MJCM Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 5 hours ago, PoorSucker said: 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. In Pattaya I have seen them regularly, so the next time I am there I will buy some cut them in half and post a picture (if this thread isn't archived by then as I don't go to Pattaya that often anymore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csabo Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 17 hours ago, Oxx said: 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. Uhh read much? "Both lobsters and cockroaches are arthropods, making them distant relatives. An arthropod is a member of the phylum Arthropoda, which includes insects, crustaceans and arachnids. Arthropods are characterized by a jointed exoskeleton composed of chitin, a segmented body and jointed appendages." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thailimpan Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 nothing beats a great Laap Dib a steak tartare northern Thai style. Raw minced beef including raw blood, assertively bitter nam phia (the contents of the rumen or first stomach of the cow) and even bitterer nam dee (the uncooked bile from a cow’s gall bladder), these in addition to rubbery strips of boiled tripe and a spicy/numbing herb paste." Makes your mouth water doesn't it? https://munchies.vice.com/en/articles/northern-thailands-raw-food-movement-involves-blood-and-guts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Docno Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 45 minutes ago, csabo said: Uhh read much? "Both lobsters and cockroaches are arthropods, making them distant relatives. An arthropod is a member of the phylum Arthropoda, which includes insects, crustaceans and arachnids. Arthropods are characterized by a jointed exoskeleton composed of chitin, a segmented body and jointed appendages." Well they both belong to the same huge phylum ... the largest, in fact, comprising over a million different species. Humans are in the phylum chordata, which includes all vertebrates as well as other subphyla. Distant relatives they may, but lobsters and cockroaches are related in the same way that humans are related to snakes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Docno Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 9 hours ago, Docno 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... Forgot I'd taken a photo of it with my phone. Here it is. Black pepper sauce can be seen in the upper left. Quite tasty. In fact, a Cambodian friend of mine gave me the fixings for the sauce (just have to add lime juice and water). Now to find a market that sells these eggs so I can impose them on unsuspecting friends. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoorSucker Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 6 hours ago, MJCM said: In Pattaya I have seen them regularly, so the next time I am there I will buy some cut them in half and post a picture (if this thread isn't archived by then as I don't go to Pattaya that often anymore And then eat it, very tasty. Have it all the time, my son also likes them. 20 baht for three. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manfredtillmann Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 18 hours ago, louse1953 said: In Laos they swore to me it was a Lao squirrel. furry tail or just skin? my wife calls them 'garror', they live all around us. and they are squirrels, but you might as well call them tree rats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toofarnorth Posted August 20, 2016 Share Posted August 20, 2016 I thought the hairy clam was scary but a few weeks ago I had to ask what the revolting smell was nearby . The neighbors were making crab jelly . I would rather get stuck to a hairy clam any day ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RebeloReb Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 cockroaches!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oxx Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 1 hour ago, RebeloReb said: cockroaches!!! Cockroaches are not eaten here. There is, however, a beetle that superficially resembles an American cockroach that is eaten. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SattaheapSea Posted September 6, 2016 Author Share Posted September 6, 2016 (edited) try this one. anyone have tasted it? Edited September 6, 2016 by SattaheapSea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oxx Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 16 minutes ago, SattaheapSea said: try this one. anyone have tasted it? I could be wrong, but I believe the insect is only for decoration. The nam phrik includes a secretion from the anal glands of the insect. The secretion has an aroma similar to pear drops. Tried a dish made with it once in Vietnam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SattaheapSea Posted September 6, 2016 Author Share Posted September 6, 2016 1 hour ago, Oxx said: I could be wrong, but I believe the insect is only for decoration. The nam phrik includes a secretion from the anal glands of the insect. The secretion has an aroma similar to pear drops. Tried a dish made with it once in Vietnam. haha, you are wrong the insect is a basic ingredient of this "Nam Prick". Please ask any Thai wife, this is the worst taste of all time. it's from hell!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oxx Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 1 hour ago, SattaheapSea said: haha, you are wrong the insect is a basic ingredient of this "Nam Prick". Please ask any Thai wife, this is the worst taste of all time. it's from hell!!!!!!!! You're absolutely right. There's a recipe for this at http://nlovecooking.com/สูตรน้ำพริกแมงดา/ and elsewhere. In the English version the insect is dodgily translated as "The Pimp". The Thai version is clear with mɛɛŋˑdaa naa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tw25rw Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 2 hours ago, SattaheapSea said: haha, you are wrong the insect is a basic ingredient of this "Nam Prick". Please ask any Thai wife, this is the worst taste of all time. it's from hell!!!!!!!! