August 18, 201610 yr Author 59 minutes ago, peterb17 said: Am intrigued? To the OP- why are you showing us a European / French jar of shrimp paste . Really weird- probably totally pasteurized and nothing like the real thing. Nearly all SE cuisines use a version of shrimp paste - yes it smells a bit , but you don't use much and without it many dishes would not be the same. I think the live shrimp salad is a bit scary, felg sorry for the shrimps- but it tastes very good. Absolutely will vote Poor Sucker as #1 - those embryo chick egg things are just gross! i agree the local one is worse than the export one. you might have seen Vietnamese and Laos version. I found out too they use shrimp paste in most of Thai dishes.
August 18, 201610 yr Author 13 minutes ago, TSF said: Shrimp paste is great but plarah is the most vile stinking crap under the sun. 9 minutes ago, Jingthing said: Also, it will kill you. I love shrimp paste too. really? you guys were osmotic from Thai wives
August 18, 201610 yr Every time I sit down to a meal I ask the Mrs. if everything is dead.....if she says yes but I see something moving, it scares me. Cannot tell you the name as it can differ from meal to meal.
August 18, 201610 yr The roadside sushi that sits in the glass cabinet for hours - how can that be safe to eat?
August 18, 201610 yr 2 hours ago, PoorSucker said: I never seen it (for sale that is) like this. I have seen the variety that is usually for sale on the streets where (when you cut the egg in half) you can see the contours of an Embryo inside, but not this. I think this one is almost fully grown. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balut_(food) Edited August 18, 201610 yr by MJCM
August 18, 201610 yr 3 hours ago, TimTang said: There was a bar girl that was in a relationship with my boss. I got to know her a little and ran into her at Voodoo Lounge where she worked. I bought her a beer and we talked a bit, then she went out to get something to eat. She came back with these huge black beetles. I said "you're not going to eat those, are you". She proceeded to rip one apart, snapping wings and what have you until she got to the guts. Then she insisted I try a piece. There were 2 slabs of flesh on each side of it's now dismantled body. It almost made me sick just looking but I said OK. It tasted GREAT! I couldn't believe I was actually eating an insect. But it wasn't good enough for me to pursue any further. The whole dismantling a bug thing just turned me off, but if someone else did it I'd definitely give it a go. Crabs and lobsters are just big insects. Do you eat them?
August 18, 201610 yr 8 minutes ago, csabo said: Crabs and lobsters are just big insects. Do you eat them? Uhh, how many legs to insects have? Six last time I checked. How many legs to crabs and lobsters have? Ten at last count. That means they're not insects.
August 18, 201610 yr There's something called "goong som", it's fermented sea fish and I suspect it's got shrimp paste in it too, I thought my kid had filled his nappy when I walked in the house the other day, but no, mum had a plastic jerry can full of the stuff, she'd briefly taken the lid off. Plaa raa is nothing compared to this stuff, ask your missus.
August 18, 201610 yr On 8/10/2016 at 3:56 AM, lemonjelly said: BBQ rat In Laos they swore to me it was a Lao squirrel.
August 18, 201610 yr 1 hour ago, MJCM said: I never seen it (for sale that is) like this. I have seen the variety that is usually for sale on the streets where (when you cut the egg in half) you can see the contours of an Embryo inside, but not this. I think this one is almost fully grown. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balut_(food) Balut in the Phillippines.Missus rekons they're here but i haven't seen any.Luckily the only one i had was mostly yolk but i have seen em with plenty of feathers.
August 18, 201610 yr 51 minutes ago, louse1953 said: Balut in the Phillippines.Missus rekons they're here but i haven't seen any.Luckily the only one i had was mostly yolk but i have seen em with plenty of feathers. They are here absolutely. When I lived in Pattaya a seller of those came around regularly. They are called Khai Khao or ไข่ข้าว Ask a seller of these as they might know Edited August 18, 201610 yr by MJCM
August 18, 201610 yr McDonalds, Burger King, KFC, Chester's and 7/11 microwave food...Yes they are all Thailand food now. Most Thai food is pretty fresh and healthy, even the street food. The imported junk food is dangerous, unhealthy and scares me. Edited August 18, 201610 yr by willyumiii
August 18, 201610 yr 2 hours ago, csabo said: Crabs and lobsters are just big insects. Do you eat them? No, they are crustaceans, not insects... Back to school for you !
