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Thai Food Blog, November 3, 2009 (see below for archives) This month our feature recipes include a spectacular Thai-Chinese Szechuan chicken, we know you'll love it. Also, in the Thanksgiving spirit, another look at Volcano Chicken which is sure to be a crowd-pleaser if you dare to make it. We're offering $5 Flat Rate Shipping again. Please take a look below.


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Masaman Kit. Extraordinary Value.
One of our most popular recipes is "Masaman Gai" which will be featured in detail in our next newsletter, along with a street vendor video. Masaman is always made with potatoes, along with the masaman curry paste, and we like it with cardamom and cinnamon sticks, and sometimes a clove or two.

Here we've put together a kit of all the ingredients to make dozens of servings of masaman, for such a great price that your cost will end up a fraction of what a restaurant would charge.


2 masaman curry (Hand brand)		1 palm sugar
1 cardamom		1 tamarind concentrate
1 cinnamon stick		1 cloves
3 cans coconut milk 14 oz (large)		2 stainless Thai spoons

Masaman Kit. $16.95 ($33.25 value)

Masaman Kit w/Thai Street Vendor DVD $29.95

Kaffir Lime Leaves
Starting next week, our grower is upgrading the farm facility that packs lime leaves. We will have no fresh kaffir lime leaves between next week and the end of November. We have extra supply now, so for our newsletter subscribers we are happy to offer what we have. We will be shipping this entire week fresh pick. We also have a few whole kaffir limes left. A few recipes use whole lime peel (in addition to the leaves) which has higher oil content, so if you need a lime please add a comment at the checkout page. We will try to add one or two to your order, at no charge.



Standard Pack 1.5 oz Approx 60 leaves $14.95 (includes shipping)		Large Pack 3 oz Approx 120 leaves $21.95 (includes shipping)

Feature Ingredient: Szechuan Peppercorn
Our new recipe featured above, Thai/Chinese Szechuan chicken, uses these spectactular Szechuan peppercorn, also called Schezuan and Sichuan. In appearance and texture these look like true peppercorn but Szechuan does not grown on a vine, and the flavor is very special--totally unlike traditional black and white pepper.

The fragrant pods are somewhat like flowers, with a rich citrus/anise/ginger taste that numbs your tongue and makes it tingle with spice. No bitter flavor at all! A lot of Chinese recipes use this pepper, and we are offering a large bag which will no doubt last a long time. Also try it in Khao Kha Moo (pork leg soup). Get to know and love this rare pepper, use it as a seasoning for all kinds of meat, soups & stir-fry. This is a fresh pack loaded with flavor. Ingredients: 100% peppercorn. Product of China.

$7.95

Koh-Kae Peanut Snack, 12 oz

This product has been a favorite snack in Thailand for many years. Thailand grows very high quality peanuts, and these are the very best packaged for export in a modern strong tin can with resealable plastic top.

We are offering the large can which is 6.5" tall with 3.5" diameter. Fresh pack. Dry-roasted peanuts have a coconut-flavored coating (their original flavor).

Ingredients: peanuts 50%, wheat flour 27%, sugar 10%, vegetable oil 5%, iodized salt 5%, coconut cream 3%. Net weight 330 gram (about 12 oz). Product of Thailand. Click on the image to see additional picture.

$5.25

Special Offer: Chilli Paste with Sweet Basil Leaves
One of our best-selling items, especially in terms of repeat orders. Once you try this, you'll never want to run out of it.

A fragrant, all natural, delicious mix of spicy Thai chili peppers and sweet basil leaves. The chiles have high heat, so just a tablespoon added to your stir-fry will really make you sweat, but the heat is balanced by the rich aroma of sweet basil. Use sparingly for lower heat. Simply spoon this out of the jar into any vegetable or meat stir-fry to create a simple, authentic Thai meal. We like this with seafood (clams, squid, etc). Ingredients: sweet basil leaves, red chile peppers, garlic, soya bean oil, water, sugar, salt, natural paprika color. Product of Thailand. We also offer chilli paste with holy basil.

$2.79

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Solid Granite Mortar and Pestle: Always Popular
You will love this tool that's so useful for cooking. We've sold thousands of these handmade tools. Our prehistoric-looking solid granite mortar & pestle is repeatedly mentioned as one of the best cooking tools available, period--recently by one of Bon Appetit's main correspondents. Read more about it here. Product of Thailand.