Today's word is wan ang-kahn. Wan means day, as ang-kahn refers to Tuesday. So wan ang-kahn means Tuesday day. You can use the prefix of wan to every day of the week, in fact, it's proper Thai to do so. Yesterday was wan jahn as wan nee (today) bpen (is) wan ang-kahn (Tuesday).
As a special treat (literally), this is a recipe for Thai Iced Tea.
- Boil 8 cups water.
- Place 8 to 10 tablespoons tea mix in a large pitcher or pot.
- Pour boiling water over the tea and let steep for 5 or 6 minutes.
-Use a strainer to strain the tea into a second pitcher (this removes most of the loose tea), then use a coffee filter or the stainless/muslin filter offered below to filter it back into the (rinsed) first pitcher.
- Add sugar to taste (recommend at least 1 cup, as Thai icetea should be very sweet), stir and let cool then put in the fridge.
- Pour chilled tea over ice (prefer crushed ice) and top with evaporated milk (or half and half).
- Let the milk float on the ice and slowly sink into the tea.
Alternatively, I used to make it this way:
Take a coffee maker and put about 2-3 filters in the grounds vestibule (that place where the coffee goes). Put 8-10 table spoons and just let the coffee maker go wild. It'll come out piping hot, but you'll need to chill it in the fridge for a few hours. Before you chill it through, put some sugar in the pot and stir it in real well.
In about 2-3 hours, you'll have awesome Thai Iced Tea. Pour it over ice and put a splash of milk on it. It's amazing.
I don't have much to add, except that Thailand is still very much on my mind. I'm leaving for Vegas in a few days, so I will be absent for awhile.
Chogck dee!
Eddie
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