August 18, 201610 yr 16 minutes ago, willyumiii said: McDonalds, Burger King, KFC, Chester's and 7/11 microwave food...Yes they are all Thailand food now. Most Thai food is pretty fresh and healthy, even the street food. The imported junk food is dangerous, unhealthy and scares me. I don't agree with you. An awful lot of Thai food I see is cooked in too much oil, too salty, with way too much sugar, often using clearly dirty ingredients. Edited August 18, 201610 yr by Jingthing
August 18, 201610 yr Author 1 hour ago, fishbrando said: Salad cream. I bought a bottle of salad cream and put it in a fridge. it doesn't go off for the next few months. this is deadly food. they use too much Preservative many foods also have borax.
August 18, 201610 yr Author 3 hours ago, lemonjelly said: There's something called "goong som", it's fermented sea fish and I suspect it's got shrimp paste in it too, I thought my kid had filled his nappy when I walked in the house the other day, but no, mum had a plastic jerry can full of the stuff, she'd briefly taken the lid off. Plaa raa is nothing compared to this stuff, ask your missus. OMG
August 18, 201610 yr Author 4 hours ago, RuamRudy said: The roadside sushi that sits in the glass cabinet for hours - how can that be safe to eat? no it 's not health eating stale fish.
August 18, 201610 yr 8 hours ago, TimTang said: There was a bar girl that was in a relationship with my boss. I got to know her a little and ran into her at Voodoo Lounge where she worked. I bought her a beer and we talked a bit, then she went out to get something to eat. She came back with these huge black beetles. I said "you're not going to eat those, are you". She proceeded to rip one apart, snapping wings and what have you until she got to the guts. Then she insisted I try a piece. There were 2 slabs of flesh on each side of it's now dismantled body. It almost made me sick just looking but I said OK. It tasted GREAT! I couldn't believe I was actually eating an insect. But it wasn't good enough for me to pursue any further. The whole dismantling a bug thing just turned me off, but if someone else did it I'd definitely give it a go. There's something called "goong som", it's fermented sea fish and I suspect it's got shrimp paste in it too, I thought my kid had filled his nappy when I walked in the house the other day, but no, mum had a plastic jerry can full of the stuff, she'd briefly taken the lid off 24 minutes ago, SoiBiker said: Gaeng Som? That's a sour curry. Tasty stuff. Noooo, not gaeng som, I know gaeng som, this stuff's called goong som.... It's totally gross
August 18, 201610 yr 5 hours ago, MJCM said: They are here absolutely. When I lived in Pattaya a seller of those came around regularly. They are called Khai Khao or ไข่ข้าว Ask a seller of these as they might know Not the same, Khai Khao (black egg) is just spices injected to an egg when raw, you can get it at any 7-11. The fermented fetus egg is rare in Thailand but common in the Philippines. Last time I saw the fermented egg here on Samui was 15 years ago, same time I got my last deep fried Cobra chips.
August 18, 201610 yr 10 hours ago, PoorSucker said: Had that before in the Philippines and Cambodia. Had it again last week in a Vietnamese restaurant in Singapore (they do it the same as in Cambodia - pepper and lemon sauce). It's really not as bad as it looks... and the secret is not to look. Didn't know they did it in Thailand as well, but not surprising...
August 18, 201610 yr This is perhaps the one thing I won't try (or haven't yet). Mole cricket or grachawn. But they put a big smile on my girlfriend's face.
August 18, 201610 yr 9 hours ago, willyumiii said: No, they are crustaceans, not insects... Back to school for you ! They're all arthropods.. As are the spiders they eat in Cambodia..
August 18, 201610 yr 9 hours ago, Jingthing said: I don't agree with you. An awful lot of Thai food I see is cooked in too much oil, too salty, with way too much sugar, often using clearly dirty ingredients. Not to mention the cook picking his/her nose or other orifices without washing their hands.
August 18, 201610 yr 8 hours ago, SattaheapSea said: I bought a bottle of salad cream and put it in a fridge. it doesn't go off for the next few months. this is deadly food. they use too much Preservative many foods also have borax. Don't know which brand you bought, but "Heinz Salad Cream... has no artificial colours, flavours or preservatives" and will keep for months in the fridge. The link below includes a full list of ingredients. http://www.heinz.co.uk/Products/Salad_Cream/Products/Heinz-Salad-Cream
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