On our second day in Krabi we went to a cooking lesson with Mrs. Ya. She is originally from Cambodia and trained at the prestigious Intercontinental Cooking School in Bangkok. She was highly entertaining and especially excited to have some males in the cooking class! Mrs. Ya said the only males in the cooking school with her were 'ladyboys' and they didn't really represent the masculine sex. I guess Thai men do not cook in the traditional scheme of things. Apparently Thai women attract husbands by their ability to bang the vegetables to release their flavours and aromas before throwing them into the curry paste. We all attempted to bang the vegetables to demonstrate our cooking prowess, but unfortunately, most of the vegetables flew right off of the table.
It was a very enjoyable day. I am going to have a go at cooking some of the recipes we learned once we have a kitchen. I will definitely leave out a few of the chilis, though. If I each too many of them I get the hiccups.....
