Friday, September 12, 2008
Food & Life Peas that burn
Posted by Cliff Bostock @cliffbostock on Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 7:57 PM
My Starbucks office-mate Tuan recently introduced me to this addictive snack -- wasabi-coated green peas. They are a favorite in Thailand and made by a company there, Khao Schong, which is more famous for its instant coffee.
The peas have quite a strong bite, especially after you've eaten a handful of them.
Tuan says they are "sort of healthy." He buys them at the grocery in the shopping center where Penang is located.
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Seriously? Wasabi peas are so five-years-ago. They have them at Trader Joes and Target, too.
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Yeah, even I'm a little surprised by this. Wasabi peas aren't new under this sun.
ha ha ha ha ha ha - they're right, Cliff. But hey you guys, if Cliff didn't know about them there might be one or (maybe) two readers out there who also don't.
Fair enough. What I love more than those peas are the nori-wrapped rice crackers. Of course, it's hard outside of Buford Highway to get them for a decent price. TJ's had them fairly cheap, but I now can't find them there anymore.
YDFM sells good wasabi peas in bulk for cheap, in the section with the nuts and dried fruits.
OMG! I am so busted for not having eaten this trashy but addictive snack until this week. I am so not with it. But, really, I've moved on. Now I'm eating snow pea leaves coated with hranglo, deep fried in peanut oil and sprinkled with huantin. Even better than the peast -- especially dipped in curried lotus nectar.
Now, now, Cliff. I can't speak for anyone else, but my comment was more wonderment, less snark. I was genuinely surprised that a seasoned eater (much more seasoned than myself, I can imagine) like yourself hadn't ever heard of nor tasted those tiny fiery treats.
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