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Thai kale ... what is it really?

Jingthing
Jingthing
in Thai Food

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don't know who resurrected this very old thread................ but,  the posters here who said

that the  "kana"  is grown with LOTS  of pesticide spraying are correct. ( of course there might be an exception or two).    When passing a field where we lived it was beautiful to look at and ready to be harvested.   Asked the owner if he was going to keep some to eat himself and he said 

"nope".     ( i have translated ! )

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  • wayned
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    I think that you are talking about Chinese Kale. The Thais call it Phak Khana. It is used extensively in Thai cooking, not just the leaves, but the entire stalk cut in very thin slices. Here's a li

  • wayned
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    Next time that you see it point to it and ask them if it's Khana. I would guess that the answer is yes. The Thais seem to shorten the names of vegetables. My wife would ask me to go to the market a

  • AyG
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    Had you said it was an ingredient of classic ratnaa or pad siew you'd have been right. It's not an ingredient of pad Thai. The long strips in pad Thai are pickled radish or turnip.

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