Posted by garnet71 on February 25, 2009, at 22:37:59
In reply to Re: Anyone like Thai food?, posted by jane d on February 25, 2009, at 16:43:48
Hi Jane,
I know what you mean about fresh produce. Personally, I have to go to 3 different grocery stores to eat healthy at the lowest cost. So, when I'm too overtasked or not up for the 3 store weekly shopping trip, I relapse into non-healthy eating, then go at it again later.
Two major grocery stores here have monopolies on all the food in the city (unless I take an hour and a half r/t to shop in the city with stuff thawing on the way home and end up having to go to several stores anyway), and their produce is outrageous and not even high quality, although they have all the 'exotic' fruits and veggies. A small grocer opened up, but it's 40 mins. round trip--not bad unless you have to go to 3 different stores. They offer huge bunches of fresh, not wilted, cilantro there for $1.50. Limes 2 for $1. They have the best produce around, but the shelves are half full. I was just talking to the asst. manager yesterday (they are all so nice and I like to talk to them) who told me they can't stock the shelves because the only suppliers are part of the grocery store cartel. I assume you cannot get decent prices unless ordering in bulk. So, then I go to Aldis which has some good deals-frozen strawberries and other fruits, frozen tilapia, frozen wild salmon, etc. But their shelf foods and meats are bad, although you can get some good produce at times, with a small selection and some bad batches. So, I have to go to another store to get meats and other misc. things.
The ketchup was an optional suggestion for the American version. I have Squid fish sauce. Please don't tell me what it is. lol
You should try this recipe though. I've made Pad Thai a few times, and this one was the very best. Happy cooking!
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