Stop! …Thai time.
When was my last post? April 8th? Wow.
3 weeks or so left until assessment of our entire year’s work starts, and the whole course is in a state of despair and panic at the sheer crap-load of work we still have left. Quite fairly, I’m no exception - Hence why posts have been so few and far between.
Time is all screwed up at the minute - I’m writing this up at 4:50pm, whereas I’d normally do it before mid-day.
Ah, but don’t worry, it’s not all bad - This constant work-flow has taught me to appreciate the faster things in life; Like this simple Thai noodle soup.
I won’t give a recipe, you know pretty much how these kind of things go, just make sure you’ve got all the bits that Thai food is known for - Salt, sweet, spicy, sour and bitter.
One technique I will share however, for those who don’t usually, is how to “velvet” your chicken, courtesy of Mr. Ken Hom…
Velvet Chicken: For 1-2 chicken breasts.
1-2 large chicken breasts • 1 large egg white • 1 tablespoon cornstarch
Just 3 ingredients, but wow - Does it ever make a difference?
1. Cut the chicken into whatever size you require, and combine in a bowl, with the egg white and cornstarch.
2. It’ll look pretty messy and gross at this point, but just bare with it. Use chopsticks, or your fingers to toss and coat the chicken.
3. Cover and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes, then use as required.
Wait, tell me how exactly to make the soup. Seriously, drop everything and type out the instructions. Hee hee
I hope everything works out just fine for you by the end! I myself have to read a few thousand pages before my May test. I’m going nuts!!
A few THOUSAND!?
Man, fuck that. See if there’s a movie version.
I’m glad you had time to post this even if it was at 5am. That photo rocks as usual.
oh yes, and get some sleep
Lol, thank you, Aran - 4:50pm, not a.m though
I’m not totally insane.
haha! yeah. the end of the year/semester is always crunch time. i haven’t posted since the 7th or something. i just have no space for trying to come up with a coherent blog post right now. mind is swimming with cyanotypes, solar power, and small scale societies.
and now i want thai food! you always make your photos look so effortless. love it.
this makes me realise how lucky i am to be finished with school. on another hand, i must admit it’s quite tiring to bake hundreds of cookies per day
good luck for your last few weeks
xx fanny
My mother used this technique for ‘velvet chicken’ back in the 70s! I still have the original recipe card she typed out for me ages ago. It’s soooo good.
andomeda - The world needs it’s Solar power! You keep at it!
fanny - Yeah, I’m sure it’s a real hard drive, lol.
peggasus - 70’s velveting - Mr Hom would be proud.
your photos are amazing!
Alas, I can’t get the photo to show
Good luck with the push toward the end of the year! Glad to see that you are still making some delicious foods to keep your brain going functional and stomach happy. That soup looks soooo good right now.
noobcook - Thank you.
I do try, lol.
Ellie - Weird…very weird. I’m not sure what to suggest.
Jen - Thank you, I’ll need it. And yeah - Gotta keep the old mind goin’ eh?
Soup looks delightful as well as many of the other recipes you have posted. Thanks for sharing.
Sharona May
ahhh~ i’m left with 2 weeks too until my assessment! and i truly know how you feel about that sheer workload! though i can’t brace myself up to write a post because i simply take too long to draft one up~