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Skriven 2012-09-10 06:10:18 av Dave Drum (1:261/38)
Ärende: Chile 1587
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      Title: Yam Sami (Husband's Salad) Pt 1
 Categories: Colonel, Beef, Seafood, Pork, Poultry
      Yield: 1 Servings

      8    Dragon shrimp (fresh water
           - shrimp; 2-3 to the pound)
      1 lb Shrimp (16-20 to the pound)
      1 lb Ham
    1/4 lb Bologna; sliced
    1/4 lb Sliced roast pork
    1/4 lb Shaved beef
    1/4 lb Cooked chicken, sliced
      1 c  Nam pla (fish sauce)
      1 c  Nam manao (lime juice)
      4 tb Nam si-ew wan (sweet dark
           - soy sauce; or use oyster
           - soy)
      6 tb Kratiem (garlic); minced
     12 tb Khing (ginger); minced
     12 tb Bai chi (coriander/cilantro
           - including the roots);
           - chopped
      1 c  Ton hom (green/spring
           - onions)
      1 c  Hom daeng (shallots/purple
           - onions); thin sliced
      4 tb Sesame oil
      4 tb Chile oil
    1/2 c  Prik ki nu (bird's-eye
           - chilies, mixed red and
           - green); sliced
      2 tb Khao koor (see method)

  Description: My wife and I recently attended the marriage
  celebrations of the son of a friend of ours, and this dish
  is our contribution to the food (Thai wedding celebrations
  are often one long banquet... interspersed by visits to
  temples and paying respects to parents and grandparents).

  Because it was offered as part of the husband's side food,
  I have called it yam sami, but a similar, if rather
  simpler recipe, recently appeared in an advertisement for
  a firm that packages ham and sausage, and called yam ham
  kung, which would be an alternative name (except I don't
  like using obvious imports in language...)

  It is similar in concept to such dishes as yam nuea or yam
  mu (beef or pork salads respectively), and we in fact
  bought the shrimp freshly cooked from a vendor near our
  home on the way to the festivities, allowing this to be a
  no-cook recipe. However I would usually prefer to start
  from scratch so I include the method for preparing the
  shrimp. Note that when I describe them as 'fresh' the
  jumbo shrimp are taken from a live tank for sale in most
  shops here...

  The dish is loaded with meaning, so I have left the
  quantities large, but you can of course scale it down for
  your own needs. The number of large shrimp (8), their
  colour (red), even the local name (dragon) are indicators
  of wealth and success in life, so highly significant for
  the young couple. One local tradition here is for the
  couple to each feed each other a shrimp ~ less messy than
  the American cream cake! Eight shrimp also means one each
  for the Bride and Groom, their parents, and the best man
  and chief bridesmaid (the latter being a recent tradition
  of western origin).

  Finally yam means tossed (as a salad is tossed), and
  signifies the tossings of fortune in life...

  CONTINUED TO PART TWO

  Colonel Ian F. Khuntilanont-Philpott; Systems Engineering,
  Vongchavalitkul University, Korat 30000, Thailand
  Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives

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