Thai Women And The Humble Potato!

[StreetCowboy]

Yeah, there's no option for "baked" in the poll.

I finally gave up trying to do baked potatoes here because it heated up the house too much and our little toaster oven was just too blazing hot to do the job properly.

Now I've joined our British cousins in producing "mash", ie. a concoction of boiled carrots, potatoes, peas and corn which I attack with a prized imported potato masher I found at our local Rim Ping grocery store. In a nod to our current location, I make this mash in a rice cooker, paying careful attention to the timing of addition of the various veggies to the boiling water. First the diced raw carrots, wait a bit (about the time it takes to drink 1/2 a big Leo), then the diced potatoes, wait a little bit (drink the other 1/2 of the big Leo) then the peas (just fiddle around with the glass and ice for the second Leo; the peas don't take long) and then the corn, which I buy already cooked from the cooked corn and fried insect vendor at a local market (only in Thailand will you find such a vendor)

Next, ask Hubby to come help me pour off the water in the rice cooker, top off his glass of Leo and send him back to the TV and then put some muscle into mashing the veggies in the rice cooker. I use chicken broth as the liquid with these mashed veggies, although the veggie water is a good alternative, too. Put the rice cooker on "low" and finsh that second big Leo.

I mentally ran through that recipe and concluded that you must be eating raw vegetables and have mashing arms like Popeye.

I tried adjusting the recipe in my imagination, but the mash burned when I was popping down to the store for more Leo.

I didn't fancy the insects, and I think I probably went to the khao pad shop which sells bottles of singha, but I'm not sure...

In this mental exercise, I felt rough as dogs in the morning, there was a spilt bottle of singha on the floor, and I remembered why I don't cook at home.

SC

[NancyL]

Yeah, there's no option for "baked" in the poll.

I finally gave up trying to do baked potatoes here because it heated up the house too much and our little toaster oven was just too blazing hot to do the job properly.

Now I've joined our British cousins in producing "mash", ie. a concoction of boiled carrots, potatoes, peas and corn which I attack with a prized imported potato masher I found at our local Rim Ping grocery store. In a nod to our current location, I make this mash in a rice cooker, paying careful attention to the timing of addition of the various veggies to the boiling water. First the diced raw carrots, wait a bit (about the time it takes to drink 1/2 a big Leo), then the diced potatoes, wait a little bit (drink the other 1/2 of the big Leo) then the peas (just fiddle around with the glass and ice for the second Leo; the peas don't take long) and then the corn, which I buy already cooked from the cooked corn and fried insect vendor at a local market (only in Thailand will you find such a vendor)

Next, ask Hubby to come help me pour off the water in the rice cooker, top off his glass of Leo and send him back to the TV and then put some muscle into mashing the veggies in the rice cooker. I use chicken broth as the liquid with these mashed veggies, although the veggie water is a good alternative, too. Put the rice cooker on "low" and finsh that second big Leo.

I mentally ran through that recipe and concluded that you must be eating raw vegetables and have mashing arms like Popeye.

I tried adjusting the recipe in my imagination, but the mash burned when I was popping down to the store for more Leo.

I didn't fancy the insects, and I think I probably went to the khao pad shop which sells bottles of singha, but I'm not sure...

In this mental exercise, I felt rough as dogs in the morning, there was a spilt bottle of singha on the floor, and I remembered why I don't cook at home.

SC

All depends upon how long it takes you to drink a beer. Initially, the carrots cook at a full boil for about 12-15 minutes while I get the ice cubes out of the tray, set up the frosted glasses, locate and open the Leo beer, pour it off and wait for the head to subside, etc. Admittedly, I'm not very effecient with the beer. Hubby keeps saying something about how I'd be a lousy "Leo girl".

[Moonrakers]

Yeah, there's no option for "baked" in the poll.

I finally gave up trying to do baked potatoes here because it heated up the house too much and our little toaster oven was just too blazing hot to do the job properly.

