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KhaoTan

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  1. Firstly, if the chicken breast is frozen you need to take it out a day in advance to let it thaw slowly in the fridge. If you thaw it too quickly it will be tough.  Secondly, try marinating it overnight in milk or mimic buttermilk by adding a tiny bit of lemon juice or vinegar to the milk.    Don't overcook it and keep moisture in by using a lid or baking with foil over the top.  

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  2. We pay for our maid's daughter's education, she is now attending a Christian school Phra Mae Maley Prakanong, but they only have one native English speaker in all of her classes. That is fine for now, (she is 11 years old), but we are considering options after she turns 12. I recently met another maid's daughter who attends Sacred Heart and she is only about 9 years old but her English was impressive. Our maid's daughter is a good girl, good student and we would like to put her on the path for the best opportunities for her future, including attending university someday.

    Does anyone have any insights about this school and the English program? My maid is under the impression that it is an all girl's school after a certain age. Any insight is appreciated.

  3. Hi all, I know this is a year old thread, but I'm hoping someone can weigh in about the possibility of using US electronics that are 800-1000 watts here in Thailand with a step downconverter. We brought our entire shipment in from the States recently. It would have been too expensive to fly back to our storage area and pick through and remove the electronics so that is why they ended up here.

    I am going to give up hope that the pressure washer can be used and will try to find someone going back to give it to, along with the electric lawn edger.

    I bought a 500 watt step down converter at Home Pro, but have realized that most of my electronics, Breville Juicer, Cuisinart Food processor and blender are 800 watts + , is it worth going to Pantip to find a higher wattage step down converter or is the risk vs. benefit too great? The risk to me only being hurting our home electric wiring, if the appliances die it is still better than giving them away and the junk man will probably recycle the parts.

    Also, when we left Thailand for the states in 2000, I purchased lamps here that worked in the U.S., does this work vice versa or can I take the two lamps that I bought in the U.S. to a local lamp store and see if they can rewire them, or would that be too expensive?

    Thanks for any help or advice you can offer. I have used the 500 watt converter already for smaller items and it has worked fine.

  4. Does anyone have experience with the Elephant Mahout Project, located South of Pattaya? I have a relative who wants to work with the elephants and she is thinking about booking with them, but I want to be very careful not to support a camp which uses poached elephants or is inhumane. Any feedback/comments about this place would be appreciated!

    Their website says they are non-profit, and it all looks legit, but I have not been able to find anyone who has experienced participating in this particular camp.

    Thanks in advance for any advice!

  5. Hi all, and thanks in advance for any help. Cute story, my American aunt lived in BKK in the 60's. She wrote letters back home to the States talking about her cute little housemaid named "Arinee". Her sister, my aunt, then read the name and assumed for some reason, that it would be read with a French pronunciation as "Air Rin Nay" and voila, she named her newborn baby, Arinee.

    Now 40 years later, Arinee, my cousin is asking me what her name means in Thai. Having lived in Thailand, I have met many girls named Arunee, and I have assumed my Aunt's maid's name was probably, Arunee, transliterated from Thai to English as "Arinee", close enough. But my aunt insists that the other aunt said this name meant "Little friend". Any one who can enlighten us? My own mae baan thinks it is the name "Arunee" which is a beautiful name in itself meaning "Dawn", but I want to settle this.

    I appreciate your help.

  6. I would not be surprised if they are not mixed with another alloy as you suggest (they were from Chatuchak Market!) If that is the case, and this reaction is from the humidity reacting with this unknown alloy, what do you suggest I do to stop it, I was wondering if painting a little clear nail polish over the affected area would stop it from growing? Or even touching it up with a little matching paint to disguise those areas.....

    Thanks Transam, I don't mind a little patch of white on them, I am just worried it is oxidization and perhaps I should do something to stop it so they don't start to rust away? I bought these at J.J over 10 years ago, and I still love them.

    Thanks for the replies, Here are photos of the statues, I assumed the verdigris was painted on, but I suppose it may be a real patina? I tried a mixture of vinegar, salt and flour and it didn't seem to affect the white patches. I wonder if a little steel wool used only on the affected area would help?

    http://www.flickr.co...in/photostream/

    Hard to tell but they look good to me in their natural state, painted or not.:)

    No rust involved, If it is Bronze no problem unless theres a mix of something else. Just keep a close eye on the bits your worried about in case it's not bronze.

  7. Thanks Transam, I don't mind a little patch of white on them, I am just worried it is oxidization and perhaps I should do something to stop it so they don't start to rust away? I bought these at J.J over 10 years ago, and I still love them.

    Thanks for the replies, Here are photos of the statues, I assumed the verdigris was painted on, but I suppose it may be a real patina? I tried a mixture of vinegar, salt and flour and it didn't seem to affect the white patches. I wonder if a little steel wool used only on the affected area would help?

    http://www.flickr.co...in/photostream/

    Hard to tell but they look good to me in their natural state, painted or not.:)

  8. I purchased two large Thai Classical Dance Musician figures 10 years ago at J.J. They are starting to get white patches on them. I am not sure if this is some form of oxidation. The figures have a green (Verdigris) paint on them. Anyone out there have this issue or know what to do to stop/fix it?

  9. Isn't Ibuprofen available here? It has always worked for me and is non prescription (OTC) as opposed to Voltaren used to be RX only. I take about 400 to 600 mg depending on the pain. Usually I only have to take it once on the first day. Brand name for Ibuprofen is Motrin, generic name is Ibuprofen but may be called something else in Thailand.

  10. Funny, we ordered from that exact same establishment last night (the one that is opposite of Small). I came on here to recommend them as they have the best pizza, in our opinion, in the city. The English Breakfast is awesome, but last night we had the "Hot Pepper" one or something like that and the BBQ Cheeseburger and they were superb. They were having renovations over the holidays and I was so relieved to find them open again to have my "pizza fix".

    I did notice that we had two women along with a young child deliver the pizza. Maybe they had different delivery people last night, but these ladies seemed very pleasant.

    Businesses screw up sometimes and when we are hungry we sometimes let our inner beasts out, but it doesn't excuse getting nasty with someone (not saying you were, but just a suggestion for those of us who may lose our cool!)

    Keep posting recommendations, it really helps us BKK newbies!

  11. You could contact SCAD (Soi Dog and Cat Rescue) near Ekkamai and ask them if you can visit the "adoptable dog or cats". If you are not interested in adopting, you would probably want to be straightforward about that, perhaps a small donation each time you visit would be a nice gesture as they do good work to save the street dogs and cats of BKK.

    You can google SCAD Bangkok or call at: Tel +66 (0) 2713 3354

  12. Since we have been living here in BKK the last 2 months, (this is our 2nd time, first was 2000-02), I have been maintaining my recycling habits and separating paper, glass, plastic and tins into separate piles. We live near Sukhumvit Soi 36 where I understood there was some kind of recycling center, so I thought it would be convenient for the Mae Baan to take these things and perhaps make a tiny bit of money.

    She told me yesterday that a box of Singha large glass bottles (about 8) were worth only like 7 baht. She said cans were worth a bit more, and as she doesn't speak very much English, I was left with the assumption that I should just throw away the glass. I am not even sure if the paper recycling is worth it as she told me regarding paper that they must accumulate a HUGE amount before bringing it to the recycler.

    I see the old women/men sorting through trash on the street everyday and can't help but think it would be a shame not to continue separating if nothing else but to make their life easier.

    Does anyone else out there recycle, and if so do you have any helpful hints for me. Any comments/suggestions will be appreciated. (My first post here!)

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