What Makes Thai Food Popular?

Thai cuisine or Thai Food is one of the most celebrated dishes in the world because of its taste and nutritious value. Thai food became popular after World War II when Thailand become a favorite international tourist destination site for Americans and Britons. Its unique combination of exotic flavors and nice fragrances has widely contributed to a high international status. Take for example the famous Thai soup known as Tom Yum Goong which is a combination of prawn and mushrooms spiced up with lemongrass, galangal, chili, and lime. This soup can be served alongside any dish and still make the whole meal fantastic.

One of the major factors contributing to Thai food popularity is its availability in almost all major cities around the world such as London, Paris, Washington DC etc. A research showed that there is one Thai restaurant for every fifty people living in Seattle. Almost all towns have a dozen Thai Basil or Siam restaurants. In addition, these restaurants are located near or in malls making it an easy stop for consumers. The convenience where these restaurants are located has immensely contributed to their popularity. The difference in taste, flavor and uniqueness create mouthwatering meals for not only Americans but everyone from different cultural backgrounds. Most Thai restaurants are owned and operated by Thai people who good knowledge on Thai cuisine and culture as well as experience in making these delicious meals. Thai cuisine is served in plenty compared to other dishes. Large food portions are served to customers and hence people get filled without necessarily ordering numerous plates. This helps as one spends less and saves more ultimately becoming a preferred choice of cuisine. In addition, Thai cuisine is relatively cheap when compared to other cuisines. Continue reading “What Makes Thai Food Popular?”

Freeze Dried Foods and Dehydrated Foods – What’s the Difference Anyway?

Everyone has heard of dehydrated foods. It’s the simplest and least-expensive way to store food for longer periods of time; it’s something that’s more affordable for families to do at home–if they can afford to spend the time preparing and dehydrating foods for emergency food storage. But what of freeze-dried foods? To some people the term may be completely new, or sound familiar but unsure of the definition. Some may have even tried freeze-dried food without even realizing they have. If you have had “astronaut ice cream” before, then you have tried freeze dried food.

When gathering food for emergency food storage, hiking, camping or other similar reasons, it is good to know the difference between these two types of prepared food storage. Not only will knowing the difference help you understand how they’re made, but help you know why some processes will be better for the types of food you wish to store versus other types of food. Continue reading “Freeze Dried Foods and Dehydrated Foods – What’s the Difference Anyway?”

Enjoy Stress Free Dining By Ordering Food Online

Food ordering has not been left behind by technological innovations. You can now order your food from a local restaurant easily using a web page or an app made available to you by the restaurant to enjoy a stress free process of enjoying your favorite meals. With an internet connection from any given device, you can now find a favorite restaurant, go through the menu or choose your preferred cuisine and order as much food as you wish. You then have the option of having the food delivered to where you are or you can pick it up or enjoy it from the restaurant at a given time.

The Benefits of Online Ordering

· When you order food online, you save yourself the embarrassment of making your way to the restaurant only to find that your favorite meal is not available. With the online process, however, the restaurant has enough time to get your food ready without you having to wait endlessly. Continue reading “Enjoy Stress Free Dining By Ordering Food Online”

A Fascinating Sidebar On Debate Over “Canned Versus Fresh”

Public attitudes toward the food we eat are constantly changing and evolving in unexpected ways. In an era of demanding jobs and 60-hour-a-week workweeks, we may rely more on frozen and canned foods than we wish. Canned foods also provide an extraordinary range of items that might otherwise be completely unavailable. You have probably seen expensive French paté in tins in your local supermarket, but did you know you could buy Reindeer Paté in a can? Well, you can indeed! And how zbout curried crickets? That too! As the Romans wisely said, “in matters of taste, there is no argument.”

The canning of foods long preceded freezing them. Canning was invented by a Frenchman hired by the Napoleonic Army to preserve for military cooks food for long marches and war campaigns, like Napoleon’s year-old invasion of Russia, which had a supply train miles long.

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Slap Chop Vs Quick Chop! Billy Versus Vince in the Kitchen Wars – Which is Better?

It could have been predicted that as soon as Vince Schlomi introduced the amazing Slap Chop that Billy Mays would counter with a similar device, the Quick Chop! Both are designed to make chopping and dicing everything from nuts to broccoli a cinch in the kitchen, saving time and hassle. Do they work? Consumers say yes, but not quite as perfectly as they do in their vibrant infomercials.

The Slap Chop sells for a penny under twenty bucks while the Quick Chop is $12.99. Both require shipping and handling charges but the slap chop comes with a cheese grater and a buy one get one free offer where you simply pay double the shipping. This makes it easy to get one for your self and as a holiday gift for someone else. The Quick chop also comes with a buy one get one free offer and instead of a cheese grater comes with folding cutting boards. Quite a useless addition to most consumers. The difference in the price is a mere seven bucks, however largely consumer reviews say there is quite a difference between the two on action. Continue reading “Slap Chop Vs Quick Chop! Billy Versus Vince in the Kitchen Wars – Which is Better?”

