Comments on: Vinaigrette de porc http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2007/10/22/vinaigrette-de-porc/ Dada, bring my beer in the living room Sun, 27 Jul 2008 00:39:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: mamster http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2007/10/22/vinaigrette-de-porc/#comment-25108 mamster Mon, 29 Oct 2007 00:32:17 +0000 http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2007/10/22/vinaigrette-de-porc/#comment-25108 <p>Phil, the limes are from Southeast Asia. "Thai lime" would be okay, except that Thailand also grows and uses tons of Persian limes.</p> Phil, the limes are from Southeast Asia. “Thai lime” would be okay, except that Thailand also grows and uses tons of Persian limes.

]]> By: Phil http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2007/10/22/vinaigrette-de-porc/#comment-25105 Phil Sun, 28 Oct 2007 18:22:36 +0000 http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2007/10/22/vinaigrette-de-porc/#comment-25105 <p>"Kaffir" is also a pejorative term for non-Muslims. How about "African Lime," or "South African Lime"?</p> “Kaffir” is also a pejorative term for non-Muslims. How about “African Lime,” or “South African Lime”?

]]> By: mamster http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2007/10/22/vinaigrette-de-porc/#comment-25042 mamster Wed, 24 Oct 2007 16:25:06 +0000 http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2007/10/22/vinaigrette-de-porc/#comment-25042 <p>Watson is not the first certifiable genius to both win a well-deserved Nobel and be a Grade A dickhead. (William Shockley comes to mind.)</p> Watson is not the first certifiable genius to both win a well-deserved Nobel and be a Grade A dickhead. (William Shockley comes to mind.)

]]> By: Chris http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2007/10/22/vinaigrette-de-porc/#comment-25039 Chris Wed, 24 Oct 2007 15:38:15 +0000 http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2007/10/22/vinaigrette-de-porc/#comment-25039 <p>Thanks for educating us about "kaffir" limes. Although, by offending a large chunk of Africa, perhaps we can put ourselves in the same Nobel-prize winning category as James Watson.... (see http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science/10/19/uk.race/index.html?iref=newssearch) </p> <p>Sorry for the long link, I'm sure Matthew can fix it.</p> <p>I'm trying out the lemon cookies this weekend!</p> Thanks for educating us about “kaffir” limes. Although, by offending a large chunk of Africa, perhaps we can put ourselves in the same Nobel-prize winning category as James Watson…. (see http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science/10/19/uk.race/index.html?iref=newssearch)

Sorry for the long link, I’m sure Matthew can fix it.

I’m trying out the lemon cookies this weekend!

]]> By: Laurie http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2007/10/22/vinaigrette-de-porc/#comment-25019 Laurie Tue, 23 Oct 2007 03:29:36 +0000 http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2007/10/22/vinaigrette-de-porc/#comment-25019 <p>The lemon cookies are Molly's recipe. http://orangette.blogspot.com/2006/12/hop-to-it.html Iris rolled them in colored sugar. She LOVES them and I do, too.</p> The lemon cookies are Molly’s recipe. http://orangette.blogspot.com/2006/12/hop-to-it.html Iris rolled them in colored sugar. She LOVES them and I do, too.

]]> By: mamster http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2007/10/22/vinaigrette-de-porc/#comment-25018 mamster Tue, 23 Oct 2007 03:05:26 +0000 http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2007/10/22/vinaigrette-de-porc/#comment-25018 <p>heather, I totally make my own carnitas. Click the word "carnitas" in the post for details. I know how to say "makrut" the Thai way; I meant that if people started using it in print, everyone who read it would pronounce it differently.</p> <p>What about "makrut lime"?</p> heather, I totally make my own carnitas. Click the word “carnitas” in the post for details. I know how to say “makrut” the Thai way; I meant that if people started using it in print, everyone who read it would pronounce it differently.

What about “makrut lime”?

]]> By: Anita http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2007/10/22/vinaigrette-de-porc/#comment-25013 Anita Tue, 23 Oct 2007 00:30:28 +0000 http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2007/10/22/vinaigrette-de-porc/#comment-25013 <p>mah(g)-KRU(d)T is a close approximation how I pronounce it, and we spell it 'makrut' on our blog. But when it's just the two of us in the garden, we always call it 'the kaffir lime tree', because old habits die hard.</p> <p>I suppose there's a tiny sliver of not wishing to cause offense in our public usage. Mostly, though, we use 'makrut' because that's as close as our farang mouths can get to the Thai word for it, and it seems to be the way usage is heading (see also: Oxford citation, above).</p> <p>There's a defiant part of me that wants everyone to understand my intentions and let me call the damn thing what I want. But then I realize that although I can call someone f****t in England and that just means they're a meatball, I sure wouldn't use it on my blog. :D</p> <p>If you want more makruts, I'd be happy to send some your way. We have more fruit this year than we could use in a decade of sai oa and red-curry making. (Ours aren't juicy, though.)</p> mah(g)-KRU(d)T is a close approximation how I pronounce it, and we spell it ‘makrut’ on our blog. But when it’s just the two of us in the garden, we always call it ‘the kaffir lime tree’, because old habits die hard.

I suppose there’s a tiny sliver of not wishing to cause offense in our public usage. Mostly, though, we use ‘makrut’ because that’s as close as our farang mouths can get to the Thai word for it, and it seems to be the way usage is heading (see also: Oxford citation, above).

There’s a defiant part of me that wants everyone to understand my intentions and let me call the damn thing what I want. But then I realize that although I can call someone f****t in England and that just means they’re a meatball, I sure wouldn’t use it on my blog. :D

If you want more makruts, I’d be happy to send some your way. We have more fruit this year than we could use in a decade of sai oa and red-curry making. (Ours aren’t juicy, though.)

]]> By: heather http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2007/10/22/vinaigrette-de-porc/#comment-25006 heather Mon, 22 Oct 2007 21:42:10 +0000 http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2007/10/22/vinaigrette-de-porc/#comment-25006 <p>i'm no kind of citrus expert, but my year and a half of linguistics learnin' might suggest that "magrood" and "makrut" are pronounced kind of similarly to each other, yes? harder or softer on respective consonants, but...ish. i would guess.</p> <p>my linguistics professor DID get chicken pox, and WAS out for nearly a whole semester, making a good chunk of my linguistics learnin' independent study. much of which was spent dissecting my study partner's upcoming honeymoon in branson, missouri. so if i'm ALL wrong, i... well, i just own it. whatev.</p> <p>do you make your own carrrrrnitas? has this been discussed and i just wasn't paying attention? i like grocery store (corn) torillas a'ight for making tortilla chips, suitable for scooping roasted green chile queso (wooo for marrying a new mexican!).</p> i’m no kind of citrus expert, but my year and a half of linguistics learnin’ might suggest that “magrood” and “makrut” are pronounced kind of similarly to each other, yes? harder or softer on respective consonants, but…ish. i would guess.

my linguistics professor DID get chicken pox, and WAS out for nearly a whole semester, making a good chunk of my linguistics learnin’ independent study. much of which was spent dissecting my study partner’s upcoming honeymoon in branson, missouri. so if i’m ALL wrong, i… well, i just own it. whatev.

do you make your own carrrrrnitas? has this been discussed and i just wasn’t paying attention? i like grocery store (corn) torillas a’ight for making tortilla chips, suitable for scooping roasted green chile queso (wooo for marrying a new mexican!).

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