Diary of a farang in Isaan

[Odysseus123 13,196]

8 minutes ago, Andrew Dwyer said:

Yup , in a can !!

But I seem to remember you boiled the can in water before opening and pouring on the custard, was pretty darn good !!

Can’t imagine microwave getting the same results .

Yes..boiling the can as in the video.

Please don't  believe that the video is a commentary on British cuisine..British pluck and courage more like..

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOr8OtpctpE

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On 11/18/2019 at 8:05 PM, sunnyboy2018 said:

People seem to think of Issan as village life. I have been to Issan many times but never been to a village. Just the towns and cities.

My wife's village is 38km to the nearest 7/11.

 

No stores or restaurants.

 

Quite different from the towns and cities, which is always a relief to get to.

[bluesofa 40,172]

1 hour ago, Odysseus123 said:

Ha..ha..ha..

 

For some reason or another it changed to "spotted dog" in the colonies.

 

These things do happen as you now..

 

Gawd...in a can?

Well....it's probably like 'Tom Piper' sponge pudding as

in the Scouts I loved the stuff.

 

It's hard to believe that my grandfather lived on this cuisine (bully beef,McConaghey's stew,apple jam and Tom Piper for 3 years..1916-1919.

Spotty dog  - I couldn't eat a whole one:

[Andrew Dwyer 14,403]

1 hour ago, Odysseus123 said:

Yes..boiling the can as in the video.

Please don't  believe that the video is a commentary on British cuisine..British pluck and courage more like..

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOr8OtpctpE

There’s an old saying about British cuisine :

” what doesn’t kill ya ...... is a bloody miracle “ !!

 

On a more serious note Ody, was it not yourself who wanted to retrace his grandfather’s war years ??  , I suppose that plan has been scuppered due to the..... well you know what !!.

I myself would like to follow in my grandfather’s great war years remembrances as he was wounded by shrapnel in Northern France near the Belgium border. My parents took this trip and visited all the monuments and cemeteries etc in that area to pay tribute to my grandfather’s fallen friends and colleagues.

I somehow feel I should do the same, my father documented the area well and if all is lost by a strange coincidence the street names surrounding the family house were all named after the great war battles fought in that area ( Merville, Menin, Hazebrouk, Lens ). My father lived from ‘55 to 2018 in Merville Avenue ( my grandfather lived with them for a few years in the late 80’s ) the very place “ old Reg “ was wounded, can’t remember how many times my father told me that fact

 

Anyhoo Ody , if you are not the person in question forgive me and putit down to the ramblings of an old man .

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[chickenslegs 13,433]

24 minutes ago, bluesofa said:

Spotty dog  - I couldn't eat a whole one:

Watch with Mother - The Woodentops.

Before my time, of course.

[Odysseus123 13,196]

37 minutes ago, Andrew Dwyer said:

There’s an old saying about British cuisine :

” what doesn’t kill ya ...... is a bloody miracle “ !!

 

On a more serious note Ody, was it not yourself who wanted to retrace his grandfather’s war years ??  , I suppose that plan has been scuppered due to the..... well you know what !!.

I myself would like to follow in my grandfather’s great war years remembrances as he was wounded by shrapnel in Northern France near the Belgium border. My parents took this trip and visited all the monuments and cemeteries etc in that area to pay tribute to my grandfather’s fallen friends and colleagues.

I somehow feel I should do the same, my father documented the area well and if all is lost by a strange coincidence the street names surrounding the family house were all named after the great war battles fought in that area ( Merville, Menin, Hazebrouk, Lens ). My father lived from ‘55 to 2018 in Merville Avenue ( my grandfather lived with them for a few years in the late 80’s ) the very place “ old Reg “ was wounded, can’t remember how many times my father told me that fact

 

Anyhoo Ody , if you are not the person in question forgive me and putit down to the ramblings of an old man .

Oh no AndyI started tracing my grandfather's footsteps in 1986..

I was aware that his two brothers had fought on Gallipoli (Alas I have never made it to Gallipoli) but traced my great uncle in the Pozieres attack (5th Brigade,2nd. Australian Infantry Division..and later took my great aunt to her brothers resting place  at Mont St Quemtin.

 

We all broke into tears..his name was Andrew..and my great aunt cries.."Andy..Andy..I never knew you.."

