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Do you like crab with your papaya salad?
« on: May 22, 2019, 01:23:46 AM »
Ate some made by a relative the other day and gotta say, I don't like it as much as I used to  :-\ :









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Re: Do you like crab with your papaya salad?
« Reply #1 on: May 22, 2019, 05:50:38 AM »
I sure do but I don't like the Thai eggplant in it. I like Thai eggplant in soup though.



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Re: Do you like crab with your papaya salad?
« Reply #2 on: May 22, 2019, 10:49:57 AM »
I prefer plain papaya salad these days.  Thai style papaya salad is more my taste.  And I don't like MSG so no MSG in my papaya salad, please.   :)



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Re: Do you like crab with your papaya salad?
« Reply #3 on: May 22, 2019, 11:05:49 AM »
don't matter.  with or without.  I prefer the spicier the better.



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Re: Do you like crab with your papaya salad?
« Reply #4 on: May 22, 2019, 05:46:13 PM »
No.  It doesn’t look appetizing, even if it’s just for flavoring.  ;D



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Re: Do you like crab with your papaya salad?
« Reply #5 on: May 23, 2019, 01:10:12 AM »
I sure do but I don't like the Thai eggplant in it. I like Thai eggplant in soup though.

Yeah, sometime adding too much vegetables to a dish that's not meant for it makes it taste less flavorable for me too..It's like it's too busy with too many things going on...I've seen people add green beans, "eggplant", carrots, tomato and cucumber in a papaya salad and it didn't taste as good as with just papaya salad...too diluted IMO...



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Re: Do you like crab with your papaya salad?
« Reply #6 on: May 23, 2019, 01:11:54 AM »
No.  It doesn’t look appetizing, even if it’s just for flavoring.  ;D

Crab claws and legs sticking out like that could scare a White person.   ;D



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Re: Do you like crab with your papaya salad?
« Reply #7 on: May 23, 2019, 01:16:11 AM »
I boil the salted crab with crab paste and padek, then strain it and discard the crab pieces. The leftover liquid is used for papaya salad so that you get the awesome taste without the visual of seeing a crab claw sticking out. Lol

Good way to not display the unappealing visual for some without sacrificing the ingredient/taste..for sure.



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Re: Do you like crab with your papaya salad?
« Reply #8 on: May 23, 2019, 05:56:21 AM »
I prefer plain papaya salad these days.  Thai style papaya salad is more my taste.  And I don't like MSG so no MSG in my papaya salad, please.   :)

Almost all premade sauce has msg.



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Re: Do you like crab with your papaya salad?
« Reply #9 on: May 23, 2019, 05:58:25 AM »
Yeah, sometime adding too much vegetables to a dish that's not meant for it makes it taste less flavorable for me too..It's like it's too busy with too many things going on...I've seen people add green beans, "eggplant", carrots, tomato and cucumber in a papaya salad and it didn't taste as good as with just papaya salad...too diluted IMO...

My family are used to adding green beans. These days, people add all kinds of stuff. There's even papaya salad with pho. These days, majority of Lao will "thum" anything.



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Re: Do you like crab with your papaya salad?
« Reply #10 on: May 23, 2019, 05:59:28 AM »
No.  It doesn’t look appetizing, even if it’s just for flavoring.  ;D

But it looks so cool  ;D



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Re: Do you like crab with your papaya salad?
« Reply #11 on: May 23, 2019, 05:59:52 AM »
Crab claws and legs sticking out like that could scare a White person.   ;D

Some white folks have eaten and seen worst.



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Re: Do you like crab with your papaya salad?
« Reply #12 on: May 23, 2019, 06:00:24 AM »
I boil the salted crab with crab paste and padek, then strain it and discard the crab pieces. The leftover liquid is used for papaya salad so that you get the awesome taste without the visual of seeing a crab claw sticking out. Lol

There's no fun in that  ;D



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Re: Do you like crab with your papaya salad?
« Reply #13 on: May 24, 2019, 11:44:23 AM »
I boil the salted crab with crab paste and padek, then strain it and discard the crab pieces. The leftover liquid is used for papaya salad so that you get the awesome taste without the visual of seeing a crab claw sticking out. Lol

This actually sounds like a good idea.   ;D  O0



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