Kitchen of Thailand |
A Thai cuisine has in many respects affected two factors - a climate and culture though the big role was played also by history of this country, имиграция, invasions. The big influence was rendered by China, Burma and Камбодж. The favorable climate allows to collect here two and even three crops annually, and the every possible greens grow all year long. Perhaps, local abundance it is possible to explain such phenomenon, as absence in Thai language of concept "hunger". And that the religion professed by the majority тайцев - the Buddhism, restrictions in a food here practically are not present. Тайцы use in the kitchen all kinds of meat, in a considerable quantity fish, and also set of vegetables and fruit.
The Thai people highly appreciate the traditions and culture. They are proud of the national dishes and like to treat visitors. Streets and channels of Thai cities are filled латками and carts, bicycles and the boats trading in various snack. In Тайланде very much love parties and holidays, during their noisy and clockwork festivals necessarily give carefully prepared traditional dishes as a sign of respect for their customs and traditions. To visitors without interruption submit trays with snack, dishes with exotic fruit and Thai beer or local whisky. On a table submit all dishes at once that the mistress could take pleasure in a dinner together with visitors. In a Thai cuisine with pride, beautifully and brightly make out dishes. Vegetables on a garnish cut very accurately, the various form. The confused drawings and art execution - a Thai cuisine integral part.
Daily dishes very much depend on weather, from a season, from harvesting and from whims of rainy seasons. The Thai people are in earnest about meal, choose only the freshest components with gentle taste and a structure.
One of the basic products is rice, it both the garnish and the basic dish, submit it and for a dessert. The meal for simple тайца means кхао, i.e. fig. Nevertheless the rest - vegetables, fish, meat - тайцы name "кап кхао", that in transfer means "that eat with rice". The coco takes almost same central place.
The Thai cuisine varies in different regions, depending on accessible products. At desire the cook can replace those either other components or spices depending on taste, observing only the basic order of preparation. For example, in many recipes pork is replaced with a hen or shrimps. But there are products with which it is obligatory to eat in all Thai houses. It is a coco, лайм, rice, чили, garlic, lemon сорго (lemon grass), a root of ginger and a coriander. In all Thai dishes the balance is observed, all extreme tastes are harmoniously balanced in each dish.
