akirasan Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 Ok so I've lived in Thailand before but this is my first time married and it's been a while since I lived here. My wife is a good cook but she eats rice with every meal (I know they all do). Problem is I don't think I can eat any more rice! What can I do? I live out in the sticks and we only go to a large town about once a month so cooking for myself regularly isn't really an option. Everything else is great..but the rice!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemonjelly Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 Try noodles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinneil Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 Lazy sod cooking for myself inst an option. I live in the sticks, cook myself every day, and i am confined to my wheelchair. Get up of your backside and get cooking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnmell Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 Plenty of frozen french fries you can stock up with and bung in the freezer. My missus does me mashed,boiled, roast potatoes, while the others eat rice every day.Only took a day to tell her how to cook them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zorro1 Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 Buy a bread maker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
473geo Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 Not difficult teach your wife to cook something different for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmaxdan Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 20 hours ago, lemonjelly said: Try noodles Most Thai noodles are made of rice.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giddyup Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 Love rice, boiled, fried, steamed, sweet with coconut, you name it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron19 Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 I like the sweet with coconut sticky rice with mango. Nothing wrong with flied lice, goes down well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickJ Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 Pasta. It's dried and there are lots of things to do with it. Even Thai recipes You need to figure it out. Your not in Kansas anymore Dorothy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunBENQ Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 On 4.2.2017 at 2:44 PM, akirasan said: I live out in the sticks and we only go to a large town about once a month so cooking for myself regularly isn't really an option. How far out in the sticks is that, that you don't get pasta and potatoes? Even in district (amphoe) towns you get these nowadays. Thai made pasta sauces don't cost a fortune. Potatoes stored in the fridge (vegetable box) can be stored for two or more(?) weeks. You must not store them in the heat and not expose to light. Even "my Thais" sometimes fancy mash potatoes (easy to do with milk). For a price you can buy imported instant stuff. If you have a freezer (?) you can buy deep frozen french fries in the larger malls ("big town"). But even our medium sized Tesco in the district town has these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunBENQ Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 10 hours ago, Dmaxdan said: Most Thai noodles are made of rice.... Imported noodles (pasta) are easy to distinguish and do not cost a fortune. I always have some pounds stored in the cabinet (prefer the Casino brand from BigC over the Italian imports). And forgot to mention: eating "own/family" rice about 9 out of 10 days, hom mali and sticky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starky Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 How about just eating the other dishes and not eating the rice? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisinth Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 15 hours ago, Ron19 said: I like the sweet with coconut sticky rice with mango. Nothing wrong with flied lice, goes down well. The only problem I have with mango & sticky rice is that it sends me straight to sleep afterwards. Every time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transam Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 I have rice once a week, I have potatoes every day.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dotpoom Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 Sure enough.....that would come under the heading....."One of life's major challenges". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeddah Jo Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 The only problem I have with mango & sticky rice is that it sends me straight to sleep afterwards. Every time!Sticky rice already has an extremely high glycemic index. If you then mix it with mango and pour sweetened coconut milk all over it your body is going to struggle imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thanyaburi Mac Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 Me, too, to some extent, so I have a lot of macaroni, boiled or baked potatoes, sticky rice now and then. The mentioned frozen french fries is a good idea except our freezer capacity is a bit small. Mac Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MANFROMBOCA Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 have you tried ,,, not eating the rice, ???? i dont understand the problem unless all she cooks is rice,, i dont eat rice or bread just the main course never a problem or am i missing something Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisKC Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 OP Your ID shows you are in Bangkok, Where is it in Bangkok that is "in the sticks"? In any event, it is not difficult to find local markets that sell potatoes, sweet and "farang". They also sell fruit and vegetables and meat that any farang can eat. Why not go into town TWICE a month? Go alone and buy exactly what you want. if you can't cook or don't want to, a microwave will cook almost anything. Use YouTube for advice on how to do it. Thais don't eat a balanced diet. Rice with everything is neither balanced or interesting and my experience is that many Thais can't even cook rice properly - and they don't know how to serve it. I don't use a rice cooker. I make my rice interesting and more flavourful by adding a little turmeric, salt, butter and I only make enough for me for one or two days so I am eating it fresh. Buy some "farang-type" ready-made meals. They are available in the better supermarkets and can be kept in the freezer. There are many kinds of food I love to eat but I don't want any of them every day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluemoon58 Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 I'm speechless. Is the OP being serious...??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spunkie Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 Cooked by myself in the village northeast Thailand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terminatorchiangmai Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 Eat pasta with the Thai dishes , buy your self a deep fryer for french fries or other snacks. Come back to this forum if you have something important to tell us like getting sick of sugar in your coffee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WM1 Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 Try riceberry which has a better nutrition profile...there are Japanese buckwheat soba noodles which are available in most areas if you look hard enough--delicious with a homemade peanut/soy/green onion sauce. Or try to satisfy yourself with a variety of fresh cooked vegetables but always question possible contamination with pesticides. I gave up rice and lost the thick gut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfokevin Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 Have your wife grill some sticky rice... put some pepper corns, toasted garlic and salt in a mortis & passel... then bread the sticky rice with it and grill!... great with grilled pork or chicken and somtam!... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natway09 Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 Stop complaining , get off your bum & do some cooking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron19 Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 1 hour ago, spunkie said: Cooked by myself in the village northeast Thailand I've never seen Brussell Sprouts over here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TallGuyJohninBKK Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 The various Central Food Halls, at least in Bangkok, tend to stock Waitrose brand bags of frozen brussel sprouts from the UK. See them all the time. Villa markets may also have a different brand as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giddyup Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 2 minutes ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said: The various Central Food Halls, at least in Bangkok, tend to stock Waitrose brand bags of frozen brussel sprouts from the UK. See them all the time. Villa markets may also have a different brand as well. The nastiest vegetable known to man! I'll eat everything else except them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acharn Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 2 hours ago, Thanyaburi Mac said: Me, too, to some extent, so I have a lot of macaroni, boiled or baked potatoes, sticky rice now and then. The mentioned frozen french fries is a good idea except our freezer capacity is a bit small. Mac Yeah, takes a little practice but you can even cook macaroni in the microwave. I suppose you could with spaghetti, too, but you'd have to break the noodles into smaller pieces, and I hate that. It used to be, when you could buy rice out of the big bags, the shop would have five or six different species, different prices, and they all had different flavors. I haven't seen that kind of shop for a long time, but I would suppose they still exist in small towns. Ask your wife about potatoes -- mon farang. I used to see them in the market in Phanat Nikhom, but there was a refugee camp outside the town and foreign workers were important to the local economy at the time. I remember missing them very much my first few years here, but now I prefer rice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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