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Talbotman · #1 21-08-2005, 06:43

heh guys how many of you when you have been pissed have been talked into trying that thai delicacy Som Tam how many have enjoyed the wonderful delicate flavours hold on a minute! how many of you have put it in your mouth and then 10 seconds later felt as if your head was going to explode open i can not understand how any human being can eat this stuff its so hot and spicy its like poison but the bar girls love it can any of you bms honestly say that you have enjoyed eating this gear if so you are a better man than me . 1 last tip never get a blow job from your girl afeter she has eaten this concoction!

LivinLOS · #2 21-08-2005, 09:35

I eat the many different flavours of Som Tam depending on my mood and taste at the time.. I genuinely like the stuff but if its full issan strength I need Sticky rice to dilute the spice factor..

If I am sober I get them to make a mid spice one (not farang taste but not issan melt the plate hot either) the hardest part is getting the Som Tam woman to know I like a bit of spice as if you tell them to be careful then they assume farangs cant eat any spicy and only add 3 or 4 chillies which leaves it pretty bland.. Somtam poo balat with khao neow and some barbeque chicken.. tasty healthy grub..

butterflyblonde · #3 21-08-2005, 17:02

Hi Talbotman,

It does take some getting used to but I don't need to be drunk to eat it, I usually hang out with the thai girls and eat it in the mornings for breakfast, I have also eaten it many times while I stayed in Isaan where it is usually even even more spicy.

The best way to kill the pain is to take a ball of the sticky rice and chew on it for a while.

LivinLOS · #4 21-08-2005, 17:51

The absolute best fire killer is milk (though rice, bread, etc all help) the fire in them is the capsaicinoids which are oily in nature and worst close to the seeds.. Milk allows the oil to come off of the toungue where water will wash over the oil and not mix with it..

Thai chillis can be very variable from a quite mild 80k up to 300 or so which is right there with the Habanero / Scotch bonnets (the hottest natural chilli)..

geespot · #5 21-08-2005, 19:21

Eat it everyday along with other isaan delicacies such as yam naim, kapau moo kai dao, lab moo etc...................

My house is like isaan central, im tied down as force fed this stuff, along with being brainwashed into speaking and thinking in lao/isaan (thai dialect) so bad that I found myself on a recent visit to scotland speaking to my mother in lao without realising
if you get that far you are then given the honoury title of farang/lao

G

Coolhand · #6 21-08-2005, 19:26

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Originally Posted by geespot

Eat it everyday along with other isaan delicacies such as yam naim, kapau moo kai dao, lab moo etc...................

I found myself on a recent visit to scotland speaking to my mother in lao without realising
if you get that far you are then given the honoury title of farang/lao

G

Nothing to do with Som Tam Stella Mau???

faultytowers · #7 21-08-2005, 19:30

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Originally Posted by geespot

along with being brainwashed into speaking and thinking in lao/isaan (thai dialect) so bad that I found myself on a recent visit to scotland speaking to my mother in lao without realising
if you get that far you are then given the honoury title of farang/lao

G

Perhaps you should write a book of translations : Parliamo Issan

Werwolf · #8 22-08-2005, 16:44

I like this Som Tam.

I like to eat very spicy – also at home in Germany.
But one thing is--- if you buy a Som Tam as a farang, you never get it that spicy.

Talbotman · #9 23-08-2005, 02:47

sorry guys but i can not quite believe the amount of you who eat this poison voluntarily i mean i will drink a pint of tetleys bitter or carling lager i will eat cockney pie mash and liquer (but never jellied eels) but never again will i eat somtam

that reminds me of the 3 black ladies down by the river washing their clothes the first one says
I CALL MY MAN BRANDY BECAUSE HE IS RANDY!
the 2nd one says
I CALL MY MAN WHISKEY BECAUSE HE IS FRISKY!
the 3rd one says i call my man cointreau
before she can say anything else the first one pipes up "aint that some kind of fancy liquor
the 3rd one says IT SURE THE HELL IS HUNNY!