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Skriven 2014-02-12 21:53:33 av Nancy Backus (1:261/1381.0)
   Kommentar till text 9668 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
Ärende: Re: Thai 170
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-=> Quoting MICHAEL LOO to NANCY BACKUS on 08 Feb 14  20:05:00 <=-

 ML>> tried a Caribbean burger, which is specific to Thailand
 ML>> and turns out to be a curried shrimp sandwich. 
 NB>> That sounds almost appealing...  :)  
 ML> Almost being the operative concept. There are so many
 ML> good things to eat.

And only so much stomach space to put them... ;)
 
 ML>> In many places, breakfast is a wholly savory affair and often
 ML>> not all that different from other meals. I prefer it that way,
 ML>> and if I could have squid curry with celery for breakfast
 ML>> all the time, I might not be so averse to that meal.
 NB>> Possibly healthier, too...  I'd not mind it either... ;)

 ML> Probably healthier, given the starch and sugar that
 ML> pervades the American breakfast. No wonder the incidence
 ML> of extra-sweetness is so high.

And it isn't just at breakfast... which doesn't help either...

 ML>> Actually, looking it up, Col. Philpott posted a tom yum neua
 ML>> once or at least said that it's possible to make.
 NB>> Ok, so it is authentic, probably... ;)  Possibly just not as common
 NB>> a variety... 
 ML> The Thai are like the Cantonese in that they'll eat anything
 ML> with four legs except the table and chairs and anything with
 ML> two legs except maybe humans. Problem with beef is that the
 ML> animals are worth more working than they are as food, so the
 ML> meat is scarce, even unavailable, until it's old and tough.

So most likely to need tenderizing treatments... and to end up in soup,
more than likely...  :)

 ML> I'm told that the other place is full of memorabilia and
 ML> artifacts of the period - a huge collection of opium pipes,
 ML> that kind of thing. The Doi Tung one has a few of everything
 ML> you need to see, artfully displayed; it might be said that
 ML> the depth isn't there, but then it might also be said that
 ML> one of each is enough (and there are more than one of each).
 ML> All in all, I'm happier to have seen the Doi Tung palace and
 ML> the Doi Tung temple than have detoured back to see the other
 ML> museum.

Ah.  Depth, and interest, are in the eye of the beholder, after all...
sounds like you saw sufficiently what you wanted...  :)  The Doi Tung
might well be the better experience, all things considered...  :)

ttyl          neb

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