Need some advice.
i have to travel to a deserted village and I knew that the only market is really far away from the village. No one can take me there because we need to go to work for the community
It means no fruits to buy for 10 days!!!!
But I really want to go to this trip
I can bring enough fruits only for 2 days
Any suggestion what I should carry with
Date kind of bored me that I'm sure I can't eat only it for 10 days
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Date kind of bored me that I'm sure I can't eat only it for 10 days
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Get a small stem of unripe bananas. And, if you live in an area like my area, you'll be able to find if nothing else, bananas at small shops in the village.
Do you have access to raw sunflower seeds? You can soak them for an hour or two and they'll taste great. They'll have a bit of a crunch to them, yet will retain some nuttiness to them. I only know of one place in BKK to buy them, and that's at Flower Food company on Rama 9. You can soak Thai Basil seeds (แมงลัก actually I'm not sure of the English name, but I am sure of the Thai name) for some hours. Don't soak too many though because you'll never eat them all. Also raw sesame seeds are easy and good for soaking.
If you can get some dried fruit that you're sure was dried and not heated in an oven, then that's an option. It's probably a good idea though to soak them in water too before eating them, or, just go easy on them, don't eat an awful lot of them.
And, since your Thai, you probably know that oftentimes, when the people you're staying with realize that you don't eat what everyone else is eating, they'll go out of their way to accomodate. That's the way it is for me. So maybe someone will bring on over a nice fresh papaya, or some other fruit from their home.
Another option is jicama (มันแกว).
If there's flexibility on the restriction that you can only bring enough fruit for two days, then ... buy unripe fruit. Get as much as you can from a wholesale market.
I live in Ubon. Where do you live?
What will you do in the community?
Thanks for your reply and suggestion!
I live in BKK
and I want to join the university's project which I have to go to sakolnakorn
It's very far away.
I'm not sure yet what can I do for the community there because the teachers haven't sent me any details yet. But normally what I have to do is learning how they live, what they think, what is the problem with the community that the university could help.
I study in an architecture program so this kind of project mostly concerned with keeping the real cultural style there. Many and many places in Thailand has lost there identity for new culture and money. So we concern much on how to improve their lives while keeping their culture.
But I'm not sure if this trip is the same or not
hahaha
Nice to meet you
My name is Hua, by the way
What is yours? and how long have you been in Thailand?
My name's Troy Santos. Each sender's name is at the top of their post. I've been in Thailand for a total of about 9 years, nearly two years this time. I've decided to finally settle down, after moving around a lot for more than 25 years.
Do you know of any raw food books in Thai? Or websites or other sources of information? I'd really like to help more people become familiar with this. I speak Thai decently well so I can explain things, and just by doing it myself I can show people that it's possible, but after 9 years of doing this, I've yet to meet anyone who's become interested. I know of one book, recently published, called Raw Food มหัศจรรย์อาหารพลังชีวิต. I read the book but don't think it was very well done. I've looked for years but this is the only book or website I've found. I realize there are some raw restaurants, but none where I live. I once ate at Rasayana, and though the food was good, the portion was tiny and expensive. Plus, I would rather introduce the idea of eating of eating very simply, and only eating raw food restaurant style food as a once in a while thing.
I dried all sorts of fruit and brought 22 pounds when I trekked through the Himalayas. Also brought plenty going through Africa.
I was able to trade and reward from my abundant stash, as there was fresh produce around...sometimes...otherwise, dried fruit, nuts, grains, and local "vegetables" (weeds, actually)...