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| November 17, 2009. Two feature Thai recipes today are both authentic and considered effective at keeping your body healthy. We also highlight newly-arrived products, special offers, and two more new Thai street vendor videos. Please take a look below. |
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Fermented and pickled foods, staples in Thai cuisine, are known to boost the immune system. Our feature recipe Khao Mahk (above) demonstrates how to ferment rice at home, making a wonderful dessert. Our soy sauce is naturally fermented, and our pickled mustard green makes a delicious, wholesome sour soup. Enjoy good food and help your body fight the flu at the same time. |
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Feature Ingredient: Pickled Mustard Green
Vacuum packed in a modern, sealed package, this is a very high quality product that will be enjoyed by anyone who likes sour Thai mustard green soup (also a common home remedy for someone not feelign well).
Start by boiling a pork or chicken bone in a few (about 4) cups of water. After the bone is cooked, pour the liquid contents of the package into the soup (but don't put the mustard green in yet). Rinse the mustard green separately with fresh water (don't squeeze it, just rinse it off a bit). Cut the mustard green into one inch chunks and put those chunks into the soup. Boil it for a few minutes and taste the delicious sour pickled greens.
You can add 1-2 tbsp soy sauce for taste. Top with fried garlic and serve with jasmine rice.
Also enjoy this in Khao Kha Moo (pork leg on rice).
Ingredients: mustard green, salt, vinegar, sodium metabisulphite, tartrazine, water. Product of Thailand.
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$2.25 each |
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Back in Stock: Shing Shang Fish Snack
Here's a snack you won't be able to put down! Taste is fantastic and this variety of fish is perfect for crunchy snack. Delicious sprinkled over a bowl of fresh jasmine rice, or to add crunch to any Thai soup, stir fry or curry. In southern Thailand, villagers call these "shing shang fish" they are about 3-4 inches before boiling and drying shrinks them to 1-2 inches. The fish are then deep fried and seasoned then oven baked for super crispness and crunchiness. These are dry fish, not greasy at all, and very tasty. The fish are known for high calcium and protein. Ingredients: shing shang fish, palm oil, sugar, salt, chile. No additives. Product of Thailand.
Comment from Joe in Brodhead, KY. Do not buy the Shing Shang crispy fish unless you want to become addicted to them! I had to order another item from Importfoods so thought that I'd try a container of Shing Shang. First nibble and they were OK, but now that I'm near the bottom of the jar I can?t stop. The texture is mostly crispy and just a bit chewy. They are sweet and at the same time hot, fish taste, but mild. A really neat snack. This Importfoods order was shipped promptly, as always super well packed. Thanks ImportFoods.
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$3.79 |
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Holiday Concoction
At left is a glass of Thai sweet basil seed drink. It is made by stirring 1/3 cup sugar into 2 cups water or tea (use less sugar as per your taste preference), add 1 tablespoon honey and stir. Then add 4 teaspoons of sweet basil seed.
Within 2-3 minutes the basil seeds expand and look very odd, a bit like tadpoles! We imagine this could be an interesting party drink. But it's also delicious--the seeds become soft with a consistency similar to eating watermelon.
According to Thai tradition, this drink also helps a person lose weight. In Asian stores it's common to see cans of this drink. Now you can make your own. Product of Thailand. |
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$2.85 |
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Ready To Cook Thai Kit.
A great way to get started cooking Thai food, this kit has all of the ingredients to make several servings of Thai curry. Includes a thoughtful selection of our Lobo brand instant stir-fry and soup mixes--very popular in Thailand for making authentic Thai meals easily. With assorted spices, and a high quality Kiwi brand knife. For $16.95 you can cook at a fraction of the cost of Thai restaurants, and have a lot of fun in the process.
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Ready To Cook Thai Kit. $16.95
($31.00 value) |
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90 Days of Healthy Meals. Inspired by a PBS tv show "Alone In The Wilderness" about Dick Proenneke who lived in wild Alaska for 30 years in a log cabin, making home movies and a detailed journal which documented his daily activities. While he was mostly self-sufficient by hunting for animals and tending a garden, he had a supply of grains, and seasoned his stews with a wide variety of spices.
Here we are offering a home food "survival kit" that's less expensive, tastier, and more natural than the cans of powder mix some companies are offering as a source of emergency food. You get 100 lbs of rice, instant noodles, spices, soy sauce, Thai sauce mixes, noodles, even 90 packets of 3-in-1 instant coffee. Three large boxes full of staple food delivered to your door via UPS, total weight nearly 200 lbs. This will provide 2600 calories per day for 90 days. With your own vegetables and meat, a lot longer. All items are fresh stock, with at least 1 year (mostly 2+ year) shelf life. A thoughtful gift for someone you know, or sensible delicious food security for yourself.
An excellent value, nearly our cost price, just $280 plus $35 shipping.
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90 Days of Healthy Meals. $280.00 ($405 value) |
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Fresh Turmeric
For the second time this year we are pleased to offer fresh turmeric. This herb is revered for it's well-known beneficial health properties, and our feature southern-Thai soup features fresh turmeric as the prominent ingredient.
