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Thai food recommendation
My husband and several of our friends like Thai food, but I don't do
hot, peppery spices (ginger, garlic, etc. are fine). I know next to nothing about Thai food except that the few times I've tried something it was too hot for me. I'm thinking that surely there must be at least one dish I could eat. Any recommendations? TIA, --Charlene -- The point of philosophy is to start with something so simple as not to seem worth stating, and to end with something so paradoxical that no one will believe it. -- Bertrand Russel email perronnellec at earthlink . net |
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"Charlene Charette" > wrote in message
m... > My husband and several of our friends like Thai food, but I don't do hot, > peppery spices (ginger, garlic, etc. are fine). I know next to nothing > about Thai food except that the few times I've tried something it was too > hot for me. I'm thinking that surely there must be at least one dish I > could eat. Any recommendations? > > TIA, > --Charlene Ask for Mee Krob. It's sweet Thai noodles :) Not hot, definitely not spicy. Jill |
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On 2009-01-13, Charlene Charette > wrote:
> My husband and several of our friends like Thai food, but I don't do > hot, peppery spices (ginger, garlic, etc. are fine). I know next to > nothing about Thai food except that the few times I've tried something > it was too hot for me. I'm thinking that surely there must be at least > one dish I could eat. Any recommendations? I think surely there is! You can browse these recipes: http://www.panix.com/~clay/cookbook/...tents.cgi?thai Or browse photographs of Thai food: http://www.flickr.com/photos/clayirv...7603576753446/ Some Thai food like Kaeng Chuet Wunsen, a clear soup with pork meatballs, cellophane noodles, green onion, and fried garlic, aren't spicy at all. Greens, like phak bung, are stir-fried with oyster sauce and fish sauce. The spiciness of fried seafood is often determined by the sauce. One of my favorite "non-spicy" Thai dishes is Gai Ho Bai Toei, chicken wrapped in pandanus leaves and fried -- The pandanus leaves give the chicken a nice flavor and it is usually served with a sweet dipping sauce. If you have any questions, I'd be happy to try to answer them. -- Clay Irving > We have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night. - Epitaph of two astronomers |
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"Charlene Charette" > wrote in message m... > My husband and several of our friends like Thai food, but I don't do hot, > peppery spices (ginger, garlic, etc. are fine). I know next to nothing > about Thai food except that the few times I've tried something it was too > hot for me. I'm thinking that surely there must be at least one dish I > could eat. Any recommendations? Pad Thai is not at all spicy and everyone loves it. Satay pork is quite nice. Panang beef is a favorite. You can always ask them to hold off on the spices for any dish. They will typically cook it mild if you ask. Paul |
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On 2009-01-14, jmcquown > wrote:
> "Charlene Charette" > wrote in message > m... >> My husband and several of our friends like Thai food, but I don't do hot, >> peppery spices (ginger, garlic, etc. are fine). I know next to nothing >> about Thai food except that the few times I've tried something it was too >> hot for me. I'm thinking that surely there must be at least one dish I >> could eat. Any recommendations? >> >> TIA, >> --Charlene > Ask for Mee Krob. It's sweet Thai noodles :) Not hot, definitely not > spicy. Yes, and most Phat Thai dishes (sometimes spelled "Pad Thai") aren't very spicy. Almost all the kuaitiao (wider rice noodle) dishes aren't spicy until you start adding the condiments from the khrueang puang (ring of spices), dried chile powder (phrik pon), vinegar with chile slices (phrik dong), fish sauce (nam pla), sugar (nam tan). -- Clay Irving > The imposition of stigma is the commonest form of violence used in democratic societies. - R. A. Pinker |
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Charlene Charette wrote: > > My husband and several of our friends like Thai food, but I don't do > hot, peppery spices (ginger, garlic, etc. are fine). I know next to > nothing about Thai food except that the few times I've tried something > it was too hot for me. I'm thinking that surely there must be at least > one dish I could eat. Any recommendations? > > TIA, > --Charlene > > -- Just ask the server which dishes don't contain chiles or. Not every Thai person likes superhot food. Shrimp toast (kanom pang naa goong) Spring rolls (po pia thot or taud) Baked rice with pineapple, which contains chicken (khao ob sapparod) Desserts |
