πŸŠβ€β™€οΈ Technical Ketchup Difficulties, Swimming, & Flawless Aloo Dum πŸ›

FAIL.png

My wife's ketchup ejection technique worked a little too well, and she found herself with half a bottle's worth in her noodles.

But First A Little Swim πŸŠβ€β™€οΈ

river.png

Β  Β  Β Two days without rain and the river was low and clear, so before any delicious things were cooked or eaten, I firmly demanded a swimming session, and even brought my wife's life jacket so she'd take the full plunge. Just as were about to get wet, we noticed the neighbors crossing the river to go cut some wood for a new chicken coop.

The Cure For Cold Is Curry πŸ›

dumsauce.png

Β  Β  Β Although many of you living in more extreme latitudes would laugh at the thought of Cambodia being cold, but for my family and I, this new area we live in is very chilly compared to the rest of Cambodia. and of course the waters running off the mountain make for a very awakening swim even on the hottest of days.

povroti.png

Β  Β  Β As soon as we climbed the hill and came back to the house for lunch, my wife began reheating some noodles for a quick and easy meal. While she was doing that, I began preparing a special dinner by frying potatoes and mixing up some roti dough.

roti.png

Β  Β  Β @sreypov doesn't like to eat potato dishes with rice, and I am the same too. Aloo dum is a pretty labor intensive dish, but I know I must make rotis to partner it with for a super duper delicious and hearty meal.

potato.png

Β  Β  Β Aloo dum is probably my favorite dish, and it never gets old to me. There is something about the combination of sesame, fried potatoes, and a coconut curry sauce that just belong in your belly. This isn't a recipe post, I've shared my roti technique and aloo dum recipe previously on Hive, so no need for that.

fingers.png

Β  Β  Β I was mostly so busy today that I found little time for photos, so I decided to document my evening dinner. It was so cold last night that I found the @kidsisters asleep under a blanket when it was time to eat. With two eaters missing, the wife and I sat down for a romantic dinner on the floor tiles, complete with fluorescent lighting from a single distant bulb.

Technical Ketchup Difficulties 🍜

ket.png

Β  Β  Β My wife is not the only Cambodian that likes to add copious amounts of ketchup to stir-fried noodles. While I was busy telling her my refined palate will never combined stir-fried noodles and ketchup, she gave the bottle a whack and half of the contents plopped into her bowl. I had to restrain my laughter a bit, but I begged the wifey for a photo of this food fail. This was the meal prior to aloo dum and rotis, so at least there was some dinner redemption.

jp.png
CLICK HERE TO JOIN HIVE AND START EARNING CRYPTO LIKE US

Dad
@JustinParke
Mom
@SreyPov
πŸ™ GIVE THANKS πŸ™
Srey-Yuu
@KidSisters
Monkey B
@KidSisters


0
0
0.000
30 comments
avatar

Having dinner together with the wife while the other children are asleep is a romantic moment created by accident, and certainly not planned. Enjoy those beautiful moments my friend... πŸ˜…

0
0
0.000
avatar

Very true, but the kids let us know how hungry they were the next morning πŸ˜‹.

0
0
0.000
avatar

half a bottle's worth in her noodles.

Hahaha, this dish were called, ketchup with a hint of noodles

0
0
0.000
avatar

One of the best comments of the week easily. I got a lot of laughs from this one, thanks bro.

0
0
0.000
avatar

Y'know, ketchup bottles are about the bane of my existence, too. I remember going for dinner with a good buddy of mine back in college. Went to shake the ketchup bottle which, of course, was not tightened on. Ketchup-spew ensued.

0
0
0.000
avatar

There are a lot physics involved with ketchup, and ketchup-loving Americans are probably the most familiar with this science, although we are often defeated by this red gooey stuff. You'd think ketchup technology would have improved since the 1950s, but little seems to have changed

0
0
0.000
avatar

Ha, ha, accidents always happen when you shake the ketchup bottle too hard. The dough that you are making is very similar to our Malaysian Roti Canai.

0
0
0.000
avatar

Ketchup is a tricky beast, one to be respected and feared or we shall face the consequences. I love roti canai, so flaky and delicious, perfect partner for a curry. My rotis are quite plain in comparison, but I've tried my hand at roti canai with mixed results. I do make excellent puris, parathas, and rotis though. Someday I'll have a giant stainless steel table and can make all the specialty rotis my heart desires πŸ‘¨β€πŸ³.

0
0
0.000
avatar

My wife is not the only Cambodian that likes to add copious amounts of ketchup

This notion is everywhere in Vietnam as well. They put ketchup on everything. It is even served on the side at pasta restaurants. I think that would be a major insult to the chef in the west!

Whatever, do what you like I say.

