HeijoshinCool Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 Anybody? Vegetables native to Thailand, or have they all been brought in over the years? Not fruits, please. Veggies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeichen Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 Depends on how native is native. Some go back a few hundred years, some thousands. Trade has always been such a strong part of geographical change it is hard to clearly state what is native. herbs (leaves and stems) yes, lots. spices some, vegetables not many, certain gourds (which are technically fruits), kale (at least 300 hundred years, some other green vines and leafies. Tomatoes, chilis, about 200 years ago. green pepper corns were the original and only thing in Thai cooking to give heat for centuries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyG Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 Mushrooms Taro (which grows wild over much of SE Asia) Angled luffa Water spinach and possibly yard long beans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeijoshinCool Posted July 10, 2013 Author Share Posted July 10, 2013 Thanks. My neighbor said that until the 60's, she had never seen a tomato. But then, considering where I'm living, that doesn't surprise me. Makes one wonder what deficiencies their diets had back 100 years ago. Must have been pretty boring, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyG Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 No need to worry about deficiencies in the past. It's simply that newer vegetables were tastier and/or were more productive. Talking to an old friend of mine she talked about her childhood food in Isaan. She was brought up on a diet of nam phrik with rice. Fish and meat were a very occasional luxury. In the north traditional meals were often boiled roots, stems and leaves with perhaps a little meat. Yes, boring, but almost certainly far healthier than a diet of burgers, fries and Hitler Fried Chicken. In my analysis there have been four major imports of foreign vegetables (roughly in historical order): (1) Indian ingredients: peppercorns, okra, spinach, ginger, galangal, cucumber (I'm surprised by cucumber - I'd assumed it was south american, but Wikipedia says it's not.) (2) Chinese vegetables: Chinese celery, Chinese Kale, Chinese radish, soy bean (3) South American vegetables (introduced during the Ayutthaya period by the Portuguese): chilli, tomato, aubergine with European vegetables such as carrot and potato. (4) Modern commercial crops: asparagus, baby corn, lettuce 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mangosteen1 Posted October 13, 2013 Share Posted October 13, 2013 Any vegetable plant? that is good for building stronger legs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeijoshinCool Posted October 14, 2013 Author Share Posted October 14, 2013 Any vegetable plant? that is good for building stronger legs? Walkolli? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathy2014 Posted October 14, 2013 Share Posted October 14, 2013 Lemongrass, fishbones, and multi vitamin calcium 500 mg, milk , joghurt..etc...opps sorry only veggies, u might need veggie concentrat pill, not sure only cook with lemongrass will help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheVagabond Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 This is quite a wonderful thread, thank you all, for those that are very knowledgable, do you recommend any websites out there with a large resource of this kind of information? Not sure if it's against the forum rules! ( ! sorry if it is ! ) but I am highly motivated to learn more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathy2014 Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 Lemongrass, fishbones, and multi vitamin calcium 500 mg, milk , joghurt..etc...opps sorry only veggies, u might need veggie concentrat pill, not sure only cook with lemongrass will help. Opps..sorry I anwered on the wrong topic.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayned Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 There are many types of eggplant that the Thais classify as "makeua". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayned Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 (edited) Wrong spelling should be ma kheuua: .มะเขือ ma kheuuanouneggplant; [general term for the family of] eggplants2.มะเขือขาวma kheuua khaaonouna large eggplant, Solanum melongena3.มะเขือขื่นma kheuua kheuunnounyellow eggplant, Solanum xanthocarpum4.มะเขือตอแหลma kheuua dtaaw laaenoun, phrase, colloquialan eggplant that bears fruit unusually fast5.มะเขือม่วงma kheuua muaangnouneggplant6.มะเขือยาวma kheuua yaaonouneggplant7.มะอึก ma euk nounhairy eggplant, Solanum ferox8.สีมะเขือsee ma kheuuanounthe color of aubergine, the color of an eggplant and the official color of thai-language.com 9.หยิบมะเขือยาวขึ้นมาสามลูก ราคาสี่สิบบาทyip ma kheuua yaao kheun maa saam luuk raa khaaMsee sip baatexample sentence" picked out three eggplants; the price was 40 baht." Tomatoes are also classified as ma kheuua - ma kheuua thaeht Edited October 15, 2013 by wayned Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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