RE: [Recipe] "Papaya Salad" (Som Tum) a la Aey with Salted Eggs, Pan Fried Ants and Puffed Pork Skin
Beautiful, Som Tum, although I have never had any insects, except for the time I ate a Lotus on a bet in the Marines, but it was not cooked or prepped in any way. I have 10 papaya trees here in my yard in Florida. Mainly because I learned how to make Som Tum from our awesome neighbor. I am from Cuba and we only use green Papaya to make a dessert with a carmelized syrup. She saw our tree and she acted like she won the lottery, she said let me have some of those Green Papaya's and I will give u something to try. My best friend growing up as a kid was from Thailand and I dont ever remember his Mom making Som Tum. Once I tried it I was hooked. I had to order my own Mortar and Pestle for it. It is so refreshing and delicious, its kind of like Ceviche, I get incredible cravings for both.
WoW nice, I would love to be you neighbor also. I guess every thai expat would love to :D
And YES, som tum is a great dish. I guess a love it or hate it one if you make it with the stinky fish sauce. Dont know if you tried already with the original?!
But even with normal fishsauce its tasty enough to be a favourite of mine.
Insects are quite healthy, especially western People dont eat it because of their look, but if you can eat it anyway you can profit a lot. A bit expansive over here in germany but farms comming up nowadays so I hope the price will go down. (No Fat, No Antibiotics, No Gen manipulation, aso.) Defenatly a good thing to integrate in a diet if you ask me :)
btw thanks for the upvote
#aey
Yeah I have had it with the stinky fish Sauce too lol, It is not my favorite but it is still pretty good to me.
At least you tried it. I guess its a taste you need to grow up with. My husband didnt like it that much also but he likes Durean for example what many western ppl dont.
I still have never tried Durian or Jack Fruit either. I really curious to see how it tastes to me. A lot of people do not like it and some love it when they try it. I also have noticed here that a lot of Americans do not like the taste of ripe papaya. Many of my friends that try it hate it lol.
I love everything that is smelly.Now I feel like some Bavarian Blue Cheese, have to buy it tomorrow :P