Just what do they put in pools these days?
No sooner have I recovered from my ear infection, which I probably picked up in the condo pool, than I am now suffering an attack of the itches - what looks like a prickly heat rash in my groin and down my botty crack.
I have bought the ointments, and am applying liberal doses of prickly heat powder; so much so that the floor of my bedroom is covered in a fine white sheen.
But will it go away? The itching drives me crazy.
Scratch, scratch!
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Chef Maiyuu's custard, with an bird's nest around the rim made of burnt sugar.
I call it a nest, probably because I saw some posh menu somewhere use that word to describe the same thing. You could also call it a 'crown' of burnt sugar, I guess.
Maiyuu won't tell me how he made the burnt sugar edifice exactly, except to say he used a bowl to create the shape.
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Tomorrow I'll bring you a picture of savoury dish he made last night, khao pad gai sophanee ta kai kua: fried rice with curry chicken and roasted lemongrass.
The word 'sophanee' is a polite word for prostitute in Thai. Why am I eating curry with prozzies in it? Actually, I am not.
Thai restaurateurs like to play around with the names of dishes to attract diner interest. Strictly speaking, the dish should use the word 'kra-ree' instead of sophanee, from the word for 'curry' in Thai: kra-ree.
Like sophanee, the word kra-ree also happens to mean prozzie, but kra-ree sounds crude if you are talking about women of the night.
Some comical Thais substitute the pleasanter-sounding word sophanee for kra-ree when talking about curry, to make the dish sound more interesting.
Some comical Thais substitute the pleasanter-sounding word sophanee for kra-ree when talking about curry, to make the dish sound more interesting.
Sophanee does not have a double meaning: it's prozzie, and that's that, but some clever Thai is having a little joke.
He knows kra-ree has a double meaning, and that Thais might conjure up women of the night rather than curry when they hear the word.
Both words mean prozzie, as I say, but sophanee sounds sweeter (less offensive) to the ear.
The word for powder, pong, as in curry power, is dropped.
Confused? Let's see what Adsense makes of it. I love Maiyuu's prozzie curry!
Both words mean prozzie, as I say, but sophanee sounds sweeter (less offensive) to the ear.
The word for powder, pong, as in curry power, is dropped.
Confused? Let's see what Adsense makes of it. I love Maiyuu's prozzie curry!
8 comments:
The itch might be just fungus attack. Get a anti fungal cream to apply.
I agree with Kopichai. If you have been using the condo pool dressing room you may have picked up tinea then transferred it with your towel to your 'pink bits'.
Up there it is called 'tinea cruris' and has little blistery lumps (look a bit like mosquito bites) often with a small hard scab on top.
Canesten anti-fungal cream.
Desenex or similar powder.
Burn & Bite gel will help the itch ... has Lignicaine in it.
Doxylin or similar tablets to kill the fungae in your blood-stream.
Been there, done that. Nasty stuff.
Yraen
Canestan is good. Soothing and kills bacteria. Might be worth a try.
Delicious.......maybe Maiyuu should consider training as a Chef? or would it spoil cooking for him?
Ooops, sorry Canestan has been advised already.
lt's been a long day!
Magic Adsence says: Chicken Quesadilla and Ear Wax Cleaning System?
So, trade the boyfriend for a Mexican and clean your ears. Your arse will be cheerier by morning.
Starting to look like the map?
I once caught ringworm in Thailand which is indeed a kind of fungal infection and very very itchy. Took me months to find out what it was, even going to the the doctor.
Thank you for the advice - you are kind. I shall visit the chemist to see what they say.
Yraen, you are right: It is a nasty irritant, and won't go away easily.
I've had this problem a few times in Thailand. Each time I went to Bangkok Christian Hospital to see a skin specialist. One doc gave me Kenacomb Cream and told me to stop using soap and to take cool, as opposed to hot, showers. Another time I was told Kenacomb wouldn't help, but it seemed to do the trick. I was also told not to use baby powder.
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