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On Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:46:29 -0600, Charlene Charette
> wrote: >My husband and several of our friends like Thai food, but I don't do >hot, peppery spices (ginger, garlic, etc. are fine). I know next to >nothing about Thai food except that the few times I've tried something >it was too hot for me. I'm thinking that surely there must be at least >one dish I could eat. Any recommendations? > >TIA, >--Charlene Pad Thia: http://www.thaitable.com/Thai/recipes/Pad_Thai.htm When it's good, it's very very good. -- modom ambitious when it comes to fiddling with meat |
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On Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:46:29 -0600, Charlene Charette
>My husband and several of our friends like Thai food, but I don't do >hot, peppery spices (ginger, garlic, etc. are fine). I know next to >nothing about Thai food except that the few times I've tried something >it was too hot for me. I'm thinking that surely there must be at least >one dish I could eat. Any recommendations? Sure, just make Thai food without the chilis, garlic, and ginger. It will not taste right to anyone who likes spicy Thai food but it may be just right for you. It's a relatively easy thing once you have the ingredients. A basic mild Thai curry goes something like this: sear some turmeric and fenugreek in oil. Add vegetables (carrot and onion are typical), then in a few minutes add coconut milk (you may want the low-fat version), cover and simmer. Then add basil, keffir lime leaves, lemon grass, and your already-cooked protein ingredient (tofu, chicken, lamb etc.) and simmer some more. Traditionalists might want to serve over either jasmine white rice, or Thai purple rice. Due to the thickness of the coconut milk, it does not require any thickener or reduction or anything. If some in the group like it spicy, have some Thai chilis in white vinegar on the side. Steve |
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Paul M. Cook wrote:
> "Charlene Charette" > wrote in message > m... >> My husband and several of our friends like Thai food, but I don't do hot, >> peppery spices (ginger, garlic, etc. are fine). I know next to nothing >> about Thai food except that the few times I've tried something it was too >> hot for me. I'm thinking that surely there must be at least one dish I >> could eat. Any recommendations? > > Pad Thai is not at all spicy and everyone loves it. Satay pork is quite > nice. Panang beef is a favorite. You can always ask them to hold off on > the spices for any dish. They will typically cook it mild if you ask. I agree about the Pad Thai. I have never found that to be spicy. We have a nice Thai restaurant near here and they will adjust the spice to your taste using a scale of 1 to 5. The last time we were there with out son we toned it down because , while my son and I both like hot spicy food, my wife refers it somewhat milder. So we ordered one dish at 2 and the other at 3. The 2 was mild for my taste, but the 3 was really hot. They must use a logarithmic scale. I hate to imagine what 4 or 5 would be like. |
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Clay wrote:
>> My husband and several of our friends like Thai food, but I don't do >> hot, peppery spices (ginger, garlic, etc. are fine). I know next to >> nothing about Thai food except that the few times I've tried something >> it was too hot for me. I'm thinking that surely there must be at least >> one dish I could eat. Any recommendations? > > I think surely there is! You can browse these recipes: > > http://www.panix.com/~clay/cookbook/...tents.cgi?thai I'd like to go on record as stating that Clay's web site is awesome. I already had a pretty good handle on Thai food, but I learned a lot. If you go "up" a few steps to www.panix.com/~clay/cookbook you'll find a veritable cornucopia of excellent culinary guidance. Bob |
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Dave wrote:
> I agree about the Pad Thai. I have never found that to be spicy. We have a > nice Thai restaurant near here and they will adjust the spice to your > taste using a scale of 1 to 5. The last time we were there with out son > we toned it down because , while my son and I both like hot spicy food, my > wife refers it somewhat milder. So we ordered one dish at 2 and the other > at 3. The 2 was mild for my taste, but the 3 was really hot. They must > use a logarithmic scale. I hate to imagine what 4 or 5 would be like. That would be an exponential scale. A logarithmic scale would flatten out as the numbers got higher. Bob, mathesemantician |
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Bob Terwilliger wrote:
