Cooking...

At about 9:30 yesterday (Friday) I was picked up from my guesthouse. There were 9 other people taking the course with me: 2 Belgians, an Italian, a German, 2 English people, 2 Americans, and a Canadian. They first brought us to a market to show us where you can buy ingredients and then to their farm. They grow most of the vegetables we used on their farm. At the farm they showed us the various plants that they grow. They showed us how to make both regular and sticky rice. We then made green curry paste and then used it to make green curry chicken. The second dish we made was a chicken with holy basil stir fry. We also made Tom Yum Goong, which is a type of soup with shrimp in it. We ate these dishes for lunch. In the afternoon we made spring rolls and banana boiled in coconut milk. They brought me directly to the train station and my train left just before 6. The ride was fairly uneventful. I went to bed early but had trouble sleeping because of these loud, obnoxious French kids. My train arrived at about 7 and I was home and napping by 7:30. Today I might get a massage and then go to the CCC Christmas eve service tonight at 6.