 

Their Name Liveth For Evermore

 

[sotonowl 482]

Well, what can I say? Up where I come from (Sheffield) we had a potted dog which was actually potted meat or beef spread if you're a southerner. Not sure if I'm allowed to post a link to another forum but here goes,

https://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/topic/268542-potted-dog-where-do-we-get-the-name-from/

That's just how I roll.

[faraday 11,602]

As Bamberr Gascoigne would say:

 

"Your starter for 10, what is the name of Jack & Jill's dog?"

 

 

 

 

 

[Golden Triangle 5,470]

You lot haven't lived until you had to live on Compo rations for 3 weeks while on exercise in Germany (BAOR) British Army of the Rhine, that stuff was delicious but bunged you up for weeks after

[Andrew Dwyer 14,403]

47 minutes ago, sotonowl said:

Well, what can I say? Up where I come from (Sheffield) we had a potted dog which was actually potted meat or beef spread if you're a southerner. Not sure if I'm allowed to post a link to another forum but here goes,

https://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/topic/268542-potted-dog-where-do-we-get-the-name-from/

That's just how I roll.

Taking this thread ever so slightly off topic ( with Owls permission ) but keeping to the storyline which has appeared today I would like to present some of the curious obscurities that appear in England and how trying to explain them to our relevant Thai others is a task only to be undertaken by the foolhardy, and believe me I have tried !!

 

I would just like to add that up in West Yorkshire we also ate potted dog ( actually a small pot of beef spread ) sandwiches which was keeping in line with a local monument .

The Potted Meat Stick 

 

 

This gaudy coloured monument was originally a drinking fountain erected in 1862 although it never served that purpose and became a popular location meeting place for the locals to gather to pay homage on Remembrance Sunday .

Reportedly the “Potted Meat “ moniker came about because returning soldiers from the Great War ( my dear old grandad included ) commented that it reminded them of the potted meat rations they used to get in the trenches, and the name Potted Meat stuck ( as anyone who has ever eaten it will attest).

It was torn down during the 60’s during a village reshuffle but saved from an old builders yard and re-erected in ‘86.

 

Soo, I managed to squeeze a First World War and Potted Dog story into a thread about Isaan

 

Apologies for my self indulgence there, sometimes i get carried away ( or should be ,, )

 

Anyhoo, back to deepest dark Isaan

[CharlieH 28,420]

Well, I enjoy those paste sandwiches too ! Recently bought some on Lazada ! and to keep the subject on topic, they are available to deliver in any part of Isaan.

 

https://s.lazada.co.th/s.XI5CF

 

The Salmon ok too !

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On 11/29/2020 at 6:14 PM, owl sees all said:

It's great to see a post from someone that appreciates football and maths.

 

Yes, the area of a circle. My dad, before we covered it in school, would tell me pi is 22 divided by 7. Of course, that is an approximation, but near enough for most general uses.

 

As you say, the area of a six inch diameter circle would be pi x R2 = 28.278 sq inches. The method I refer to would be D2 x 0.786 (rounded from 0.7855) would give 28.296. Using a further decimal place; 0.7855, would give 28.278.

 

Great stuff! And there is more. If this thread is a bit quiet one day, we could indulge further into math's mysteries.

If you would like a closer approximation to pi on a calculator just remember the sequence 113355 and divide 355 by 113.

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8 hours ago, Andrew Dwyer said:

Yup , in a can !!

But I seem to remember you boiled the can in water before opening and pouring on the custard, was pretty darn good !!

Can’t imagine microwave getting the same results .

Yes, there’s something to be said for traditional home cooking...

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7 hours ago, sotonowl said:

Well, what can I say? Up where I come from (Sheffield) we had a potted dog which was actually potted meat or beef spread if you're a southerner. Not sure if I'm allowed to post a link to another forum but here goes,

https://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/topic/268542-potted-dog-where-do-we-get-the-name-from/

That's just how I roll.

Sometimes the police don’t catch on if I do this...

[owl sees all 7,772]

6 hours ago, grin said:

If you would like a closer approximation to pi on a calculator just remember the sequence 113355 and divide 355 by 113.

Yes indeed grin!

 

The 22/7, in an earlier post, was derived through calculations by Archimedes, and the 355/113 some years later by a Chinese chap who used a multiple-sided polygon approach.

 

Fascinating stuff.