Som Tam Bpoo Pla Ra And Nam (Sausage)

[farang000999]

i eat this all the time. is it a health risk? when i eat pla ra it has usually been boiled but not always. Nam, I have eaten without cooking first on occasion as well. As for bpoo, that is salted but never boiled/cooked. As for bpoo, is it really the crab that gives the flavor or is it just the salt? i have to imagine the crab itself is rather flavorless. If this topic is better suited to the Isaan forum, feel free to move it.

[metisdead]

Maybe better suited to the Thai Food forum, topic moved.

[giddyup]

My Thai GF has just had a severe dose of food poisoning after eating uncooked Nam. Personally, I wouldn't touch it with a barge pole.

[londoedan]

I also eat Som Tam Poo a lot when at the beach in Pattaya (between 8 and 10 chillies depending on my mood).

I always understood that the poo is fermented, freshwater crab. When I first started eating it I used to eat the crab as well, its quite crunchy and I thought might be a good source of calcium. However nowadays I tend to skip the crab shell and legs as I reckon the crab is mostly there to flavour the dish.

Eating un-cooked sausage sounds a very bad idea - I'd be careful with that, unless you fancy playing host to some 'guests' for a while

[barefoot1988]

its always som tam mai sai pla ra, ped ninoi, piao ninoi, no experience with pla ra and hopefully never.

i always eat "raw" sausages, arent them precooked just like hotdogs

[farang000999]

nam is not precooked. it is fermentated.

for me, all the best stuff in the world is fermentated: kimchi, saurkraut, pickles, nam, bpoo 55555

[londoedan]

nam is not precooked. it is fermentated.

for me, all the best stuff in the world is fermentated: kimchi, saurkraut, pickles, nam, bpoo 55555

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