Turmeric has a wonderful earthy aroma, beautiful natural color, and mild flavor. Our turmeric is grown in Jamaica. We will ship you 3 oz (picture at left is 3 oz) via Priority Mail which is a 2-3 day service. Supply is limited right now but we expect to ship all new orders immediately.
Checkout with UPS Ground and we'll upgrade it to expedited 2 day at no extra charge. |
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$4.29 for 3 oz (as shown) |
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Special Offer: Chilli Paste with Holy Basil Leaves
Thai holy basil (grapao in Thai) is delicate and peppery, full of flavor. Two weeks ago we featured chile paste with sweet basil, and here is the holy basil product which makes a delicious stir-fried chicken dish featured above.
The recipe here is an excellent way to use this product, but it's not limited to that. Just add a few teaspoons to any vegetable or meat stir-fry, or add it to soup or anything else you can imagine, to create a simple, authentic Thai meal. Ingredients: soya bean oil, chili peppers, holy basil leaves, garlic, salt. No preservatives. Product of Thailand.
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$2.89 |
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Special Offer: Healthy Boy Thin Soy Sauce
In keeping with our offer of naturally fermented foods this newsletter, here is the most famous brand and widely used soy sauce in Thailand. Superior quality from Healthy Boy, since 1947.
Made in the traditional natural ferment aging process, please see our feature story on how soy sauce is made.
Our Thai customers living in United States are very glad that their favorite soy sauce is now just a few mouse clicks away. Sprinkle a few drops over all Thai dishes for great flavor, and rest assured this is a premium product made using the natural fermentation method in a modern facility with ISO9002 certificate. Product of Thailand. |
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$4.29 |
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Thai Stainless Steel Tiffin Food Carrier
Food Network chose this as a Great Giving Top 15 Gadget, and an upcoming article in a well-known cooking magazine will feature our Zebra brand 3 level stainless steel food carrier as a convenient food carrier helps you save money by taking food with you. Grist Magazine also did a short story about our stainless steel lunchbox because it's good for the environment, reducing waste. Interlocking bowls with a single lid on top, held together tightly with a separate handle/clamp/bracket as shown. The bowls are not completely leak-proof but for thick sauces it won't be a problem, and it's meant to stand upright. Add vegetables in one level, rice in another, spaghetti, sandwiches, cold-cuts, whatever you prefer. It's a versatile container made of the finest quality stainless steel, used for generations you can still find the ceramic version used in Thailand. We prefer the 2 and 3 level. More details here. Product of Thailand.
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Rice Serving Bowl, Stainless Steel
Our stainless steel rice serving bowl is made by Zebra-Head using the finest materials and craftsmanship. It has a nice heavy, solid feel. Superior quality overall, will last for many years.
Pictures are hard to capture the high quality. The lid feels strong and the top knob has a beautiful "Zebra Thailand" stamp in both English and Thai, with the Zebra logo.
The bowl has nice flared handles for ease of carry, and the wide, stable base has an attractive ridge pattern. You'd find this in the very best restaurants, and it will complement your kitchen well. It looks like it belongs next to the best All Clad or Viking cookware that costs over $100 per piece. Our price for this week is 25% off.
6.5" height (to the top of the lid), 8.5" width, 8 cup capacity. Product of Thailand. See our rice ladle which goes well with this bowl.
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$22.50 (reg price $29.95) |
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| Special Street Vendor Feature--Fried Rice for an Old Man, and Sticky Rice Cooked in Bamboo "Khao Larm". Here we take you back to the streets of Thailand for a look at a unique way of life for people in Thailand who enjoy delicious food on nearly every sidewalk. |
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ImportFood.com's Free Street Vendor Maps in Thai and English. In 2007 and 2008 we created some reports with maps and photographs of how to find the best street food in Thailand. Local favorites off the beaten tourist path. Recently a few people have emailed us, praising our reports and maps. If you've used them, please email us your comments so we can share with others. Here are links to each report: |
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| See ImportFood.com Previous Updates: |
| November 3, 2009 |
| October 20, 2009 |
| October 6, 2009 |
| September 22, 2009 |
| September 8, 2009 |
| August 25, 2009 |
| August 11, 2009 |
| July 28, 2009 |
| July 14, 2009 |
| June 30, 2009 |
| June 16, 2009 |
| May 25, 2009 |
| May 11, 2009 |
| April 21, 2009 |
| April 7, 2009 |
| March 17, 2009 |
| March 3, 2009 |
| February 17, 2009 |
| February 3, 2009 |
| January 20, 2009 |
| January 5, 2009 |
| December 15, 2008 |
| December 9, 2008 |
| December 2, 2008 |
| November 25, 2008 |
| November 18, 2008 |
| November 3, 2008 |
| October 21, 2008 |
| October 7, 2008 |
| September 22, 2008 |
| September 9, 2008 |
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| See our Blog Archives, September 2006 - August 2008 |
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