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Post by tillystar on Apr 5, 2009 13:30:06 GMT
Lentils with Chorizo. We got sent home with 3 cooking chorizo (as well as 3 to eat cold) so will be living on the stuff for a while.
We were going to have dhal and rice as I can't stop thinking of it since Writeon mentioned it the other day but the chorizo is calling. That will be Tuesday when I am off work I think. God I really can't stop thinking of it.
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Post by auntieannie on Apr 5, 2009 15:17:47 GMT
mmmh, dhal chawal..... !
we had a kind of "all-day breakfast" late lunch today. sausages served with a version of bubble & squeak and tomatoes.
last night, he wasn't hungry, but I was, so he cooked a simple root vegetable soup for me. :-) lovely man that he is.
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Post by hwinpp on Apr 6, 2009 4:11:50 GMT
We went out last night. Squid in tamarind sauce, clams in Kampot green pepper sauce, steamed pork with red ant eggs and fried water mimosa. Then another dish of clams, this one steamed with galingale, (kaffir) lime leaves and schredded lemon grass. Washed down with a jug of beer (me) and a glass of Fanta (my girlfriend). 17.63USD  |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 6, 2009 4:58:00 GMT
I'm having difficulty imagining the aspect or the culinary interest of red ant eggs. Please tell me more about them.
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Post by bixaorellana on Apr 6, 2009 5:21:27 GMT
Also, how is food served there? Did everything you ordered come family-style, for each of you to help yourselves from a serving bowl, or was it individual orders?
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Post by hwinpp on Apr 6, 2009 8:15:17 GMT
I wasn't sure how to put it, K2.
Red ant egg. Not red ant egg. The eggs of those big red ants one frequently finds in mango trees.
They're fried together with whatever you order and give it a distinct flavour that is distinguishable. I've so far had it fried with beef tongue, fried with pork and steamed with pork. The fried version with tongue was best.
Next time I go there I'll take my camera. Each dish comes on a separate plate, more or less at the same time. Rice is ordered separately.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 6, 2009 8:33:44 GMT
Oh, I fully understood that you were talking about red ants, although I have personally never found anything in a mango tree, not even a mango. Well anyway, I found this photo of red ant egg salad, so maybe it would make a unusual treat for Easter meals.  |
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Post by hwinpp on Apr 6, 2009 9:11:57 GMT
The salad would be quite expensive. I think if it's just added to enhance the taste, they use maybe a spoonful or two.
I've never had it 'pure' like in the pic. Will have to ask around if they serve it that way here.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 6, 2009 9:14:12 GMT
I see that the salad is also full of ants, not just eggs.
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Post by hwinpp on Apr 6, 2009 9:34:49 GMT
Yes, there are quite a few...
I once had ant's nest, lots of fine, thin hairs of something or other. It also had some ants in it. I've just heard that ant egg salad is available here. Will post back when I've tried it.
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Post by mockchoc on Apr 6, 2009 9:45:00 GMT
I'm not ever going to try that.. sorry!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 6, 2009 10:36:48 GMT
You wouldn't necessarily say that if you were blind, Mockchoc. It might smell delicious.
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Post by voy on Apr 6, 2009 13:28:18 GMT
Asado! Asado! -- mojecas and morditas and maybe even some beef.. short ribs? steak? oh my. how to choose.
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Post by tillystar on Apr 6, 2009 16:20:46 GMT
We are having saltfish fritters with salad tonight. I have bartered for the fritters at work - a colleague's Mum makes the best ones ever and she offered to make in return for us bringing her some ham and cheese back from Spain. I gave her the ham and cheese on Friday and the fritters were made last night and delivered this morning. What a deal!
(so I won't be having the dhal or the courgette crumble, I have a list of food waiting for me!)
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Post by bazfaz on Apr 6, 2009 16:38:26 GMT
In Thailand last year we went for a drink at a guest house on the Mekong. They went to a tree and knocked furiously at a branch and got into a net ants (which they discarded) and white grubs. I ate one so Mrs Faz felt she had to follow my example.
I feel I have done that.
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Post by spindrift on Apr 6, 2009 17:27:34 GMT
When I lived in Nairobi we had an African houseboy. At certain times of the year he would catch large flying insects (really large ones) and fry them. I would no more eat them than I'd eat my hat (if I had one). These insects would labour up out of the earth and take flight. He'd be waiting for them.
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Post by spindrift on Apr 6, 2009 17:45:34 GMT
I have bought a large glass jar containing Confit de Canard (2 cuisses). I have put them in a frying pan to heat up. They look so revolting I'm sure I'll have to throw them away.
What am I going to do with the large amount of fat that they're swimming in? I can't put it down the drain....how do I dispose of it? Help....(perhaps pour it on the garden or over the garden wall?)
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Post by Deleted on Apr 6, 2009 18:36:50 GMT
You are supposed to save the fat for roasting potatoes.
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Post by spindrift on Apr 6, 2009 20:10:53 GMT
Oh I see. I'd better go and get it. I put it back in the large jar and it's outside my front door ready to be put in a street bin.
The cuisse tasted all right...but I didn't like its appearance.
I had to get my neighbour to open the jar. He wasn't best pleased.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 6, 2009 21:42:05 GMT
I had this for dinner the other night, bought at the Chinese supermarket. It was better than expected. Vietnamese frozen foods are becoming increasingly sophisticated.   |
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Post by mockchoc on Apr 7, 2009 0:34:14 GMT
MrChoc and son caught a few lovely big mud crabs so still are trying to eat them. One is a meal in itself.
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Post by hwinpp on Apr 7, 2009 3:18:59 GMT
Mud crabs. One of my fondest memories of Australia. We used to catch them using just a line and some bait meat. You had to pull them in slowly, then they wouldn't let go.
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Post by Jazz on Apr 7, 2009 3:29:25 GMT
Delicious Oxtail soup, (from a local Jamaican restaurant) and salad...bok choy, tuna, steamed green beans, chopped videlia onion and dressed with sesame oil and fresh lemon. Warm walnut bread. Blueberries, fuji apple and friulani cheese for dessert.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 7, 2009 3:46:29 GMT
I'm still cringing at the red ant "cuisine",all I can think of is our red "fire" ants and the sheer horror of even one in my mouth. I know they're not the same but if you say red ants that's it. The larger ones I've seen in pictures are really quite beautiful in their nests.
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Post by hwinpp on Apr 7, 2009 4:02:04 GMT
LOL!
It's just the eggs, mainly.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 7, 2009 4:09:40 GMT
"mainly", I saw whole bodies,more than one ,in that photo K2 posted. Reminds me of the tricks my brothers would play on little Casimira,"go ahead,step on the Queen Bee,",5 seconds later the whole hive is in my hair.,like something in a bad R. Crumb comic.
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Post by hwinpp on Apr 7, 2009 4:18:35 GMT
Yes, but only because it wasn't cleaned properly. I hope |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 7, 2009 4:20:28 GMT
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Post by mockchoc on Apr 8, 2009 6:16:59 GMT
A lot of people say that about the mud crabs hwinpp. This weekend we are going camping near a river and no one else can camp there  We'll try to catch red claw yabbies and maybe a fish or two. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 8, 2009 9:17:54 GMT
I have a couple of duck breasts to grill this evening. I think I'll have them with roasted potatoes and garlic and parsley, and maybe a tomato salad.
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We'll try to catch red claw yabbies and maybe a fish or two.