> Dave wrote: > >> I agree about the Pad Thai. I have never found that to be spicy. We have a >> nice Thai restaurant near here and they will adjust the spice to your >> taste using a scale of 1 to 5. The last time we were there with out son >> we toned it down because , while my son and I both like hot spicy food, my >> wife refers it somewhat milder. So we ordered one dish at 2 and the other >> at 3. The 2 was mild for my taste, but the 3 was really hot. They must >> use a logarithmic scale. I hate to imagine what 4 or 5 would be like. > > That would be an exponential scale. A logarithmic scale would flatten out as > the numbers got higher. > > Bob, mathesemantician > Okay. I won't argue with someone who us good at math because I flunked my way through math. I was thinking of something like the Richter Scale, where an increase of one on the scale means ten times the power of the quake. A 2 is 10 times the power of a 1, a 3 is ten times that of a 2 and so on. |
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Dan Abel wrote:
> I've never seen plain rice spiced up. :-) Unfortunately, I have. Hubby, being of Cajun decent, is determined to ramp up my spice tolerance so we went to an Indian restaurant (there are a couple of Indian dishes that I can eat) and I figured if noting else I could eat rice, naan, and kheer. The apparently-normal white rice was HOT. --Charlene -- The point of philosophy is to start with something so simple as not to seem worth stating, and to end with something so paradoxical that no one will believe it. -- Bertrand Russel email perronnellec at earthlink . net |
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Wow! Thanks for all the helpful replies. Some friends are getting
together to go eat Saturday night and it was the usual "but she doesn't do Thai". Now I know what to try. --Charlene -- The point of philosophy is to start with something so simple as not to seem worth stating, and to end with something so paradoxical that no one will believe it. -- Bertrand Russel email perronnellec at earthlink . net |
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Dave Smith wrote:
> I agree about the Pad Thai. I have never found that to be spicy. We have > a nice Thai restaurant near here and they will adjust the spice to your > taste using a scale of 1 to 5. The last time we were there with out son > we toned it down because , while my son and I both like hot spicy food, > my wife refers it somewhat milder. So we ordered one dish at 2 and the > other at 3. The 2 was mild for my taste, but the 3 was really hot. They > must use a logarithmic scale. I hate to imagine what 4 or 5 would be like. Hubby travels a lot for business and went out for Thai one night. They asked if he wanted it Thai hot and he said sure. Even my little Cajun found it to be a bit too much. --Charlene -- The point of philosophy is to start with something so simple as not to seem worth stating, and to end with something so paradoxical that no one will believe it. -- Bertrand Russel email perronnellec at earthlink . net |
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Steve Pope wrote:
> On Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:46:29 -0600, Charlene Charette > >> My husband and several of our friends like Thai food, but I don't do >> hot, peppery spices (ginger, garlic, etc. are fine). I know next to >> nothing about Thai food except that the few times I've tried something >> it was too hot for me. I'm thinking that surely there must be at least >> one dish I could eat. Any recommendations? > > Sure, just make Thai food without the chilis, garlic, and ginger. > It will not taste right to anyone who likes spicy Thai food but > it may be just right for you. Garlic and ginger are fine. Garlic goes into almost everything and I like other Asian foods -- Chinese, Vietnamese, Japanese. --Charlene -- The point of philosophy is to start with something so simple as not to seem worth stating, and to end with something so paradoxical that no one will believe it. -- Bertrand Russel email perronnellec at earthlink . net |
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On Tue, 13 Jan 2009 20:05:37 -0500, Dave Smith
> wrote: >Paul M. Cook wrote: >> "Charlene Charette" > wrote in message >> m... >>> My husband and several of our friends like Thai food, but I don't do hot, >>> peppery spices (ginger, garlic, etc. are fine). I know next to nothing >>> about Thai food except that the few times I've tried something it was too >>> hot for me. I'm thinking that surely there must be at least one dish I >>> could eat. Any recommendations? >> >> Pad Thai is not at all spicy and everyone loves it. Satay pork is quite >> nice. Panang beef is a favorite. You can always ask them to hold off on >> the spices for any dish. They will typically cook it mild if you ask. > >I agree about the Pad Thai. I have never found that to be spicy. We have >a nice Thai restaurant near here and they will adjust the spice to your >taste using a scale of 1 to 5. The last time we were there with out son >we toned it down because , while my son and I both like hot spicy food, >my wife refers it somewhat milder. So we ordered one dish at 2 and the >other at 3. The 2 was mild for my taste, but the 3 was really hot. They >must use a logarithmic scale. I hate to imagine what 4 or 5 would be like. > Once I ate at a Thai restaurant with a friend who'd lived in Thailand while she was in the Peace Corps. They'd prepared an off-menu feast for us featuring dishes from the rural northeast of the country -- Isan cuisine. Everthing was delicious, but it wasn't as spicy as I had expected. Between courses, my friend told the server -- in Thai -- what I'd said. The next dish out of the kitchen was mind altering. Scorchingly wonderful to eat, but I was driving home and had to stop before the endorphins got me too high. -- modom ambitious when it comes to fiddling with meat |
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Charlene Charette wrote:
> My husband and several of our friends like Thai food, but I don't do hot, > peppery spices (ginger, garlic, etc. are fine). I know next to nothing > about Thai food except that the few times I've tried something it was too > hot for me. I'm thinking that surely there must be at least one dish I > could eat. Any recommendations? Do you consider curries hot? I guess there's a range to them. -- Blinky Killing all posts from Google Groups - The Usenet Improvement Project: http://improve-usenet.org |
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Charlene Charette wrote:
> My husband and several of our friends like Thai food, but I don't do > hot, peppery spices (ginger, garlic, etc. are fine). I know next to > nothing about Thai food except that the few times I've tried something > it was too hot for me. I'm thinking that surely there must be at least > one dish I could eat. Any recommendations? Pad see ew -- there's an excellent tutorial on making it he http://www.chezpim.com/blogs/2008/01...ee-ew-for.html Pad Thai -- http://www.chezpim.com/blogs/2007/01...ai_for_be.html Serene -- Super Cool Toy Store (I've played with them, and they really are super cool): http://supercooltoystore.com "I am an agnostic only to the extent that I am agnostic about fairies at the bottom of the garden." -- Richard Dawkins |
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Charlene Charette > wrote:
>Steve Pope wrote: >> On Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:46:29 -0600, Charlene Charette >>> My husband and several of our friends like Thai food, but I don't do >>> hot, peppery spices (ginger, garlic, etc. are fine). I know next to >>> nothing about Thai food except that the few times I've tried something >>> it was too hot for me. I'm thinking that surely there must be at least >>> one dish I could eat. Any recommendations? >> Sure, just make Thai food without the chilis, garlic, and ginger. >> It will not taste right to anyone who likes spicy Thai food but >> it may be just right for you. >Garlic and ginger are fine. Garlic goes into almost everything and I >like other Asian foods -- Chinese, Vietnamese, Japanese. Oops, I didn't read your prior post correctly. Yes, include garlic and ginger at the initial stage where spices are simmered in oil for a minute. Take it easy on heating the garlic -- you do not want it toasted. Steve |
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Charlene Charette wrote:
> My husband and several of our friends like Thai food, but I don't do > hot, peppery spices (ginger, garlic, etc. are fine). I know next to > nothing about Thai food except that the few times I've tried something > it was too hot for me. I'm thinking that surely there must be at least > one dish I could eat. Any recommendations? > > TIA, > --Charlene > > Like others, I think Phad Thai is a good, nonspicy starter dish. Although I love various other Thai dishes, I find myself returning to that embarrassingly frequently. Chicken-coconut soup (Tom Kha Gai, IIRC) is pretty safe too. Those dishes tend to be my first tests of a restaurant. Usually (here, anyway), there are marks next to the dishes, which show their level of spiciness, and a key to that on the menu. -- Jean B. |
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Charlene Charette wrote:
> Dan Abel wrote: > >> I've never seen plain rice spiced up. :-) > > Unfortunately, I have. Hubby, being of Cajun decent, is determined to > ramp up my spice tolerance so we went to an Indian restaurant (there are > a couple of Indian dishes that I can eat) and I figured if noting else I > could eat rice, naan, and kheer. The apparently-normal white rice was HOT. > > --Charlene > > Gee, Charlene. I have never heard of the plain rice being HOT. :-( You need to go at your own pace (if you want to raise your tolerance at all), not at a pace determined by hubby. -- Jean B. |
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Charlene Charette wrote:
