surprisingly, they are delicious! unless you accidentally eat the "sraom" which is quite sour.
the "sraom" is the khmer word for envelope, or outer casing, or shell, or even:
condom.
we also decided on a few things regarding food and nine months (9!) in country:
a. our favorite noodle place is a roadside stand that sell noodles with vegetables, a fried egg, and some beef stuff for eighty five cents.
b. we need to find the best place for fried rice. our regular haunt has fried rice that i do NOT prefer.
c. we need to branch out in terms of places to eat- we visit the same one place way too often, and two or three other places frequently. we're determined to find some new places.
d. we should really be making delicious things like salads at home. we (or, i) had this weird thing that we really needed, should be making khmer food at home. but really, why do we always need to? we can use the ingredients of cambodia and make food that doesn't involve rice. like salads. we usually avoid them because lettuce/veggies are cleaned. we clean them ourselves = problem solved. so, more fresh dishes like salads coming our way.
today, on the bus to phnom penh, the girl next to me kept falling asleep and her poor head was swinging to and fro, to and fro and bumping my shoulder. i think she was embarrassed by that fact, and so she kept trying to lean as far away as possible. but it made me realize how universal it is for us to fall asleep, awkwardly, on public transportation.
and finally, the other night our kids helped me make the batter for the peanut butter cookies, and topher captured that fun:
any good recipes you have for delicious, easy homemade salad dressing? or suggestions for yummy food made with really, really simple ingredients?
oh i want some noodles pronto.
ReplyDeleteI feel the same way about cooking Galician food all of the time. I'll cook fish 1-2 times a week, but I'm going to make some spicy noodle soup too, dammit! Noodles are definitely not a thing here, which is so unfortunate.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite homemade salad dressing is olive oil, rice vinegar, lemon or grapefruit juice, whole grain mustard and a bit of salt and pepper. Maybe a splash of balsamic if the urge hits. Not sure if you can find whole grain mustard where you are?
Those kids are SO adorable by the way! I'd love to hear more about them.
Mmm, cookies! I had to get over the same feeling of "I should be eating RUSSIAN food in RUSSIA" ... except I really shouldn't, because it's not super healthy. Ha. You did your time with Cambodian food! Now start bringing back bits of foods you love. :)
ReplyDeleteAw, the kids look like they're having a blast! Hope you guys get some suggestions for some simple, yummy, homemade foods.
ReplyDeleteOne of Rachel's friends in Svay makes the best salad dressing I've ever had. Tried to copy it...not so much.
ReplyDeleteOne of my friends makes a delicious salad dressing that is essentially olive oil, mustard, water, salt, pepper and some random green spices (basil, oregano, whatever you have) and a bit of balsalmic.
ReplyDeleteAs far as simple dishes, do you have access to zucchini? I think there are a lot of nice summery things that can be done with it. What about just grilling whatever veggies are in season?