What I just learned about Laotian food.

[Web Monkey]

I learned a valuable lesson yesterday.

When the nice lady at the Laotian food booth points to the big glass jar full of Red Stuff and asks if you want some on your lunch, say "No thank you". 8-(

I had a chicken and vegetable dish (don't remember the name), but it looked great, all sorts of chicken and muchrooms and red and yellow peppers, coconut milk and rice, topped with peanuts and sprouts, and the fateful Red Stuff.

It tasted pretty spicy going down, but nothing I couldn't handle.

I should have suspected something was wrong, when this nice Asian girl who apparently knew exactly what the Red Stuff was kept looking at me and saying how impressed she was that I was eating it.

I spent the rest of yesterday, and part of this morning certain that it was burning a hole through my insides. Nothing I've ever eaten has caused that much burning for such a long time. It burned on the way in, burned a lot on the way through, and burned on the way out.

Next time, I'll get the Pad Thai, which is yummy and never burns.

Anyway, no more big jar of Bright Red Stuff for me.

Terry

 

[MoonWrasse]

Next time, try the scorpions. Much healthier

 

[BabyDuck]

what was it, sirracha (sp?) ? my chef ex-hubby could eat that stuff by the spoonful. he called it 'ring of fire', so i think he had the same experiences as you but enjoyed them.

 

[Tamas]

LOVE that stuff. It's really not that hot if you are used to it.

 

[Louie]

I'm dying to know. What is the layperson's name for it?

I've got a foodie friend who (in the cuisine sense) has been there, done that and taken the antacids. I'd love to get a jar for her. So if you know where this stuff can be purchased, please let us know.

 

[dive]

I'm dying to know. What is the layperson's name for it?

I've got a foodie friend who (in the cuisine sense) has been there, done that and taken the antacids. I'd love to get a jar for her. So if you know where this stuff can be purchased, please let us know.

http://www.huyfong.com/no_frames/sriracha.htm

 

[Snowbear]

It's really not that hot if you are used to it.

Does "used to it" mean the callouses that are left after the blisters heal don't hurt as much as the original blisters did before you got "used to it"? :11:

 

[ssra30]

Does "used to it" mean the callouses that are left after the blisters heal don't hurt as much as the original blisters did before you got "used to it"? :11:

Hah, ibuprofen upset my stomach a lot more than those yummy sriracha sauce. Hint, it goes really well with those KFC chicken, much better than KFC and the usual KFC wimpy hot sauce

 

[BabyDuck]

louie, look in an asian grocery. my ex shopped there so much the ladies thought he had a philapina wife! imagine their surprise when the whitest girl in the world would also go in with him!

 

[Vie]

Since when was “Sri Racha” considered part of Laotian cuisine?