tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12768753.post4476098779398785673..comments2024-01-05T04:39:29.978-08:00Comments on Gild the (Voodoo)lily: Lychee red curryHeatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07630354073303047529noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12768753.post-64699994385372834622009-02-25T23:42:00.000-08:002009-02-25T23:42:00.000-08:00Never seen lychees in a savory dish before, much l...Never seen lychees in a savory dish before, much less curry. That is some good looking stuff.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12768753.post-55520556008151272622009-02-25T15:40:00.000-08:002009-02-25T15:40:00.000-08:00Slumber party at Claudia's! I'm in. I heard she ha...Slumber party at Claudia's! I'm in. I heard she has a lot of space.<BR/>I'll bring my new $35 bottle of shoyu.<BR/><BR/>(WV: unglysin)cookiecrumbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00741894180391507513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12768753.post-14219871741508456022009-02-20T16:02:00.000-08:002009-02-20T16:02:00.000-08:00I feel like I used to when I'd sneak under the gro...I feel like I used to when I'd sneak under the grown-ups' table after big family dinners and listen to them talk. Yeah, I know all the words but the way they are put together it sounds like mystical charms are being spoken. Especially the asian food posts, man I'm such a noob! Thanks for letting me listen in, I love it.kyouellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02992252292707394134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12768753.post-78318966076733634252009-02-20T09:58:00.000-08:002009-02-20T09:58:00.000-08:00I bet it was tasty. Shopping at the Asian markets ...I bet it was tasty. Shopping at the Asian markets beats clothes shopping for me any day. Its always an adventure. Im glad you posted this. I have some experiments on the back burner that I have yet to post from my shopping adventures. BTW, love lychee canned or fresh!glamah16https://www.blogger.com/profile/16724763173861801914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12768753.post-42779749582266532692009-02-20T08:30:00.000-08:002009-02-20T08:30:00.000-08:00will you come visit me and we can cook asian food ...will you come visit me and we can cook asian food together?<BR/><BR/>i need to learn...michael, claudia and sierrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10466840130053606273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12768753.post-30592860962973482102009-02-20T08:17:00.000-08:002009-02-20T08:17:00.000-08:00Michael - Well I'm a fraud that got a botany degre...Michael - Well I'm a fraud that got a botany degree. :P<BR/><BR/>Jenn - AW, shucks. You always know how to shoot a little hug at me. Thanks. :)<BR/><BR/>Darlene - I wish <I>I</I> had a friendly neighborhood curry paste lady. <BR/><BR/>Toni - The fresh lychee would be really special, I know it.<BR/><BR/>Marky - The pineapple has that certain something, dunnit?<BR/><BR/>Brookie! - I ain't mad at the tub, really. I just rely on it less than I used to.<BR/><BR/>Kristie - They make an excellent bellini, too, if you want to start hitting the sauce first thing in the morning.<BR/><BR/>Dan - You've no idea what you've just gotten yourself into, have you. ...I mean, "Welcome!"<BR/><BR/>That's The Way The Cookiecrumb - Ooh, what about mangosteens? And the things that look like hairy lychee? Hoard, hoard, hoard.<BR/><BR/>Amy - The pineapple red curry was ready for a facelift. Maybe the pineapple fried rice will be next.<BR/><BR/>Petah - You're always so encouraging. I don't know what I do to deserve you. :)<BR/><BR/>Britty - The tub is still better than <I>literally</I> phoning it in to the Thai join on the corner.<BR/><BR/>Lang - Ha! Can't go forage some lemongrass and red chili, eh? (I'm just having a laugh, don't mind me.) We have so much good Viet-Thai in the Pac NW that I can hardly be bothered any more either.<BR/><BR/>Don - I wish I had a slogan like that. Though that sounds like one for fishing.<BR/><BR/>Alicia - I'll see your eyeballs (ha!) and raise you a <I>goats</I> eyeballs. Still love lychee though. :P<BR/><BR/>Jubilation - Coconut red curry is already so sweet (why I can take so much heat on it) that it made perfect sense to me. Shrimp woulda been a nice touch.<BR/><BR/>Alex - The effect is somewhat diminished if you buy fresh ones and peel and pit them yourself. Takes away all the oogly-booglies.Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07630354073303047529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12768753.post-87460684635026993882009-02-20T07:18:00.000-08:002009-02-20T07:18:00.000-08:00I'm with Foodycat...Ever since a primary school Gu...I'm with Foodycat...<BR/><BR/>Ever since a primary school Guess The Body Part Halloween experience lychees have been on my 'get-the-Goddamn-things-away-from-me' list. <BR/><BR/>Bet it tastes fab though.Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06007373992672699994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12768753.post-43491544705770984412009-02-20T07:06:00.000-08:002009-02-20T07:06:00.000-08:00It's OK Heather- it happens to lots of girls. I s...It's OK Heather- it happens to lots of girls. I still respect you.<BR/><BR/>Tub curry paste is less jarring to me than the fruit, actually. I have a thing about fruit in stews, curries, etc. but that's just me.peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17189314044617829401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12768753.post-89439184952913394992009-02-20T04:07:00.000-08:002009-02-20T04:07:00.000-08:00Lychees are too much like eyeballs for me. I've ha...Lychees are too much like eyeballs for me. I've had a killer green duck curry with tiny plums in it, though.Alicia Foodycathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11931796992646884249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12768753.post-74451312342067726982009-02-20T02:04:00.000-08:002009-02-20T02:04:00.000-08:00You sound almost apologetic Heather. S'up with tha...You sound almost apologetic Heather. S'up with that?