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lethocerus_indicus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SattaheapSea Posted September 15, 2016 Author Share Posted September 15, 2016 On 9/6/2016 at 6:01 PM, tw25rw said: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lethocerus_indicus how did you know i googled in vain to find out the name of the bug? amazing !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sulasno Posted September 15, 2016 Share Posted September 15, 2016 Plarah is banned from the house. I'd stick with balachan Sent from my SM-J700F using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sulasno Posted September 15, 2016 Share Posted September 15, 2016 Plarah is banned from the house. I'd stick with balachan Sent from my SM-J700F using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retoohs Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 On 8/18/2016 at 8:29 PM, PoorSucker said: Yep just what I was thinking, a delicacy in the Phillipines Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retoohs Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 When I visit my family up north and they produce a meal full of what looks like heart valves and veins. I tried it once but just couldn't keep it down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon43 Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 Many years ago when up in darkest Issan, my GF told me that it was a special occasion and we had buffalo to eat. 'Well that's not so special' I said 'Yes, baby buffalo' she countered. It turned out that what she had prepared was not baby buffalo, but the placenta from a village buffalo that had just given birth. ... and it was raw.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tutsiwarrior Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 gaeng som...makes me wanna...makes me wanna...(!!!) my wife almost caused a riot at our western apartment block in Abu Dhabi when she made this once...we barricaded the door and hid under the bed...and she never made it again until we returned to Thailand... back at the ranch, her family: 'mmmm, aloy mak...' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damrongsak Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 Shrimp paste is, ah, aromatic to say the least. My wife loves it. But she will not touch Pla Raa (Pla Daak), even though she's from Isaan. At least I dodged that bullet. I do get the creeps seeing a whole pile of those almost-hatched chicken eggs. But I am a vegetarian, so who cares? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damrongsak Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 On 8/19/2016 at 3:33 AM, manfredtillmann said: furry tail or just skin? my wife calls them 'garror', they live all around us. and they are squirrels, but you might as well call them tree rats. Here in the USA, my Thai relatives call them "grarog". กระรอก We do call them tree rats in the U.S. I had a bro-in-law visit once. My kids shot a squirrel with their pellet gun. Bro-in-law gutted and skinned it. Chopped it up like hamburger with a couple cleavers. Cooked and ate it BONES AND ALL. Crunchy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tutsiwarrior Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 11 hours ago, Damrongsak said: Here in the USA, my Thai relatives call them "grarog". กระรอก We do call them tree rats in the U.S. I had a bro-in-law visit once. My kids shot a squirrel with their pellet gun. Bro-in-law gutted and skinned it. Chopped it up like hamburger with a couple cleavers. Cooked and ate it BONES AND ALL. Crunchy! sounds like road house fried chicken in vietnam...smash the chicken up with a cleaver, tip into hot oil and then, enjoy ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macthehat Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 On 10/08/2016 at 3:56 AM, lemonjelly said: BBQ rat BBQ rat is tasty if marinated and cooked right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grollies Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 On 09/08/2016 at 7:36 PM, SattaheapSea said: for example, it's stink the smell running through your nose. Whimp :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grollies Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 On 18/08/2016 at 3:29 PM, PoorSucker said: That wins for me, hands down. Bleurghh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grollies Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 Any cupboard food. Why oh why does the missus not use the fridge? There's a half-eaten deep fried fish in the cupboard. Been there two days already. Guarantee it'll come out for breakfast in a day or two. Think that's why nam plah prik was invented. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oxx Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 20 minutes ago, MekkOne said: We got a biologist in here... Crustaceans form a large, diverse arthropod taxon which includes such familiar animals as crabs, lobsters, crayfish, shrimp, krill, woodlice and barnacles. The crustacean group is usually treated as a subphylum, and thanks to recent molecular studies it is now well accepted that the crustacean group is paraphyletic, and comprises all animals in the Pancrustacea clade other than hexapods. In other words, some crustaceans are more closely related to insects and other hexapods than they are to certain other crustaceans Congratulations upon your ability to copy and paste from Wikipedia. I'm in awe. Not so much congratulations upon your failure to understand what you've copied. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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