Now I've joined our British cousins in producing "mash", ie. a concoction of boiled carrots, potatoes, peas and corn which I attack with a prized imported potato masher I found at our local Rim Ping grocery store. In a nod to our current location, I make this mash in a rice cooker, paying careful attention to the timing of addition of the various veggies to the boiling water. First the diced raw carrots, wait a bit (about the time it takes to drink 1/2 a big Leo), then the diced potatoes, wait a little bit (drink the other 1/2 of the big Leo) then the peas (just fiddle around with the glass and ice for the second Leo; the peas don't take long) and then the corn, which I buy already cooked from the cooked corn and fried insect vendor at a local market (only in Thailand will you find such a vendor)

Next, ask Hubby to come help me pour off the water in the rice cooker, top off his glass of Leo and send him back to the TV and then put some muscle into mashing the veggies in the rice cooker. I use chicken broth as the liquid with these mashed veggies, although the veggie water is a good alternative, too. Put the rice cooker on "low" and finsh that second big Leo.

I mentally ran through that recipe and concluded that you must be eating raw vegetables and have mashing arms like Popeye.

I tried adjusting the recipe in my imagination, but the mash burned when I was popping down to the store for more Leo.

I didn't fancy the insects, and I think I probably went to the khao pad shop which sells bottles of singha, but I'm not sure...

In this mental exercise, I felt rough as dogs in the morning, there was a spilt bottle of singha on the floor, and I remembered why I don't cook at home.

SC

All depends upon how long it takes you to drink a beer. Initially, the carrots cook at a full boil for about 12-15 minutes while I get the ice cubes out of the tray, set up the frosted glasses, locate and open the Leo beer, pour it off and wait for the head to subside, etc. Admittedly, I'm not very effecient with the beer. Hubby keeps saying something about how I'd be a lousy "Leo girl".

You should let him know he'll make a great chang man

[Thakkar]

Yeah, there's no option for "baked" in the poll.

I finally gave up trying to do baked potatoes here because it heated up the house too much and our little toaster oven was just too blazing hot to do the job properly.

Now I've joined our British cousins in producing "mash", ie. a concoction of boiled carrots, potatoes, peas and corn which I attack with a prized imported potato masher I found at our local Rim Ping grocery store. In a nod to our current location, I make this mash in a rice cooker, paying careful attention to the timing of addition of the various veggies to the boiling water. First the diced raw carrots, wait a bit (about the time it takes to drink 1/2 a big Leo), then the diced potatoes, wait a little bit (drink the other 1/2 of the big Leo) then the peas (just fiddle around with the glass and ice for the second Leo; the peas don't take long) and then the corn, which I buy already cooked from the cooked corn and fried insect vendor at a local market (only in Thailand will you find such a vendor)

Next, ask Hubby to come help me pour off the water in the rice cooker, top off his glass of Leo and send him back to the TV and then put some muscle into mashing the veggies in the rice cooker. I use chicken broth as the liquid with these mashed veggies, although the veggie water is a good alternative, too. Put the rice cooker on "low" and finsh that second big Leo.

Hey, we use the same timer!

Settings:

Boil an egg: drink one fifth of a bottle

Roast ten pound turkey: drink 9 bottles (next day get up from floor, throw the turkey).

T

[billd766]

What about bubble and squeak?

[Soutpeel]

What about bubble and squeak?

You had better explain that one to our colonial cousins...

[mca]

What about bubble and squeak?

That got me thinking. I haven't had bubble and squeak in over 16 years. Where'd I put that cabbage?

[IMA_FARANG]

I suppose that iced lemon tea is not acceptable.

Nope got to be Tetleys or PG Tips.....none of this sugary Liptons, US iced tea cr*p

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Roasted Potato!

Sorry but I was born in the U.S. in the days before U.S. food was "Californicated".

(Please note that term is a combination of the two words Calfornia and fornication)

We used to have barbecues in our back yard on weekends.

We would grill steaks on our charcoal grill. Freshly picked ears of corn from our garden roasted on the grill in Aluminium foil with fresh onions and carrots (also from our garden).

And POTATOS roasted directly on the coals, cut in half and basted in butter sauce, and placed so the drippings from the steaks would soak into them as the steaks cooked.

But no TEA as my ancestors threw all that into Boston harbor about 1775. (You may have heard of their little tea party).

