Enticing flavours of Thai Food
Thais of earlier times,like ther descendants today ,placed enormous importance on the retuals and poltenesses of eating.This concern was shown in the way they greeted each other informally.If they saw a friend passing their home, they would immediately ask:"Have your eaten yet?" This was not just out of politeness.If the answer was no, the friend would be invited in, and something would be prepared to eat right then and there.
Most of the dishes people cooked in those days were simple to make,using ingredients that could be found nearby In the kitchen there would be chili,shrimp paste, fish sauce , sour tamarind,garlic,shallots,and dried fish,Fresh indegenouss Thai vegetables like phak bung,phak krachet,krathin and bamboo shoots could be found growing almost anywhere.
A meal made up of nam phrik kapi (chili paste),grilled fish,boiled phak bung leaves,and perhaps a hot kaeng som curry could be prepared in just half an hour or so.
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