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Bob Terwilliger wrote:
> Thai fried chicken (that recipe koko posted)
> Jasmine rice
> Thai cucumber salad
> Pumpkin in coconut milk
> Kiwi with tamarind syrup
>
> The chicken thighs have been soaking up the garlic-cilantro goodness since
> last night.
>
> The pumpkin recipe is an interesting one. It's slightly sweet and quite
> coconutty, but flavored with shallots, black pepper, dried shrimp and fresh
> shrimp, so it's not at all like a dessert.
>
> I might make Thai iced tea. I do have the tea, but I don't have
> half-and-half. I need to go shopping today anyway, so maybe I'll just pick
> up a carton of half-and-half while I'm at the store. But I've got
> half-a-dozen other tropical iced tea options, so I haven't fully decided
> what I'm going to do for a beverage.
>
> My mind is not fully set on the kiwi dessert, either. I *will* have the
> kiwis, but it might be with passionfruit syrup instead or it might just be
> kiwi chunks "au naturel". They're fresh from a local farmer, and they ought
> to be good on their own.
>
> Bob
>


I'm glad you went into some detail about the pumpkin dish. I was
envisioning a dessert.


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Jean B.