These are Thai products, and come in yellow, green and red style. No
where does it say to refridgerate after opening. I'd like to, SO doesn't
want to, but is willing to listen to other opinions.
TIA
blacksalt

OBkidsdothedarnestthings: last night I blew bubblegum bubbles for baby,
something he'd never seen before. Now that he's close to 18 months, he's
very imitative and curious. Anyway, he was delighted and laughed and
laughed, and drew himself up close and was "sniffing" the air from the
popped bubbles (he has scratch and sniff books, and often smells things
that catch his eye). After much giggling and excitement, he got very
quiet and slowly pulled himself very close, and then, just like the
leading man in a romantic movie, closed his eyes, tilted his head back
and lightly parted his lips and just touched a big bubble with his
mouth, not even breaking the bubble. It really looked just like a kiss
in an old movie, and I had the eerie preview of his future love life.
Not something I ever expected to see at this age.
OBWhatIwantforchristmas: Since he loves animals and scratch and sniff
books, how about a scratch and sniff barnyard animals book?

On Thu, 25 Dec 2003 08:47:21 -0800, kalanamak >
wrote:

>These are Thai products, and come in yellow, green and red style. No
>where does it say to refridgerate after opening. I'd like to, SO doesn't
>want to, but is willing to listen to other opinions.

I always refrigerate. Semi-automatic response after I open something
that's stored, sealed at room temperature on the store shelf, but
might conceivably spoil once opened. Doesn't seem to affect the flavor
any.

In article >,
kalanamak > wrote:

> These are Thai products, and come in yellow, green and red style. No
> where does it say to refridgerate after opening. I'd like to, SO doesn't
> want to, but is willing to listen to other opinions.

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We always store ours in the fridge. We have some puny plastic snap top
containers that'll fit in the refrigerator door, and thus won't get lost
behind the milk or leftovers.

OB Holiday Food: We're going to SO's boss's house for Christmas dinner.
He conned me into making the brioche tart with vanilla custard sauce
from Baking with Julia. (No, I'm not posting this recipe--I'd get
carpal tunnel typing it out.) Was up till midnight getting the brioche
dough to where it could rise overnight in the fridge. Now I have a good
afternoon's worth of making caramel and custard, along with baking the
brioche. If this doesn't come out, I know whom to blame. If it works,
I get to bask in glory.

Cindy

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"kalanamak" > wrote in message
...
> These are Thai products, and come in yellow, green and red style. No
> where does it say to refridgerate after opening. I'd like to, SO doesn't
> want to, but is willing to listen to other opinions.
> TIA
> blacksalt

We refrigerate some, don't refrigerate others. The ones in the tubs don't
get refrigerated, but the ones in the cans do (once opened, of course).
There's no rhyme nor reason for this, it's just what we've always done. I
think it was because canned ones, once opened, are exposed to air and light
so they would then lose their flavour more quickly so in the fridge or
freezer they went (for some reason, we never ever transfered leftover canned
pastes to air-tight containers, we just left them in their cans). You don't
have to refrigerate any of them, but I would think that refrigerating would
help keep the flavours for a longer period of time if you don't use the
pastes frequently.

<snip cute bubblegum blowing story--he's gonna be heartbreaker, that one!>

> OBWhatIwantforchristmas: Since he loves animals and scratch and sniff
> books, how about a scratch and sniff barnyard animals book?

Or, just take him out to Kansas and let him scratch and sniff around a real
barn??? :-)

rona

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Rona Yuthasastrakosol wrote:
>
> "kalanamak" > wrote in message

Thinking back on it, I've seen those tubs unrefridgerated at other
people's houses.

