited) READ MY POST. I have done web searches. Thankyou for replying. Edited June 11, 2005 by Nickerelastic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aughie Posted June 12, 2005 Share Posted June 12, 2005 Ajarn, a member here at TV, has recepies for thai cooking but they are on a website. Maybe if your nice he will show up or you could PM him. He could suggest the best recepies from his website, eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickerelastic Posted June 12, 2005 Author Share Posted June 12, 2005 I've spent a lot of time reading recipes . I'm looking for Thai home cooking recipes not a bastardised western take on Thai home cooking. Thank you for your reply Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aughie Posted June 12, 2005 Share Posted June 12, 2005 Not to be a smart ass but what makes you think his recipes are bastardized, bub? What makes you think that his wife can't cook nor his mother-in-law? Verily you know nothing about them. buh bye Wife can't cook joke forum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickerelastic Posted June 12, 2005 Author Share Posted June 12, 2005 aughie[/b],2005-06-12 01:41:11]Not to be a smart ass but what makes you think his recipes are bastardized, bub? What makes you think that his wife can't cook nor his mother-in-law? Verily you know nothing about them. buh bye Wife can't cook joke forum <{POST_SNAPBACK}> aughie Your query is neither here nor there. Thank you for replying Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aughie Posted June 12, 2005 Share Posted June 12, 2005 Actually if you could read for content young jedi, learn something you would. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickerelastic Posted June 12, 2005 Author Share Posted June 12, 2005 I thank you for your reply. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spee Posted June 12, 2005 Share Posted June 12, 2005 READ MY POST. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Easy there big fella .... just kidding with you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slapdashkitty Posted June 12, 2005 Share Posted June 12, 2005 Go to BAI PAI cooking school (see link in earlier post) they have got me amazing Thai friends with my new found skills, but after class it does take 2-3 practice runs...then voila! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickerelastic Posted June 12, 2005 Author Share Posted June 12, 2005 Thank you all for your replys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickerelastic Posted June 12, 2005 Author Share Posted June 12, 2005 (edited) post can be read in an earlier incarnation.............all bright bold red and blue Is there such a place in Scotland? Edited June 12, 2005 by Nickerelastic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chownah Posted June 12, 2005 Share Posted June 12, 2005 If you want real Thai food and not and "interpretation" as you said above then go to real Thai restaurants you like and watch what the cook does. They'll be flattered that you are so interested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spee Posted June 12, 2005 Share Posted June 12, 2005 Is there such a place in Scotland? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Not sure about up north, but I think if you feel like a road trip this summer, come to the Thai food festival at London Battersea Park (circa late July, early August) and you can probably get lots of ideas and advice. Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bina Posted June 12, 2005 Share Posted June 12, 2005 nicker... i asked same same: most REAL thai cooking doesnt use recipes: they put some of whatever they have on hand (or whatever they brought down with the slingshot), mix with whatever herbs are growing in the garden or they got from the super, add fish sauce and sugar (a must) and lots of the little red dinky chilis.... make several different dishes and make khao jao or sticky rice... and eat up... i've been eating thai food for three years breakfast lunch and dinner and i live in israel; my thai worker (and friend) cooks at work, or i eat with the other thai workers and i watch what they do... (they are issaan mostly so lot of raw liver, chpped meat (laap), doves, sparrows, other wild caught stuff, )... i try using recipes from the net as a guideline but really all the good sites will tell u, trial and error and personal taste are the guidelines.... as someone else here posted -- i think here -- its not like making a cake where u must have the exact amounts of any given ingredient.... after three years of watching and eating, i've started using my own garden (thai veggies), and making mly own, (honed down to my childrens' palates)... besides, after eating meals made by 13 different people every week, even the same recipe is different, depending on who is doing the cooking, from what area, and what he prefers: bitter (khom), salty, sweet, priou (sour), etc just cook away, i've yet to eat home cooked food that wasnt edible and tasty.... dara sent me a recipe, and i used a few from different sites and they are not western adapted bla bla bla.... (except that they dont list porcupine or wild fox as an ingredient) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickerelastic Posted June 12, 2005 Author Share Posted June 12, 2005 Thanks guys/gals for replying. I can see some really tasty meals in the offing and probably some disasters. Well you live and learn. I can't bake at all, mainly because baking requires following recipes to the letter. I don't do that when cooking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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