Jon B Wrote:
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> Hi to all
>
> I'm on my own now on the coast and it's very hot
> indeed but I do have the sea to cool off in.
>
> My right trainer seems to have survived the tiger
> attack with only a little mud staining to show for
> the ordeal (the tiger cub had just had his bath
> and was soaking wet).
>
> I didn't mention in my original post that the
> sound of a grown tiger roaring right next to me
> was one of the most awesome sounds I've ever
> heard. You could feel it in your stomach and not
> just in your ears. It seemed like a sound effect
> straight out of Jurassic Park.
That must've been an incredible experience. You were probably glad that it was just a cub attacking you at the moment and not a full grown one, lol.
> I read some of the comments on Thai food and some
> one suggested it was bland? For a cuisine that
> uses more chilli peppers than anywhere else I know
> off the last word I'd use is bland.
I've been to several Thai restaurants in the US and the level of hot really changes. There are some thai restaurants that are authentic and you might as well have a tissue nearby for the tears streaming down. Other places, it's really quite bland even if you ask for it to be moderately or very spicy. I order my thai to be very spicy in the US. This would probably be moderate in comparison to the Thai food that is made in Thailand itself. I think the bland restaurants are afraid of incinerating their customers' mouths, lol.
>
> Whenever I eat in Thailand I ask for my food to be
> "Mai Pet" literaly "not hot". Or I ask in advance
> "Pet Mai?" which means "is it hot?" However
> neither of these makes much difference and the
> food usually arrives and explodes in my mouth and
> brings tears to my eyes.
lol, eating very spicy Thai is a learned art. Eventually, you should be able to manage a really hot dish with only a few tears. I'm so spicy food trained that I add about a pea size or more of wasabi on my sushi. I'm fine as long as I don't breathe through my nose while eating wasabi, lol.
>
> Thew treats all this as very amusing as he adds
> more chilli sauce to his meal.
Yikes, I'd hate to compete with him on who can eat the hottest food.
>
> Well I'm off for a swim...
Ahh, rub it in, Jon. It's wet, cold and hailing over in my neck of the woods.
Stephanie
In every man there is something wherein I may learn of him, and in that I am his pupil.--Ralph Waldo Emerson