> Dave Smith wrote: > >> I agree about the Pad Thai. I have never found that to be spicy. We >> have a nice Thai restaurant near here and they will adjust the spice >> to your taste using a scale of 1 to 5. The last time we were there >> with out son we toned it down because , while my son and I both like >> hot spicy food, my wife refers it somewhat milder. So we ordered one >> dish at 2 and the other at 3. The 2 was mild for my taste, but the 3 >> was really hot. They must use a logarithmic scale. I hate to imagine >> what 4 or 5 would be like. > > Hubby travels a lot for business and went out for Thai one night. They > asked if he wanted it Thai hot and he said sure. Even my little Cajun > found it to be a bit too much. > > --Charlene > > LOL! Is that something like pet-pet? Maybe he should be more sympathetic. My erstwhile significant other always wanted his food ultrahot, had unlimited tolerance. I got him a very hot lollipop (labeled of course). Funny thing is he didn't seem to have the same spice tolerance after that. -- Jean B. |
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"Charlene Charette" > wrote in message m... > My husband and several of our friends like Thai food, but I don't do hot, > peppery spices (ginger, garlic, etc. are fine). I know next to nothing > about Thai food except that the few times I've tried something it was too > hot for me. I'm thinking that surely there must be at least one dish I > could eat. Any recommendations? > > TIA, > --Charlene > > > -- > The point of philosophy is to start with something so simple as not to > seem worth stating, and to end with something so paradoxical that no one > will believe it. -- Bertrand Russel > > > email perronnellec at earthlink . net I don't particularly like hot (spicy hot) foods either. See if you can find recipes online for some Thai seafood soups. If they sound too hot, just omit the heat. We had some wonderful food in Thailand. My wife likes it fiery and I don't, but all I had to do was ask. Keith. |
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Jean B. wrote:
> Gee, Charlene. I have never heard of the plain rice being HOT. :-( You > need to go at your own pace (if you want to raise your tolerance at > all), not at a pace determined by hubby. Neither had I -- I *love* rice and it sure surprised me! Part of the problem is before he was travelling so much, hubby did most of the cooking (I got to shop & clean up). He would gradually up the spice and that worked ok. Not sure how I survived living in New Orleans. :-) --Charlene -- The point of philosophy is to start with something so simple as not to seem worth stating, and to end with something so paradoxical that no one will believe it. -- Bertrand Russel email perronnellec at earthlink . net |
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Blinky the Shark wrote:
> Charlene Charette wrote: > >> My husband and several of our friends like Thai food, but I don't do hot, >> peppery spices (ginger, garlic, etc. are fine). I know next to nothing >> about Thai food except that the few times I've tried something it was too >> hot for me. I'm thinking that surely there must be at least one dish I >> could eat. Any recommendations? > > Do you consider curries hot? I guess there's a range to them. > True about the range. I've had some curries I quite enjoyed and others I couldn't eat more than a couple of bites. --Charlene -- The point of philosophy is to start with something so simple as not to seem worth stating, and to end with something so paradoxical that no one will believe it. -- Bertrand Russel email perronnellec at earthlink . net |
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Charlene Charette wrote on 15/Jan/09 :
> Blinky the Shark wrote: >> Charlene Charette wrote: >> >>> My husband and several of our friends like Thai food, but I don't do hot, >>> peppery spices (ginger, garlic, etc. are fine). I know next to nothing >>> about Thai food except that the few times I've tried something it was too >>> hot for me. I'm thinking that surely there must be at least one dish I >>> could eat. Any recommendations? >> >> Do you consider curries hot? I guess there's a range to them. >> > > True about the range. I've had some curries I quite enjoyed and others I > couldn't eat more than a couple of bites. > > --Charlene fantastic :D |
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Charlene Charette wrote:
> Neither had I -- I *love* rice and it sure surprised me! Part of the > problem is before he was travelling so much, hubby did most of the > cooking (I got to shop & clean up). He would gradually up the spice and > that worked ok. Not sure how I survived living in New Orleans. :-) > > --Charlene > Well, good luck to you, Charlene. It sounds like an ongoing issue. -- Jean B. |
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