But my mom would make Lemonade...from real Lemons...not the mix crap.

That was good food.

P.S. I almost forgot. Tomatos, fresh picked from the garden, and lightly grilled...not overdone.

[MrRed]

[endure]

What about bubble and squeak?

Mondays with meat left over from the joint. Never chicken because that was so expensive we could only afford it at Crimbly.

[mca]

Never chicken because that was so expensive we could only afford it at Crimbly.

I'm torn between calling you a pikey or gyppo mate.

[Soutpeel]

Never chicken because that was so expensive we could only afford it at Crimbly.

I'm torn between calling you a pikey or gyppo mate.

[endure]

Never chicken because that was so expensive we could only afford it at Crimbly.

I'm torn between calling you a pikey or gyppo mate.

You can call me me what you want. Try growing up in the fifties when a joint of beef or lamb was as cheap as chips and chicken was something special that was only eaten once a year.

[Spoonman]

Potatoes are awesome, last night the missus made baked jacket spuds with a sour cream and bacon bits, but normally I just bake them along side the chook with some onions and pumpkin.

[NancyL]

I suppose that iced lemon tea is not acceptable.

Nope got to be Tetleys or PG Tips.....none of this sugary Liptons, US iced tea cr*p

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Roasted Potato!

Sorry but I was born in the U.S. in the days before U.S. food was "Californicated".

(Please note that term is a combination of the two words Calfornia and fornication)

We used to have barbecues in our back yard on weekends.

We would grill steaks on our charcoal grill. Freshly picked ears of corn from our garden roasted on the grill in Aluminium foil with fresh onions and carrots (also from our garden).

And POTATOS roasted directly on the coals, cut in half and basted in butter sauce, and placed so the drippings from the steaks would soak into them as the steaks cooked.

But no TEA as my ancestors threw all that into Boston harbor about 1775. (You may have heard of their little tea party).

But my mom would make Lemonade...from real Lemons...not the mix crap.

That was good food.

P.S. I almost forgot. Tomatos, fresh picked from the garden, and lightly grilled...not overdone.

A vendor at our local Thai market roasts bananas on charcoal. Sometimes she does sweet potatoes, too. She could easily roast potatoes except I suspect she's adding all sorts of sweet sauce once they're done.

[mca]

Never chicken because that was so expensive we could only afford it at Crimbly.

I'm torn between calling you a pikey or gyppo mate.

You can call me me what you want. Try growing up in the fifties when a joint of beef or lamb was as cheap as chips and chicken was something special that was only eaten once a year.

Dad? What are you doing using endure's computer? Shouldn't you be at home complaining about how there's now an aisle in Tesco's with only Polish food?

[Card]

You missed the only sensible option. Chipped and fried, served with battered cod, mushy peas, bread and butter, salt and vinegar and a big mug (not a cup a MUG) of strong tea. Note that we won't tolerate any of that chips and mayonnaise nonsense they indulge in in the Low Countries

No, No, No - it's HADDOCK we want. I'm from Yorkshire so I know the best. Nor do we tolerate salad on the same plate - even a small moundy little girly salad with mayonnaise put there just to make the dish presentable - it's enough to make u puke - we are not talking gourmet food in the strictest sense - so NO SALAD plz. Also the bread is preferably white and very SOFT. We are not talking health food here we are talking SOUL food. We can also enjoy curry sauce smeared over the chips to give it some lube and a posh eastern flavour but nothing else (Ok, maybe good gravy if it's available - but not that synthetic stuff that you can see through). Oh and the chips are NOT FRENCH FRIES OR STEAK CHIPS - we do not tolerate long thin strands of oil-soaked crispy things - that's AMERICAN. Nor do we want flat things - that's also AMERICAN. We want fat chips - crisp on the outside and soft potato on the inside. IS THAT CLEAR?

[Alcat]

I see there are a lot of English guys here, and nobody has mentioned Potato Soup yet. It was a favourite of mine cooked by my mum. There are many variations e.g. add a big ham or bacon bone with meat on, pumpkin, oxtail, spring onions , leeks etc. Thais love soup so it would be easy for the wife to cook and add some nice Thai herbs, especially coriander and chilli. A big pot will feed the family for the whole day and it is so easy to make.

