ImportFood.com July 14 2009 Feature Thai Recipes and Specials

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July 14 2009 (see below for archives). Hello again from your online Thai Supermarket. Today we present two new recipes. One is a truly authentic "street vendor" meal made with rice vermicelli. The other is as American as it gets--cherry pie, but we use Thai palm sugar with excellent results. Please look at our new video about Thai seafood culture also, it's one of our favorites.


Sen Mee	Palm Sugar Cherry Pie	Thai Seafood Culture

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Rice Vermicelli Noodles, 17.5 oz

Rice vermicelli noodles are all natural, made 100% from rice. These thin noodles come in a big 17.5 package that resembles a brick, and inside are four bundles of rice vermicelli as shown in pictures below.

Known as "Sen Mee" in Thailand, we offer Wai Wai brand which is the largest producer, with the best quality. Rice vermicelli cooks quickly, and has a wide range of uses. For example just blanche in boiling water for a few seconds and add to a wok to stir-fry with vegetables (as shown in our new Sen Mee Thai street vendor video). It also tastes good in soup, just add the desired amount and it cooks instantly in the soup. Rice vermicelli is perhaps famous for the noodle required to make Mee Krob, where it's put into hot oil and puffs up like crispy popcorn.

To encourage you to try cooking with this simple, natural, delicous rice noodle, we're currently offering it for just $2.25 (for three days only). Made in Thailand.

$2.25 (regular price $3.89)

Back in Stock. All Natural Tamarind Candy, 7 oz
We offered this a few months ago and quickly sold out. Now we have it back in stock, fresh pack. All natural candy, made of tamarind, is perhaps the best candy of all. Chewy, delicious, sour, healthy tamarind fruit coated in cane sugar and a bit of salt. There is also a sprinkling of chile powder to give it a slight spicy bite. You'll find two or three small seeds inside each piece.

We've sold traditional tamarind candy for years, and it's one of our most popular items in terms of repeat orders. We like this brand even better. If you like tamarind candy, or if you've never tried it before, give this a try. Generous quantity.

Ingredients: 94% tamarind, 5% sugar, 1% salt with chile. Product of Thailand.


	$2.25 with chile (reg $3.79)

	$2.25 without chile (reg $3.79)

Back in Stock. De De brand Instant Thai Tea 3 in 1
3 in 1 is the most popular way of making Thai tea and coffee at home in Thailand these days, using packets like this which include cream and sugar.

We had been out of stock for a few months and now are pleased to offer this for those who may have been waiting. This is $2 under our regular price and also, below our cost price. We are just offering it as a promotion to get you familiar with the nice flavor.

Made by premium Por Kwan company in Thailand. This is a quick substitute if you do not have time to make original Thai Ice Tea. This can also be enjoyed hot or iced. Put one pack into a cup and add 10 oz hot water, stir and enjoy hot or with ice. The final product is a nice amber/orangish color just like the original. A mix of Thai tea powder, sugar, and non-dairy creamer. Ingredients: instant Thai tea, sugar, (glucose, palm kernel oil, casein), artificial color, vanilla flavor. Product of Thailand.

We also offer instant Thai coffee 3 in 1.


	$3.89 12 packs (reg $5.89)

Special Offer: Fresh Kaffir Limes

We still have a small quantity left of the 2009 harvest. Kaffir lime peel is loaded with a fragrant citrus oil, and the flavor of the fruit is overwhelming if eaten fresh. The kaffir lime tree is grown and harvested mainly for the leaves which are a staple in Thai cooking, but the tree doesn't produce many of these limes. As kaffir limes aren't eaten fresh, and there's limited use for them, our grower typically strips the trees of all fruit each year to promote growth of the leaves. This year however we kept fruit on a few trees and now it's been harvested. The fruit not only looks excellent but the culinary appeal is perfect: fragrant, strong citrus flavor. Put a slice of the bitter peel in your mouth and your lips get a tingling sensation of citrus unlike anything you've tasted.

Kaffir lime peel is used to make Thai curry paste, by pounding it together with other ingredients in a mortar and pestle. Notice from the pictures the nice thick, white fleshy peel. This is loaded with citrus flavor and aroma. A classic Thai dish that uses kaffir limes, whole, in soup is Khanom Jin. It's also used to make candy.

Kaffir limes are used extensively in aromatherapy. Some massage oils, natural shampoos, and various herbal products call for kaffir limes but the scarcity of this fruit makes it difficult to prepare authentic versions. For anyone who might be interested, please consider ordering now because the fruit is limited to what was harvested last week, and will not be available again until next year.

Each lime is approx 1 3/4" diameter and weighs 1 oz. We'll ship your fresh limes separately via USPS Priority Mail, upgrading to 2 day service at no extra charge. Grown in USA.


	6 limes, $14.95

	Special Offer: 12 limes, $19.95

Special Street Vendor Videos--Sen Mee Seafood, and a special look at Thai seafood culture. We take you back to a village in rural Kanchanaburi for a lesson on how to prepare sen mee seafood, then down to a fishing town in Chonburi for an honest look at the hard-working people who put the ocean's bounty in kitchens throughout the country.