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It must be, the taste isn't as bad as the smell, but the smell is kind of off-putting. I don't like sweet and spicy mixed together. I also don't like coconut at all, which is most likely the main culprit. When I go to Thai places, I tend to just get the spiciest thing on the menu and ask them to make it like they would for someone who was Thai. The last time I did this they gave me this stuff called Evil Jungle Prince, and it was that coconut stuff and I just couldn't get through it at all.

Mmmm I love Tom Kha. It's a weird, soury type taste, but I find it appealing. I don't like how they leave some of the lemongrass in the soup, it's inedible.

lemongrass is great, i make this awesome tuna tartar that I mix with a sauce (soy sauce, lemongrass, ginger, sugar)..best way is to premake the sauce, let it sit in a container in the fridge (like a squeeze ketchup bottle). The lemongrass and ginger can just be chopped into pieces (long strips or chunks) and let it sit in the soy sauce and sugar for a night.

When ready to serve, take the tuna chunks and squeeze some of the sauce in it while tossing the tuna chunks. Add a layer of avocado ontop/bottom using a plating ring and you're good to go.

I have to go with Pad Thai.

I feel like 90% of Americans order Phat Thai every time they go to Thai places. It's kind of funny actually.

Why is it funny? It's far and away the most popular Thai dish in the world. It should be expected.

It's #5 on the World's 50 best foods according to CNN.

However, I find that I order Red Curry far more often than Pad Thai these days.

It's funny because Americans don't tend to vary what they eat. They find something they like and never try anything else. It's why places like The Olive Garden and Outback Steakhouse offer like 50 variations of essentially the exact same meal. Americans just like dull, fried food, preferably covered in cheese. That's why they plaster big "spicy" warnings on restaurant menus and typically dull down the spice level on traditional dishes when serving them to Americans.

Ramen is also #8 on that list.

I agree it's rather shameful, given the means and variety that are available to most every American living in or near a major city, but I don't think it's a strictly American convention at all. Humans are by and large creatures of habit.

But yeah, it's hypocritical that so many people profess to like trying new things, but never willing to go the literal extra mile to try something they haven't before. The worst part is that really exotic establishments have to 'tone it down' just to fit with this palette. I think we touched on this when we discussed hot sauce.

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Originally posted by srussell0018 I've never been able to get into the thai food that uses coconut like Tom Kha. The combination of that and the spices just remind me of soap or sunscreen or something.

The smell of coconut does the same for me, as if I'm at the beach or going swimming or on the bus next to a black lady with coco butter.

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Originally posted by srussell0018 Ramen is also #8 on that list.

REAL ramen is a very serious meal.

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Originally posted by Halcyon+On+On I agree it's rather shameful, given the means and variety that are available to most every American living in or near a major city, but I don't think it's a strictly American convention at all. Humans are by and large creatures of habit.

This.

Oh wait, did I interrupt srussell's anti-American circlejerk again? Fiddlesticks.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_cuisine

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Originally posted by ziptnf This. Oh wait, did I interrupt srussell's anti-American circlejerk again? Fiddlesticks.

I said it was funny. I didn't say I don't like Americans for liking shitty food.

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Originally posted by Halcyon+On+On REAL ramen is a very serious meal.

And only 99c for a 6 pack too!

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Originally posted by srussell0018 I said it was funny. I didn't say I don't like Americans for liking shitty food.

I dunno, I see what he's saying, though. I pretty much eat the same things every week. Going out to eat/trying new dishes is usually pretty expensive. Making it at home can be expensive too if you aren't buying things in bulk.

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Originally posted by ziptnf I dunno, I see what he's saying, though. I pretty much eat the same things every week. Going out to eat/trying new dishes is usually pretty expensive. Making it at home can be expensive too if you aren't buying things in bulk.

I think you're in the minority though. I'd say more often it's that people are lazy and want a fast cheap meal and either don't want to, or aren't able to cook good food. If they can have a deep dish pizza delivered to their house without having to get off the couch, why not?

Cooking interesting things can be more expensive, but a lot of Asian markets and/or farmer's markets (I don't know if they have those near you) are actually a lot cheaper than grocery stores, and a lot higher quality. There's also local grass-fed organic meat markets here too which are cheaper and taste way better than store bought meat.

It seems like most people just don't care about what they're putting into their body, and a Big Mac is more appealing to them than something more exotic.

That's definitely the case with people in my office building. Good fucking lord, the women there are enormously disgusting fat blubbery beasts. I see them walking in with big bags of McDonalds because it's so convenient.

Lately I just use my bag of brown rice, bag of raw beans, and whatever veggies I have gotten from the grocery to make some kind of simple veggie+rice dish. I guess convenience is a part of modern culture, though. It takes much less effort to have someone else make your food for you if you're willing to pay more. I think all of us are occasionally guilty of laziness in that regard.

I just started doing the paleo thing so I pretty much make everything I eat. It's surprisingly not that difficult to eliminate grain from your diet entirely, and I actually feel so much better in general. More energy, etc. The more I read about how grains effect your body, it seems like they're unhealthy at best and dangerous at worst. With the explosion of the popularity of processed foods it's definitely not surprising that things like obesity, diabetes, heart disease, hypertension, etc. have been on the rise.

I used to snack a lot, so I was guilty of eating processed foods because I really love crunchy and I really love salty, so I've pretty much just replaced that with celery and a yogurt based dipping sauce of some sort (that sriracha/ranch combo you put me on to is a go-to of mine).

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Originally posted by Halcyon+On+On REAL ramen is a very serious meal.

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Originally posted by srussell0018 yogurt

OOK OOK STEPHEN EAT DAIRY NOT PALEO GATHERER LIKE US *club, spear, cook*

There is contention about dairy with the paleo

Everything is contentious with you.

I'm getting back onto it, by the way. I read your link yesterday, and remembered I read it a couple years back when I gave it a try. It won't take a whole lot of adjustment for me to cut out all grain (no more blue corn tortilla chips ), cheese, etc. and replace everything with more meat, greens, avocados, etc. It does crazy great things for your energy levels. I'm not giving up whole milk, though.

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