Frog meat is part of the daily diet out in Thailand’s country side. Grandma prefers to cook her frogs over a clay kiln using coal. These frogs are caught by Grandma out in the rice fields where they can be found underground.
I like frog meat on a stick… because as we all know anything on a stick taste ten times better . Unfortunately frog meat on a strick is more commonly sold in Cambodia. I plan on visiting there in a few more days. Hopefully I can find some at the local food merchant next to my aunt’s house. I’ll be sure to post pics because I know you all want to see what frog on a stick looks like.
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Empty Honeycombs
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Raw honey combs, before they get inserted into the hive.
A beehive is an enclosed structure in which some honey bee species of the genus live and raise their young. Natural beehives (typically referred to simply as "nests") are naturally occurring structures occupied by honey bee colonies, while domesticated honey bees live in man-made beehives, often in an apiary. These man-made structures are typically referred to as "beehives". Only species of the subgenus Apis live in hives, but only the western honey bee (Apis mellifera) and the eastern honey bee (Apis cerana) are domesticated by humans.
The beehive’s internal structure is a densely packed matrix of hexagonal cells made of beeswax, called a honeycomb. The bees use the cells to store food (honey and pollen), and to house the "brood" (eggs, larvae, and pupae).
Ingredients
1 lb dried black beans
onion
salt and pepper
cumin
chipotle in adobo sauce
1 can diced tomatoes (salt free)
Directions
Soak the beans over night. Use plenty of water!
Early the next day, top with more water and add diced onion, the tomatoes, a healthy amount of pepper, a bit of salt, healthy amount of cumin, and a small can of chipotles in adobo sauce. Cook on high for 6~10 hours, depending on how soft you want them.
This has a little kick to it, but the chipotles gives it a smoky/sweet spice. I wish I put more in it honestly since I love spicy food.
Serve with over rice and then top with japanenos, cilantro, cheese, more tomatoes, more onions… you can top with anything. I just used lots of cilantro, personally. Note: The guys brought some cajun sausage to add to the meal, so I just skillet-cooked the meat and added it to the pot after everything was done.
Cumin Rice
I use a rice cooker.
I cooked 4 cups of rice to go with the beans, and it may not have been enough. I often use jasmine, but this week it’s just plain long grain white rice.
In a skillet: quickly melt some butter and cumin seeds (whole) until the seeds are a ltitle browned. Don’t burn the butter! Dump this in the rice cooker with the raw rice and water. Add some lime juice (I use 1-2 cap fulls of real lime juice per cup and that may be a bit conservative) and then cook rice as directed.
Yum!
Lamb and Carrot Dumplings – Original Taste – Alpha
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Dinner for 8 at Original Taste Northern Chinese Food came to a reasonable AUD105. We were able to try a few more dishes this time, and everyone agreed that the food was good and the familiar flavours were combined in new and different ways. The salads were crunchy and light, while the stews were rich and satisfying. Wheat is the staple cereal in the North and we had dumplings and 3 different types of pancakes. With glass noodles, there was one made from sweet potato flour and flat and round varieties made from green mung bean flour. The chilli chicken could have been more of a Sichuan dish but it was crisp and tasty. According to the waitress, it is marinated in Chinese black rice vinegar.
The only problem is that I don’t remember the Chinese names because most of them were recommendations by the waitress.
As it turns out, the Finepix produced photos with better colours, but occasionally over-exposed photos, whereas the Exilim was more consistent. I wonder if the circuits inside the Finepix are getting a bit old? I remember using it for Cathy & Scott and Chris & James’ weddings and it was fine.
In terms of shutter lag and general responsiveness, the newer Exilim definitely won out over the older Finepix.
It’s probably not really fair to compare camera’s made 4 years apart!
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Original Taste Northern China Cuisine ⪲ Whitehorse Rd, Box Hill
Tel: 03 9898 8787
. Unfortunately frog meat on a strick is more commonly sold in Cambodia. I plan on visiting there in a few more days. Hopefully I can find some at the local food merchant next to my aunt’s house. I’ll be sure to post pics because I know you all want to see what frog on a stick looks like.
