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Growing Lemon grass and other seedlings

February 19th, 2009 | 1 Comment

The lemon grass that I bought in a supermarket has finally taken root!  It took quite a bit longer than I thought it would to actually root but it is now planted up and I wait see if it will grow on to be a useful supply, oh I really hope it will. It is fantastic ingredient in  the Tom Yam soup, and I can only believe that cut fresh will be even better. The chili seeds taken from one bought in a supermarket have sprouted and now on the second set of leaves, today I potted them on and so far they look fine. Hopefully they will reproduce themselves or something resembling the original.  I’m doing the same with a ‘scotch bonnet’ chili too.  At this rate I will be … Read entire article »

Filed under: Veggie Plot

Volcanic Tom Yam

January 15th, 2009 | 1 Comment

This soup is  a panacea, a cure all, penicillin in the pot. This request is down the ‘hot and firery’ path. Since doing some research, there does seem to be the basic ingredients and then… well it s a mine field, personally i don’t eat meat so the pork or chicken is not going to go in my pot but you can easily incorporate these in yours, when you look at the fish its any and everything and i suppose is a matter of which you prefer. Prawns seem to be the more common so I have used this as the base of mine. You could try a firm fish such as monk fish or perhaps even crab claws or any combination. The amount of chili is also down to … Read entire article »

Filed under: Recipes, Savory, Soup