The Disgrace of Our Indifference Towards Food Wastage

A recent British study purporting that as much as fifty percent of the world’s food goes to waste, is alarming and disconcerting to put it mildly. Why is there such a high percentage of food wastage in a world beset by famine, and what steps can we put into place to remedy this situation?

Underlying this alarming statistic is the clear disparity between the wealth of first world and third world countries. As consumers privileged to be residing in a first world country, what we so wantonly discard, would be considered a luxurious banquet for those struggling to survive in the third world nations, where they contend with disease and live on the edge of famine on a daily basis. We need to change our purchasing habits by being more selective in our food choices, to minimise waste, and be more pro-active in supporting the work of organisations that assist and contribute to famine relief. Continue reading “The Disgrace of Our Indifference Towards Food Wastage”

The Racist Kiosk Wars Begin?

How would you like a self-aware, computer ordering kiosk which profiled you by your facial features, ethnicity, age, and sex? As Americans, I doubt that would go over well here – as our society is notoriously very politically correct, but that certainly won’t keep China from doing it at their fast-food restaurants which have American corporate roots, including Yum Brands – KFC, that’s right Kentucky Fried Chicken.

There was an interesting article in Kiosk Marketplace News recently, posted on December 28, 2016 titled; “KFC China develops customer facial recognition technology to suggest menu items,” with excerpts also taken from The Daily Pot explaining how;

“The technology reads facial expressions and other visual information, like age and gender, to determine how individuals with similar traits typically order. Then, the technology matches those preferences with appropriate menu items. KFC is working with Baidu, a Chinese web services company, to turn this idea into reality. The machines will look at a customer’s age, gender and facial expressions to make their best guess. If a 5-year-old is held up to the camera, the kiosk should suggest a kids menu. If an adult walks in at 8 a.m., it might be time for some biscuits.”

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Barbecue Wars

Okay, so here’s the deal. What kind of meat, what kind of sauce, what method of cooking, what type of wood or heat, and how is it served. A lot to consider. And one thing is for sure–we’re not talking a backyard Weber grill here, folks. This is serious business, so let’s get to it.

In the South, especially North Carolina, the most popular outdoor version is the “pig pickin’.” Named after the Cajun phrase cochon de lait, traditional Southern barbecue grew out of these gatherings, which entailed an entire hog roasted for hours, then letting guests pick their own meat off the finished product (hence the phrase “going whole hog”).

But every region has its own version, usually pork, and the sauce is what makes the difference. In North Carolina, the three varieties of sauces include vinegar-based in the east, tomato-vinegar, sometimes mustard, in the central state and a heavier tomato-based sauce in western NC. The city of Lexington, just northeast of Charlotte, proclaims itself to be the “Barbecue Capital of the World,” boasting one BBQ restaurant per 1000 people (talk about going whole hog). And throughout the South, the meat is more likely to be served on a plate, accompanied by hush puppies, coleslaw and baked beans, not in a bun smothered with ketchup (in some places considered a capital crime). When ordered, it’s simply called Q and the sides are a given. (In Texas you might get a thick piece of toast, but that’s another story.) Continue reading “Barbecue Wars”

Top 10 Online Stores In Nigeria

As I normally say, day by day life becomes easier. Now we can now buy whatever we want at the comfort of our home.

Gone are the days when the only options available were either to buy on eBay, Amazon and a couple more which meant having to trade using credit cards or with the use of PayPal and others, Nigerians had to wait for shipment or use US OR UK shipping addresses and wait so long for delivery but fast forward all that, now Nigerians can enjoy buying online at cheap and affordable prices and you can even pay on delivery, from stores with offices located here in Nigeria.

Let’s take a look at the list of the top 10 Nigerian online stores according to product availability, customer service, how much customers trust the stores considering customer satisfaction and product delivery.

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10 Advantages of Flaxseed

Introduction

Do you know that people consume flaxseeds as food since the time immemorial? The historians say that these seeds are known to people about 6000 years ago. There are documents to prove that this might have been the world’s first cultivated super-food. This rekindled the interest of the people in its properties. That was how the research on this particular food from nature had begun. In nut shell, the contents of flaxseed are found to aid digestion, lower cholesterol, improve the skin health, fight cancer, balance hormones, lower sugar cravings and promote weight loss. This research result is just the beginning of a new world of healthy living. In this article, we would look into the advantages of flaxseed. Continue reading “10 Advantages of Flaxseed”