Frozen Spinach & Broccoli?
Frozen Spinach & Broccoli?
Is there a supermarket in Phnom Penh that have those frozen veggies ?
Haven't seen them in Lucky (Sihanouk) or Thai Huot BKK1.
Karamba!
Haven't seen them in Lucky (Sihanouk) or Thai Huot BKK1.
Karamba!
Re: Frozen Spinach & Broccoli?
I've waited to reply because I had asked the same from locals. No have.
However there is broccoli available & a green that closely resembles spinach in texture & taste.
You could blanch & freeze.
Me, I eat it fresh when I find.m An abundance of fresh veggies here.
However there is broccoli available & a green that closely resembles spinach in texture & taste.
You could blanch & freeze.
Me, I eat it fresh when I find.m An abundance of fresh veggies here.
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Re: Frozen Spinach & Broccoli?
Broccoli you can find fresh. For spinach/green leafy vegetable I eat morning glory (!) or whatever green veggies* are at the market or on the menu. Morning glory grows in swamps so possibly not always hygienic, but it hasn't killed me yet.Luigi wrote:I've waited to reply because I had asked the same from locals. No have.
However there is broccoli available & a green that closely resembles spinach in texture & taste.
You could blanch & freeze.
Me, I eat it fresh when I find.m An abundance of fresh veggies here.
*Does anyone have any Khmer names for different sorts of green leafy veges ? I tend to point at what looks best/fresh and make do with what I find. I don't know their names though. Except for MG of course.
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Re: Frozen Spinach & Broccoli?
Anchor Moy wrote:Broccoli you can find fresh. For spinach/green leafy vegetable I eat morning glory (!) or whatever green veggies* are at the market or on the menu. Morning glory grows in swamps so possibly not always hygienic, but it hasn't killed me yet.Luigi wrote:I've waited to reply because I had asked the same from locals. No have.
However there is broccoli available & a green that closely resembles spinach in texture & taste.
You could blanch & freeze.
Me, I eat it fresh when I find.m An abundance of fresh veggies here.
*Does anyone have any Khmer names for different sorts of green leafy veges ? I tend to point at what looks best/fresh and make do with what I find. I don't know their names though. Except for MG of course.
Try this list.
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Re: Frozen Spinach & Broccoli?
Thanks Duncan , thats very cool. My market-ladies are going to tell me that I speak khmer tomtom now. Lol. Tomatoes are the hardest veges to pronounce for me : Pang paw - get that pa'ng' sound right - I'm always a bit lazy with the 'ng' .Duncan wrote:Anchor Moy wrote:Broccoli you can find fresh. For spinach/green leafy vegetable I eat morning glory (!) or whatever green veggies* are at the market or on the menu. Morning glory grows in swamps so possibly not always hygienic, but it hasn't killed me yet.Luigi wrote:I've waited to reply because I had asked the same from locals. No have.
However there is broccoli available & a green that closely resembles spinach in texture & taste.
You could blanch & freeze.
Me, I eat it fresh when I find.m An abundance of fresh veggies here.
*Does anyone have any Khmer names for different sorts of green leafy veges ? I tend to point at what looks best/fresh and make do with what I find. I don't know their names though. Except for MG of course.
Try this list.
Anyway, thanks for that.
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Re: Frozen Spinach & Broccoli?
Tomatoes? Beng Bo'h works for me.
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This is where it gets difficult - beng bo'h = peng paw . B and P are more or less interchangeable as consonants - and then you've got the vowel sounds translated to english : bo'h vs paw.Username Taken wrote:Tomatoes? Beng Bo'h works for me.
At least my khmer lessons at the vege shop make us all laugh. Everyone is very patient. Thanks all.
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Re: Frozen Spinach & Broccoli?
Shopping at the market is fun. When I buy pork it takes a lot of effort to get them to stop slicing my chops/steaks into tiny thin slivers.Anchor Moy wrote: At least my khmer lessons at the vege shop make us all laugh. Everyone is very patient. Thanks all.
When I bought eggs from my usual woman once, I tried to establish if they were free range by asking "do you have chickens?" Once the second woman translated this, they both burst into laughter. (turns out they "get them from the farm" of course)
I actually don't mind being an idiot barang. I can count to 10 but when I rattle off the three digits of my street to a motodop, they look at me like an alien.
Mostly I stick to googling up a picture of the item I am shopping for.
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Re: Frozen Spinach & Broccoli?
"when I rattle off the three digits of my street to a motodop, they look at me like an alien"
Right. You need to speak such that the listener will understand.
Take for example a packet of 555 cigarettes. If you ask for 'brum brum brum', they won't know what you're talking about. It's 'brum hah brum'.
You want to go to street 154. It's not 'muoy brum buen'. It's 'mouy hah buen'.
What if an Asian walked into a corner store is Oz and asked for a pack of 'five fifty five'?
*Note - you can anglicize your written Khmer as you want, and I'll do likewise.
Right. You need to speak such that the listener will understand.
Take for example a packet of 555 cigarettes. If you ask for 'brum brum brum', they won't know what you're talking about. It's 'brum hah brum'.
You want to go to street 154. It's not 'muoy brum buen'. It's 'mouy hah buen'.
What if an Asian walked into a corner store is Oz and asked for a pack of 'five fifty five'?
*Note - you can anglicize your written Khmer as you want, and I'll do likewise.
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