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Thai Curry

The Gin Tasting and Food Pairing: Round 1

October 21, 2009

Which gins go best with spicy foods?  Since not all wines go with all foods, we decided to use that idea as a model to expand our knowledge of gins and branch out a bit from the usual house brands of Plymouth, Bombay Sapphire and Junipero. There are so many different gins on the [...]

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Bangkok Chicken Curry

October 19, 2009
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Grind the Bangkok Curry Blend to a fine powder. Heat the oil in the pan, then bloom the ground spices for two minutes without burning. Add the chopped onions and peppers and cook 5-10 minutes over medium heat until soft. Add chicken and cook, stirring frequently, for 5-10 minutes. When the chicken has cooked, add the coconut milk, and fish sauce. Heat through and simmer for 5 minutes until the sauce has thickened slightly.

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Sophie’s Choice II

October 11, 2009

Ok, so after a couple more rounds of tinkering we did come up with a winner formula in the Thai curry blend finals. We decided which “child” we liked the best, and would take to market. It was tough, but frankly worth yet another round of tests. The final whole spice blend is [...]

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Sophie’s Choice: Experimenting with the Thai Curry Blend

October 6, 2009

Spent the evening experimenting with the Thai Curry spice blend. The last time the results weren’t so overwhelming, so it was back to the drawing board. Tonight we tried two different versions in parallel. We tried to keep it as scientific as possible, but one of us forgot to shake the coconut [...]

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