> > OBWhatIwantforchristmas: Since he loves animals and scratch and sniff
> > books, how about a scratch and sniff barnyard animals book?
>
> Or, just take him out to Kansas and let him scratch and sniff around a real
> barn??? :-)

The only thing I've ever seen him afraid of was a very noisy sheep
bellowing in a barn.
Today I took him (and dog, too) to a geriatric ward of a state mental
institution and he ran about very happily and unafraid of the odd
behaviors, although he did look askance at the tardive dyskinesia lady
twitching away and barking out "cut me up, cut me up, cut me up". One
bipolar, alcohol-dementia lady, with gobs of rouge on, smiled at him,
and the staff said it was the first smile they'd seen on her, ever. That
was enough Christmas for me.
blacksalt

On Thu, 25 Dec 2003 08:47:21 -0800, kalanamak >
wrote:

>These are Thai products, and come in yellow, green and red style. No
>where does it say to refridgerate after opening. I'd like to, SO doesn't
>want to, but is willing to listen to other opinions.

I suspect there's enough salt in those to keep them preserved. Heck -
look at ketchup. The small amount of salt and vinegar keeps it fine
at room temp for at least a year.

-sw

> kalanamak <> wrote:
>
>> These are Thai products, and come in yellow, green and red style. No
>> where does it say to refridgerate after opening. I'd like to, SO
>> doesn't want to, but is willing to listen to other opinions.

I refrigerate mine after opening, regardless of brand or instruction.

On Thu, 25 Dec 2003 08:47:21 -0800, kalanamak >
wrote:

>These are Thai products, and come in yellow, green and red style. No
>where does it say to refridgerate after opening. I'd like to, SO doesn't
>want to, but is willing to listen to other opinions.
>TIA
>blacksalt
>
>OBkidsdothedarnestthings: last night I blew bubblegum bubbles for baby,
>something he'd never seen before. Now that he's close to 18 months, he's
>very imitative and curious. Anyway, he was delighted and laughed and
>laughed, and drew himself up close and was "sniffing" the air from the
>popped bubbles (he has scratch and sniff books, and often smells things
>that catch his eye). After much giggling and excitement, he got very
>quiet and slowly pulled himself very close, and then, just like the
>leading man in a romantic movie, closed his eyes, tilted his head back
>and lightly parted his lips and just touched a big bubble with his
>mouth, not even breaking the bubble. It really looked just like a kiss
>in an old movie, and I had the eerie preview of his future love life.
>Not something I ever expected to see at this age.
>OBWhatIwantforchristmas: Since he loves animals and scratch and sniff
>books, how about a scratch and sniff barnyard animals book?


That little baby story raised a swarm of memories for me from when my
teen brood was young. Thanks you, it was delightful.

And refrigerate the canned curry pastes once they are opened. They
also freeze well.

Boron

On Thu, 25 Dec 2003 08:47:21 -0800, kalanamak >
wrote:

>These are Thai products, and come in yellow, green and red style. No
>where does it say to refridgerate after opening. I'd like to, SO doesn't
>want to, but is willing to listen to other opinions.
>TIA
>blacksalt
>
FWLIW, I typically keep mine in the freezer. There is enough oil and
salt in it to keep it from becoming solid, so I imagine that the
flavor keeps better and it is one more thing that does not need space
in the refrigerator. Since I also keep most of my other spice
purchases in the freezer, removing only a small portion to use at a
time, it is no great trouble to retrieve the paste. I suspect, like
most of the other posters, that it would "keep" for quite a long time
without refrigeration.

kalanamak ), citing the Rules of Acquisition to
rec.food.cooking, says...

> These are Thai products, and come in yellow, green and red style. No
> where does it say to refridgerate after opening. I'd like to, SO doesn't
> want to, but is willing to listen to other opinions.
> TIA
> blacksalt

I generally keep them in the refrigerator after they're open. Given
their contents, they're probably OK without refrigeration, but I'd rather
not chance it.

..........Karl

One of my favorite things to do is make a curried stir fry. I'll fry up
a mess of vegetables and meat, and add pineapple chunks near the end of
cooking. I mix the curry paste with coconut milk, add pineapple juice to
thin it further, and stir that in at the end. The sweetness of the
pineapple and the heat of the curry makes a nice combination.