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Red Curry with Beef and Green Peppercorns

March 21, 2007

Here’s the recipe for the curry that I brought to the Girlie Weekend. It’s adapted from a recipe in the book, True Thai. I didn’t take a picture, sorry! Kaeng Phed Neua Phrik Thai On 1 can bamboo shoots2 red Thai chili peppers1 T oil 2 19 oz cans unsweetened coconut milk1/2 cup red curry [...]

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What’s the big hurry?

March 15, 2007

Just back from shopping in Regensburg. First I was looking for a trash can that I liked and that Charlie couldn’t get into. Nothing. How is it that I have been looking for the perfect trash can for almost 5 years now and never found it? There was one kitchen-size trash can at the Baumarkt [...]

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Miracles do happen!

March 13, 2007

*Knocking very loudly on wood* It looks like there may just be a miraculous recovery in the works. My fever was gone this morning and I’m feeling a lot better (not healthy, but much improved). Rainer is fully recovered and back at work after five days (we decided that he had the flu and gave [...]

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Party time, excellent!

March 10, 2007

Yesterday, Rainer’s group had it’s welcome party in the Institute and everyone from his group brought some dishes to serve (yes, I’ve been mostly up and about since Thursday evening, and now Rainer has the killer cold). I ended up cooking and baking up a storm, providing a not too spicy Massaman curry and a [...]

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Danke danke danke!

November 25, 2006

So our one-day-late Thanksgiving/Going-Away Party went off without a hitch. Although I was just about exhausted from all the cooking by the time the first guests arrived (20 minutes early, that’s Prussian timeliness for you). Charlie actually behaved himself, in fact, I believe he very much enjoyed being the center of attention (btw, Charlie’s my [...]

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I’m a busy little bee

November 15, 2006

Things are crazy over here! I spent yesterday making curry turnovers for the party and today I will be working on spring rolls. We ordered the ham and turkey this morning – we ended up ordering a fresh turkey because the frozen only go up to 6 kg – plus I don’t think we’d have [...]

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Cabbage, cabbage everywhere…

October 18, 2006

I made a nice big pot of my mom’s Thai cabbage soup today, meaning we’ll be eating cabbage soup for the next week! It’s quite tasty, so I’ve included the recipe, along with some other Thai cabbage soup recipes I found in my favorite Thai cookbook, Thai Cooking Made Easy (from Wei-Chuan Publishing). The Tofu [...]

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