visit in december

frankan · Post by **frankan** » Mon Nov 06, 2017 7:02 pm

C'mon guys give me a break about nostalgia. If the French left anything behind it was the knowledge to make superb bread. Have you tried the crap in Thailand. Mere sponge cake. I need good bread to fill me, rice does not do it, this permanent hunger is awful, I'm 8 kilo down in 10 months here. I needed to lose it but I long for decent, filling food. See you in PP.

taabarang · Post by **taabarang** » Mon Nov 06, 2017 7:13 pm

I don't know what happened to the "superb knowledge" the French supposedly imparted to the Khmer. But in my opinion the only thing worse than Khmer bread is Thai coffee.

frank lee bent · Post by **frank lee bent** » Mon Nov 06, 2017 7:33 pm

we get all kind of decent bread in kampot- but made by euros,
that yellow stuff is usually all you get in the provinces.
simple thing to make a wood fired cob oven and bake your own though.
often thought a good home biz in the deep provinces.
khmers love good fresh bread- a real treat

taabarang · Post by **taabarang** » Mon Nov 06, 2017 7:48 pm

"khmers love good fresh bread- a real treat."

Right you are. In fact in our village bread has almost totally replaced rice in curry dishes. We've no oven and I'm too busy/lazy to make one so I cook a variety of pan fried breads and even stove top pizzas.

frank lee bent · Post by **frank lee bent** » Mon Nov 06, 2017 8:08 pm

i have built 5 or 6 of these and a few other rock ovens. you don't need fire bricks
http://www.sunset.com/garden/how-to-sun ... adobe-oven
can pull a lot of bread out of one then make the curry over a few hours in the declining heat.
i could make one in a hard day but allow 3 and some beer and make it a family event.
put a roof over it, and build it up waist high
you got a biz
google cob ovens and rocket stoves
guaranteed small money maker in the provinces

dam shall i ban myself for derailing a thread?

frank lee bent · Post by **frank lee bent** » Mon Nov 06, 2017 8:12 pm

i generally put a thermosyphon tank copper worm in the flue if you get me.a checkvalve even homemade helps accumulate hot water
lots of fun thermodynamic technology you can make with mud, lime and a bit of metal
you could maybe even run a still off the same heat source and fire the oven free!

taabarang · Post by **taabarang** » Mon Nov 06, 2017 8:31 pm

frank lee bent wrote: ↑Mon Nov 06, 2017 8:12 pm i generally put a thermosyphon tank copper worm in the flue if you get me.a checkvalve even homemade helps accumulate hot water
lots of fun thermodynamic technology you can make with mud, lime and a bit of metal
you could maybe even run a still off the same heat source and fire the oven free!

If I knew what the fuck half of those words meant I:m sure I would envy your skills.

frankan · Post by **frankan** » Mon Nov 06, 2017 8:59 pm

Yes, some of the technical stuff crippled me. I was thinking of a bread making machine, throw it all in, there's a loaf in the morning. But this guy is interesting. I have many farang friends in Thailand who want good bread. He enjoys his subject, he appreciates it's an art. You don't learn it overnight.

frankan · Post by **frankan** » Mon Nov 06, 2017 9:07 pm

taabarang, you re absolutely right about Thai coffee, and try a beef steak too. Not good.

frank lee bent · Post by **frank lee bent** » Mon Nov 06, 2017 9:33 pm

google finger broken?
i would have thought a sophisticated membership here would be well versed in simple bush engineering nomenclature and concepts.
i guess i am such a geezer that i assume too much

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