"songbird" > wrote in message
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> Julie Bove wrote:
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>> I may have to get this stuff online. Have never seen the leaves in a
>> store
>> but then I never looked for them. Do you use dried or fresh?
>
> fresh, but you can leave them out or use some lime
> juice instead or a little lime zest. they're different
> than keffir leaves but still acceptable IMO.
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>
>> I do see some
>> curry that is GF online.
>
> i've not seen any that weren't. not many spice
> blends include gluten.
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>
>> What kind of coconut milk? The canned kind or the
>> box?
>
> i have always used canned. i don't even know what
> you mean by box. i'd assume that coconut milk in a
> box would still be liquid and taste the same.

The boxed is like soy or rice milk. Some is sweetened. I did buy canned some
year ago. Never used it. Tried to pour it out, It was so thick, it wouldn't
pour.
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>
>> Not sure how I would season this though. I could not do it by taste.
>
> how did you do the Pad Thai? if you aren't going
> to eat it you'd have to ask the person who would
> be eating it what their preference might be and
> that may give you answers.

I followed a recipe for the Pad Thai. This is the recipe. He loves it!

https://tastesbetterfromscratch.com/pad-thai/

I do have hard trime making it in that it smells and looks vile to me.
Smells even worse when reheated. Actually, I can bareley stand to open the
fridge when it's in there.
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>
>> This is something I would not be willing to taste. We had a Thai neighbor
>> in
>> CA. She had parties almost weekly. Only thing she made that I liked was
>> some
>> kind of corn fritters. Probably not the right name for them. But that's
>> what
>> they looked like.
>
> you don't like hot or spicy foods?

The term "spicy" is meaningless to me. I dislike the taste of Thai, Indian,
Japanese, Cajun and most Chinese food. Just something not appealing with the
seasonings. I do like Mexican, Spanish and South American type seasonings.
Some of those can be spicy.

Tonight I made sort of a hash. I am low on both meat and fresh vegetables.
Our weather has just been too cool so the local stuff for the most part
isn't ready yet. I had a pound of grass fed organic ground beef in the
freezer. I added some cubed Russet potatoes but had to trim them as there
were black spots inside. Also a chopped white onion. After the potatoes were
done and beginning to crisp, I added a can of chopped tomatoes with chiles,
salt and pepper. Normally I would use salsa and bell peppers but I had none.
It was boring. I added a can of shoepeg corn and a little chili powder. I
didn't want to use too much chili powder as he doesn't care for it but he
will eat a small amount. I would love more heat but the only jalapenos I
have are dried, and the dish was pretty dry. I will probably add some
jalapeno sauce to my portion.
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> songbird