<BR/><BR/>This dish looks great and I bet it tasted better than you lead on.<BR/><BR/>Yer not foolin' me. Open a tub, get some grub, I always say...well sometimes.MrOrphhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12069259633169478114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12768753.post-78724508214220568252009-02-19T17:15:00.000-08:002009-02-19T17:15:00.000-08:00I have a serious weakness for red curries, and now...I have a serious weakness for red curries, and now, lacking ingredients and will, you may have forced me into a take-out corner.Langdon Cookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13824455892396013221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12768753.post-90217913177608646862009-02-19T17:14:00.000-08:002009-02-19T17:14:00.000-08:00I'm still all about the tub.But slowly, thanks to ...I'm still all about the tub.<BR/><BR/>But slowly, thanks to you and Peter, I'm learning...<BR/><BR/>I love lychees.Brittanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01964356151167396230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12768753.post-811630053694280792009-02-19T14:20:00.000-08:002009-02-19T14:20:00.000-08:00Yep! We all do it! Still looks great Heather!Yep! We all do it! Still looks great Heather!Peter G | Souvlaki For The Soulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10589888584542143132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12768753.post-55113365701913628022009-02-19T14:10:00.000-08:002009-02-19T14:10:00.000-08:00nice one... love the lychee. i just had my first f...nice one... love the lychee. i just had my first fresh lychee last year and i can see why you would consider remaking it w/ fresh ones, they do taste so much different and more delicious. but i totally love pineapple curry - may have to steal this idea.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12768753.post-84292853794212939252009-02-19T13:40:00.000-08:002009-02-19T13:40:00.000-08:00Lychees.Hoard.Eat.Better than pineapple.Lychees.<BR/>Hoard.<BR/>Eat.<BR/>Better than pineapple.cookiecrumbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00741894180391507513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12768753.post-11642843551806458882009-02-19T12:39:00.000-08:002009-02-19T12:39:00.000-08:00Just stumbled onto your blog for the first time to...Just stumbled onto your blog for the first time today and I'm enjoying catching up. <BR/><BR/>And it's not too often I can see a great example of an improvised dinner, have my appetite stoked AND learn a new vocab word--all in one post! You've found yourself a new reader. :)<BR/><BR/>Dan<BR/><A HREF="http://casualkitchen.blogspot.com/" REL="nofollow">Casual Kitchen</A>Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02388302796031288076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12768753.post-22685421832237706762009-02-19T12:37:00.000-08:002009-02-19T12:37:00.000-08:00I love lychee. Every once in a great while, WhoFo...I love lychee. Every once in a great while, WhoFo has them fresh, and I always buy a bunch and hoard them all to myself. Never thought of using them for curry, although they make a damned fine martini. Looks great.The Spiteful Chefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06309097272920178065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12768753.post-38774213881851541792009-02-19T12:20:00.000-08:002009-02-19T12:20:00.000-08:00Damn you! I had red curry planned for next week.....Damn you! I had red curry planned for next week...and of course I bought the tub.Brookehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00321047557924959790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12768753.post-78767692975161692402009-02-19T11:50:00.000-08:002009-02-19T11:50:00.000-08:00Take it from Darlene-- no need to feel like you've...Take it from Darlene-- no need to feel like you've phoned it in :) I will, however, wait for the pineapple, heh :)<BR/>(I guess the biggest advantage to not using the tubbed stuff is that you can control how much salt goes into the paste.)Manggyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05977929776424593762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12768753.post-52801478970144095042009-02-19T10:17:00.000-08:002009-02-19T10:17:00.000-08:00Honey, any curry that uses lychees in it is worth ...Honey, any curry that uses lychees in it is worth a try! And we all resort to tub cooking from time to time, even when we doctor the tub ingredients. <BR/><BR/>But I think I'll wait for the fresh lychees to try this dish. I don't mind scooping red curry out of a tub, but I have a thing about fresh lychees vs. canned.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13481135477608372864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12768753.post-64970700389872857802009-02-19T09:12:00.000-08:002009-02-19T09:12:00.000-08:00Red curry is Hubby's favorite as well. Me, I'm mo...Red curry is Hubby's favorite as well. Me, I'm more of a green curry gal, but wouldn't turn up my nose to a good red curry either!<BR/><BR/>Few Thai people make their own curry pastes. They usually buy it fresh from their favorite vendors. My mom always used the stuff from a tub over here. No shame in that! But it is nice to make it yourself too.dphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09255384036992381006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12768753.post-48741351977829292212009-02-19T09:05:00.000-08:002009-02-19T09:05:00.000-08:00I think this looks great - and everyone does this...I think this looks great - and everyone does this sometimes, so I wouldn't be too worried about it. Your cooking is always first class, Heather!Thistlemoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17898600488153652504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12768753.post-14791476188478998902009-02-19T08:55:00.000-08:002009-02-19T08:55:00.000-08:00It's hard to call anyone a fraud who uses "bromeli...It's hard to call anyone a fraud who uses "bromeliaceous."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com