So, my second daily pot of coffee… I was brewing with the radio on.
Distracted. Boiled over.
Burnt coffee smell of my father melting the percolator.. but without burnt bakelite handle.
I opened the front door… 10 years old. Dad at work. It stunk but was not smoke so I went in.
Aluminum slag. Time for a new coffee pot.
Turned the burner off.
Smart kid.
Nother day.
Came home from school.
Opened front door. Smelled smoke.
Went next door to Sheri’s house.
“Mrs Simons, could I use your phone? ”
Dialed zero. “Operator give me the fire department.”
They came, no smoke.
“So, you decided to see the fire trucks little boy?”
Mother, Fern Katz , pulls up next to the fire truck.
“My son said there was smoke, so there was. Go find it.”
Mom gets extra credit and gold star.
Lint in the dryer caught fire and went out.
No one asked me how much smoke.
The coffee is good. Time to clean the stove top.
Monthly Archives: August 2013
Miang Kam
Gail’s Miang Kam เมี่ยงคำ
This is a fun appetizer. I think it should be sold in restaurants on a tray. The sauce can be made in advance and most of the other ingredients can be prepped ahead too.
Sauce
- 1/4 cup ground dried shrimp กุ้งแห้ง
- 1/2 -1 cup sugar น้ำตาล
- 1/4 cup roasted grated coconut meat (can be roasted in a dry cast iron skillet on a burner)มะพร้าวเผา
- 2 T fish sauce น้ำปลา
- 1/2 cup water น้ำ
- 1 teaspoon shrimp paste กะปิ
Roast coconut meat, add sugar until dissolved add fish sauce and shrimp paste and water cook 1 or 2 min., cool.
- 1 cup shredded coconut ( roast to bring out flavor) มะพร้าว
- 1/4 cup shallot diced หอม
- 1/4 cup small diced ginger ขิง
- 1/4/cup peanuts roasted no salt ถั่วลิสง
- 1/4 cup dried shrimp (not fresh) from asian gorcery กุ้งแห้ง
- 1/4 cup small bits of lime with peel (1/4″x 1/4″x 1/4″) มะนาว
- 1/4 cup small serrano chillies , seeded for the mild stomachs พริก
- Lettuce leaves ใบ?? หรือ ใบผักกาด
Take the lettuce leaves and wilt them by soaking in a strong warm brine. Rinse well.
Ito each leaf place a dollup of cool sauce a bit of Shallot, Ginger, 1 dried shrimp,1 peanut, 1 pit of lime a bit of coconut, 1/4 – 1 whole serrano chilli. roll up small enough to jam into your mouth in one bite.
Appon’s Thai Food Site https://www.khiewchanta.com/
Appon might be an old Thai pronunciation of Apple in Thai. The letter that corresponds with ‘L’ ล (law ling) is only pronounced like an English ‘L’ as the initial consonant in a syllable. At the end it is pronounced like an English ‘n’ in Thai. Consequently ‘hotel” becomes ‘hoten”, and ‘Apple’-‘Appon’.
Regardless, the recipes on her site look to me like the real deal. They are not what you find in most “Thai Restaurants” in the United States. Chicken Feet in red sauce, and Haw Mawk Prik Kai and Kanom Jiin Nam Ya Tin Kai are on my list to try.