{"id":966,"date":"2010-03-14T00:54:24","date_gmt":"2010-03-14T06:54:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bogott.net\/unspecified\/2010\/03\/14\/cooking-school\/"},"modified":"2010-03-14T00:54:24","modified_gmt":"2010-03-14T06:54:24","slug":"cooking-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bogott.net\/unspecified\/?p=966","title":{"rendered":"Cooking School"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I spent most of yesterday at the &#8216;Thai Farm Cooking School,&#8217; hoping to learn why my pad thai always end up in a sticky mess.\u00a0 I&#8217;m not sure I solved that problem but it was a pleasant day nonetheless.<\/p>\n<p>We started out at a wet market to buy a few ingredients.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bogott.net\/unspecified\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/cookingmarket1.jpg\" alt=\"cookingmarket1.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>We made our own curry paste later with mortar and pestle, but I have to suspect that the people at the market use a food processor.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bogott.net\/unspecified\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/cookingmarket2.jpg\" alt=\"cookingmarket2.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Grating coconut and pressing out coconut cream <\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bogott.net\/unspecified\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/cookingmarket3.jpg\" alt=\"cookingmarket3.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bogott.net\/unspecified\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/cookingmarket4.jpg\" alt=\"cookingmarket4.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>The blurry bits are whirling electric fly-repellers.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bogott.net\/unspecified\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/cookingmarket5.jpg\" alt=\"cookingmarket5.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bogott.net\/unspecified\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/cookingmarket6.jpg\" alt=\"cookingmarket6.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bogott.net\/unspecified\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/cookingmarket7.jpg\" alt=\"cookingmarket7.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bogott.net\/unspecified\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/cookingmarket8.jpg\" alt=\"cookingmarket8.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Those are tiny eggplants which apparently grow in bunches like grapes. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>After the market, a bunch of trucks hauled us out to the land where the classes are taught.\u00a0 There was a small herb-garden on site, big enough to provide a fair number of the herbs and spices used in the class.\u00a0 We were all provided with stylish hats and aprons.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bogott.net\/unspecified\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/cookingschool1.jpg\" alt=\"cookingschool1.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bogott.net\/unspecified\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/cookingschool2.jpg\" alt=\"cookingschool2.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bogott.net\/unspecified\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/cookingschool3.jpg\" alt=\"cookingschool3.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bogott.net\/unspecified\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/cookingschool4.jpg\" alt=\"cookingschool4.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bogott.net\/unspecified\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/cookingschool5.jpg\" alt=\"cookingschool5.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bogott.net\/unspecified\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/cookingschool6.jpg\" alt=\"cookingschool6.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I spent most of yesterday at the &#8216;Thai Farm Cooking School,&#8217; hoping to learn why my pad thai always end up in a sticky mess.\u00a0 I&#8217;m not sure I solved that problem but it was a pleasant day nonetheless. 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