On Sat, 22 Apr 2006 03:08:45 +0000 (UTC), Clay Irving >
wrote:

>Dinner last night was great! I had the best tom yum gai I ever tasted. It was
>home-cooked in a small village in Thailand.
>
> Tom Yum Gai (Hot and Sour Chicken Soup)
> http://www.panix.com/~clay/cookbook/...thai+recipe109

That looks quite lovely. I have never had it or made it with
tomatoes,but am willing to try. Thanks for posting.

I think the broth that went into this was a good part of the wonderful
taste you describe. I guess it is time to make some stock again and
give this a whirl.

I have the dried peppers from last year's garden, some galangal
growing indoors and a keffir limein a pot. Hard to get fresh lemon
grass around here this time of year, but there is a market or two I
can seek out. I grow it in the summer.
>
>We also had a couple of fried fresh-water fish served with a nam jim:
>
> Nam Jim Kiga (Chili Sauce or Dip for Barbeque-style Foods)
> http://www.panix.com/~clay/cookbook/...thai+recipe106

That looks good, too.
>
>Add a few large bottles of cold Leo beer -- I was saibai-saibai.


Sound like a happy time.

Boron