0
0
0.000
avatar

I didn't know if Vietnam was "same same" or not, haven't spent enough time there to know their ketchup culture. It's a pasta partner here too, and the largest pizza chain in Cambodia serves their pizzas with ketchup on the side, still strange to me. Well, that being said, you could take my stepdad to a fancy restaurant and order him a several hundred dollar steak, and he'll just douse it with ketchup, guess rednecks aren't too different after all.

0
0
0.000
avatar

You can order almost anything and it comes with ketchup and chili sauce packets. My "crisper" drawer is basically overflowing with ketchup packets after only living here for a couple years. Not sure why I hang on to them anymore.

My grandfather was the same way with steaks.

0
0
0.000
avatar

SE Asia is usually on point with flavors, but ketchup is definitely abused and misused. Here in Cambodia green onions are sometimes seen as a dessert ingredient, still mind-boggling and unacceptable to me.

0
0
0.000
avatar

Haha she doesn't look amused! Have you got the link there for your aloo dum? Cold here and I fancy it!!!!!

0
0
0.000
avatar

Looks like the one I shared on Hive was a little fancier than this one, guess I had tempeh and avocadoes at the time.

image.png

0
0
0.000
avatar

Coconut curry, that is very tasty dish, I think the taste little bit different here but mostly the same. Coconut milk makes the cuisines tastier.

0
0
0.000
avatar

I love coconut milk in curries, and also blended cashews makes a rich texture too, but coconut milk is usually the choice because it is so much cheaper.

0
0
0.000
avatar

When we are eating and the ketchup bottle is sitting out for enough time to warm it up, whoever unknowingly grabs it to get a squirt will always get the explosive nature blown all over them.

I leave the lid open so that won't happen.

0
0
0.000
avatar

Ketchup Science 101, a class all Americans have taken but that we don't reveal to the world. I'd like to think when the USA no longer has anything to offer the world, when even our music and movies have lost an international audience, that we'll be able to fall back on our ketchup expertise to stay internationally relevant πŸ˜„.

0
0
0.000
avatar

Oh my goodness 🀣🀣🀣 SreyPov's face says it all. And you may have posted your roti bread before but feel free to share it again 😁

0
0
0.000
avatar

Obviously ruined her evening, but things could've been worse. As long as my family doesn't go and put ketchup on my rotis, world peace shall be maintained.

0
0
0.000
avatar

That is what you get if you add ketchup to a meal that doesn't need it ;<)

What meal does ( answer: I used to have ketchup with my fries, most of the times, even though I'm Dutch and should naturally opt for mayonaise ).

Glad you could go for a swim again, for a chance. Here the weather is pretty much the opposite of what you guys are experiencing. We are looking forward to cooler days with rain as the Spring and early Summer have been very dry and hot so far. Tomorrow there will be a weather change, bringing us some weather almost similar to yours ( albeit with less rain, I guess ).

Abraço!

0
0
0.000
avatar

Haha, I said the same phrase with my eyes when this incident happened. I have never understood the Dutch and their mayonnaise fries, but to each their own. I have hated the stuff since I was a kid, never found a food that tastes better with mayo.

0
0
0.000
avatar

Hahaha! It's actually pretty nasty, now I think of it, even more if it's all over your hands. On the other hand, my Portugese bro in law used to work in a Heinz Ketchup factory and he stopped eating Ketchup, after seeing what ended up in the tanks, including mice / rats and pee, he said.

This was probably two decades ago, though.

0
0
0.000
avatar
(Edited)

There was a Heinz factory in my hometown that shuddered when I was very young, quickly becoming the most hideous place in the whole town. It looked like something from the Great Depression, but somehow stayed open into the late 1980s, surely there were violations there like your bro-Portu-law mentioned.

0
0
0.000
avatar

Not a ketchup guy, but I do that with chilli sauce too. The craziest I had was exactly the same, half a bottle of chilli paste gone straight to my KFC. Whilst my colleague was pointing at me and laughing, I show them how to empty the bottle on my 2nd piece of fried chicken 🀣

But ofcourse, I regretted the same evening when my ass is shooting flame at the toilet bowl 🀣

Ps: the Alo dum with roti looks tasty!

0
0
0.000
avatar

I pretty much only like the tomato goop on fries, more of a chili sauce and mustard guy. Every now and then a batch of dried chilies from the market has an extra kick, and aloo dum sometimes becomes a flame-shooting meal.

My boyhood home is only a short drive from the Colonel Sanders museum/home/plantation, and it's a pretty popular tourist site. If you ever take a KFC-themed American vacation, it's a must visit location. Do you have Long John Silver's in Malaysia? It's also a chain that started in Kentucky not far from my home.

0
0
0.000
avatar

Long John Silver, used to have 2 outlet here like 15 or 20 years ago. And immediately got kicked out by Manhattan fish market(which again, not from Manhattan 🀣)

0
0
0.000