[Chris Lawrence]

They also get it mixed up with the tomato. I have been asked before do I want tomato chips? More than one!

I asked my wife which way would eat and nose goes up! Baked put down but poll has too much bias to be considered as having any fact.

[billd766]

Never chicken because that was so expensive we could only afford it at Crimbly.

I'm torn between calling you a pikey or gyppo mate.

You can call me me what you want. Try growing up in the fifties when a joint of beef or lamb was as cheap as chips and chicken was something special that was only eaten once a year.

I remember those days when a 4 pound leg of beef would be roast on Sunday, cold on Monday and mince on Tuesday. The same thing with pork and lamb.

The first time I ever ate turkey was in 1960 as a boy in the RAF.

I used to buy cod and chips down in Poole where I lived on a Friday night on the way back home from the Boy Scouts meeting for around 1/6d plus a bags full of batter scraps for free back in the late 1950's.

Proper salt from a big pot on the counter and lashings of real vinegar.

Yummy I could eat that now.

[toybits]

Potato salad which cheddar, bacon, shallots, celery, rosemary and extra-virgin oil.

[bkkjames]

Perogies for me, chedder cheese and mashed potato, onion, bacan bit all wrapped together in a thin dough, boiled then pan-fried in butter til golden brown, top with more onions and bacon bit and a generous helping of sour cream-salt to taste. Hardly heart healthy but who really cares when you are eating these.

[nahkit]

"I remember those days when a 4 pound leg of beef would be roast on Sunday, cold on Monday and mince on Tuesday."

I don't think I've ever heard of a leg of beef before, only joints and roasts.

As a post on the first page said, potatoes go really well in a masaman curry. I like to keep a few of the boiled potatoes over to the next morning and then slice and fry them with my bacon.

[tomallison]

You missed the only sensible option. Chipped and fried, served with battered cod, mushy peas, bread and butter, salt and vinegar and a big mug (not a cup a MUG) of strong tea. Note that we won't tolerate any of that chips and mayonnaise nonsense they indulge in in the Low Countries

I agree, but a Coke clears one's palette more effectively than tea.

I'm sorry but fish and chips REQUIRE tea. It's not an option - it's compulsory.

YES..and the fish/chips need to be fried in dripping as well..... .....

Very traditional. Reminds me of my childhood days on an outing in Southport with my parents. The local cafe's there used to advertise 'fish & chips with tea bread & butter' all this for the grand cost of two shillings and sixpence. (Whoops giving away my age!).

[Litlos]

A few of my favourites in no particular order:

Boiled, split into 4 and covered with chilli con carne with melted cheese, chives and sour cream.

The topping on a meat pie or shepherds pie.

As flat chips about 6mm (1/4") thick given a quick dose of radiation and then tossed on the barby alongside the snags and onions.

The absolute best though is one of the ingredients in a fish, chips and prawns basket from Cape Lambert Fisheries in the late 80's. May be still be the same, just have not been back there for a while.

Getting hungry just thinking about the options, and Muck Donalds version of chips just leaves me cold.

Cheers Litlos

[corkman]

My mother-in-law likes them boiled, then let go cold, then dip it in sugar and eat like a desert..... 555..... TIT

[WilliaminBKK]

Roasted in Goose fat on Boxing Day- doesn't get much better

[Alcat]

<font class="Apple-style-span" size="2">I see there are a lot of English guys here and nobody has mentioned potato soup. It was a cheap meal that my mum used to make and it was lovely. she used to put in a bacon or ham bone with a bit of meat left on it, or you can add vegetables eg pumpkin, leeks, carrot, peas etc.  A Thai version could also have coriander, garlic and chilli. It is easy to make and as Thai people love soup I am sure it would be easy for them to make. My Thai wife makes lovely soup using potato as the base.</font>

[nocturn]

dam_n, from the title, i thought this was a thread about retirees and their young thai wives.

[Soutpeel]

dam_n, from the title, i thought this was a thread about retirees and their young thai wives.