David48 Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 One man’s trash, is another man’s treasure - the Dr Fish In one of the Farm’s Ponds, there was an infestation of what translates as ‘Doctor Fish’ ปลาหมอ - pla moor. Apparently some of the Thais love to eat them , but to the Farm Father they were simply eating the Prawns food ... So Farm Father gathered all hands, the blood brothers, the ‘honorary’ brother, daughter and grand-daughter to rid the Pond of these free loaders. Just thought you might be interested how the Thais do it ... . 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David48 Posted April 15, 2013 Author Share Posted April 15, 2013 Not exactly sure how the pond was netted to this corner as we were in Bangkok the previous day and late starters on the morning, not arriving till 7.30 am. Left to right ... Farm Father, honorary brother and Farm Mother's younger brother. The grand-daughter helps out BTW ... all the BS about political correctness. Farm Father is jokingly referred to Khun Dumb and his honorary brother Khun Dumb Markk ... together Dumb and Dumber ... or translating as Black and really Black! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David48 Posted April 15, 2013 Author Share Posted April 15, 2013 If you have some decent bandwidth ... What you see there are the Prawns jumping. . 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedBullHorn Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 (edited) You should have know from my past post that they fetch ฿70/kg farmgate right? Improvise David... Edited April 15, 2013 by RedBullHorn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedBullHorn Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 I really like the background David... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David48 Posted April 15, 2013 Author Share Posted April 15, 2013 You should have know from my past post that they fetch ฿70/kg farmgate right? Improvise David... Ha Ha Ha ... not my fish to sell! Actually, the smaller ones were minced for the catfish. The larger ones were deep fried and dished up to the Farm Family. I agree with you about the Farm Gate Sales ... however, due to difficult Farm access, Farm Gate sales are a practical reality. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post David48 Posted April 15, 2013 Author Popular Post Share Posted April 15, 2013 (edited) . The prawns are jumping madly and are encouraged to jump out of the net and back into the pond. The fish are corralled into a smaller and smaller net ... all 3 photos. Finally, MissFarmGirl with some running commentary ... Have to turn the sound up as she is very shy to speak her English to the camera. The next few photos have MissFarmGirl in it so I'll let her post them . Edited April 15, 2013 by David48 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MissFarmGirl Posted April 16, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted April 16, 2013 . this is me and my dog PomPam Me and my Mum, working hard David ask me to talk about the Dr Fish . 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MissFarmGirl Posted April 16, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted April 16, 2013 (edited) . don't worry, this one not 'the fish that got away', we eat later David say he no like. OK, we say, more for us to eat! everyone in family work as team how you say in English? many hands make fish move ... 5555 David say he not lazy to work, he have to be camera man . Edited April 16, 2013 by MissFarmGirl 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokie36 Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 "See one, do one, teach one" MissFarmGirl....make sure David works hard next time! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dancealot Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 Interesting thread! The Doctor fish look tasty. I am thinking of making a doctor fish Plarah with them. I would like to see David in that pond also. And MFG do the filming and photography Why is the fish called doctor fish? Just had a discussion with GF on plarmoorfan. I made that up . Roughly translates as Dentist Fish. She just gave me that look ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David48 Posted April 19, 2013 Author Share Posted April 19, 2013 (edited) Great care is in bringing the nets in (above and below). . Edited April 19, 2013 by David48 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David48 Posted April 19, 2013 Author Share Posted April 19, 2013 Couldn't post this one above as apparently only 2 YouTubes per post ... Poor ole Dumb Marrk. If you or your partner speaks Thai ... they are having shots at his receding hairline. Apparently quite funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissFarmGirl Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 Interesting thread! The Doctor fish look tasty. I am thinking of making a doctor fish Plarah with them. I would like to see David in that pond also. And MFG do the filming and photography Why is the fish called doctor fish? Just had a discussion with GF on plarmoorfan. I made that up . Roughly translates as Dentist Fish. She just gave me that look ... 555, I make this photo already, but when he in dr fish pond he in other pond David explain to me what you write, I give you that 'look' also but then give you hug for being fun man 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissFarmGirl Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 David, he want me make this video very much I try one time I try two time 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissFarmGirl Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 I try 3 times and 4 times 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MissFarmGirl Posted April 19, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted April 19, 2013 but he happy this one I hope you happy too 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjefrie Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 I like you're video very much 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David48 Posted April 20, 2013 Author Share Posted April 20, 2013 Umm ... errr ... cough ... thanks for that MissFarmGirl ... What do they say in showbiz ... never with with animals, small children ... I might, to add, girlfriends ... So, the Dr Fish are corralled into a smaller and smaller net, all the time scooping the Prawns back into the main pond ... as per the photos below ... Then transferred into a holding basket in a different pond, below ... A lot of the smaller fish died during the course of the day and were minced and fed to the Catfish. The larger ones were eaten by the Farm Family. Dr Fish is a favourite of MissFarmGirl ... I couldn't determine an taste differential between them and other harvested fish. . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David48 Posted April 20, 2013 Author Share Posted April 20, 2013 Probably should introduce the Farm Father if you haven't met him before. . . Ex-Navy, lost the lower part of his leg down south (Thailand) when in active service. Consequently, a hard nut ... but a good nut. . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post David48 Posted April 20, 2013 Author Popular Post Share Posted April 20, 2013 (edited) If you wanted to meet me ... here is a demo I did for MissFarmGirl to show here what I wanted in the video. And if you are wondering the T-Shirt is Yoda asking 'My finger you pull?' ... a gift from my niece. That's about it from the Dr Fish thread. We have a lot more photos and YouTubes ... but they are just variations on what you have above. We just wanted to share some of the Farm Life and how the Thai's deal with their day to day problems. Edited April 20, 2013 by David48 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
market trader Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 Thanks for the great pictures and videos by yourself and Miss farm girl. You know when I grow weary and frustrated by the comments on the general forum I know I can click on the farming forum for some sanity. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David48 Posted April 28, 2013 Author Share Posted April 28, 2013 Thanks for the great pictures and videos by yourself and Miss farm girl. You know when I grow weary and frustrated by the comments on the general forum I know I can click on the farming forum for some sanity. ^^ Thanks for the nice comment. We (MissFarmGirl and I) just wish to show how the Thais do it in the daily grind. What I admire is the simplicity that the Thais approach their work with. Different from us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaggy1969 Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 Thank you David and MissfarmGirl for showing us your farm. Love the shot from 0.22 secs onwards showing the pond and the size....very impressive 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David48 Posted April 28, 2013 Author Share Posted April 28, 2013 Thank you David and MissfarmGirl for showing us your farm. Love the shot from 0.22 secs onwards showing the pond and the size....very impressive Actually, that was one of the smaller ponds you saw. ^^ The standard pond that MissFarmGirl parents own (or rent from their relatives) is 6 - 8 Rai ... size of a couple of football fields. There are some smaller ponds for the catfish and for the speciality Prawns/Shrimp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David48 Posted April 24, 2014 Author Share Posted April 24, 2014 (edited) Wrong thread ... Must be the heat getting to me. Edited April 24, 2014 by David48 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scunner Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 Or the Singha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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