Recipe - Thai Spice Info

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Thailand has the same affection for chilies as Indonesia, and uses them
with garlic, coriander, lemon grass and tamarind. Sauces called Nam prik,
made with chilies (prik), shallots, garlic and trassi, are the local
equivalent of sambals. They are made quickly, with no hard and fast rules:
the sauces vary from region to region and cook to cook. Nam prik is eaten
with vegetables, rice and fish.

Curries are an important element in the Thai menu. They are flavored with
ferociously hot pastes made of spices and either red, green or yellow
chilies, according to the ingredients used. As in India, the spice mix is
prepared when needed and is not usually stored, but these pastes will keep
for about a month in the refrigerator.

Source: Jill Norman "The Complete Book of Spices" Viking Studio Books, 1991
ISBN 0670834378 The book is lavishly illustrated with full color
photographs of the herbs and spices whole, mixed, ground.

Recipe by: Jill Norman * Web File 4/97 Posted to MCRecipe Digest V1 #631
by "Mary Spyridakis" MSpork@msn.com on Jun 2, 97