Teak store?
Teak store?
Another correct answer! The screens used on top kept the critters away. Nowadays instead of wood most of these cabinets are made out of a cheap metal and plastic.Originally Posted by Curious George
Exactly right! Upon hearing the gonging sound the villagers would rush to see what was going on.Originally Posted by Dougal
I am having one built, but instead of wood will be using bamboo. Hopefully, this will create a louder noise.
You gonna use to call your daugher home from the neighbors? When I was a kid my dad would whistle me home long, short, long.
I would guess that this is the nursery where the mother and new baby sleep. For some reason they like to sleep with a fire in the room to keep them "warm".
My wife did the same when she had my son up in Surin - I slept in the bedroom with a fan on.
NickA, you are somewhat correct. The mom would use the rope in the upper left hand corner to help with delivery. Men were not allowed and the new mom would often spend about a month here.
Yep, I think those ropes are still used, had an Australian friend whose wife used it for his son, I think he said she just kinda pulled on it - a bit like church bell ringing - and the sprog popped out!
Originally Posted by hillbilly
I hope she didnt wrap it around the kids head to pull him/her out. If that has continued until today it answers some questions I have as a teacher at uni here.
Is Dougal correct, or not? I thought these were for polishing rice by removing the bran and any remaining husk. That is what this lady is doing, and the implements look very similar to me. Do I win??Originally Posted by Dougal
For coconut milk, my Mother-in-law scrapes the coconut meat out by hand. She then puts it into a muslin type cloth, wraps the cloth around the coconut meat and squeezes the milk out by hand.
Geo
Have done the same thing myself, with that and getting the bloody things down in the first place it makes "cooking a curry" into an all day event (or at least when you're as crap as I am it does)Originally Posted by Curious George
Anyway here's a scraper thingy...
Aah! Now I undertsand what something I have seen in the shops in Brick Lane is used for.Originally Posted by NickA
NickA, I see you've got one of those newfangled 'store-bought' graters on the end of the stool. I thought everyone still just nailed bottle caps on the end of the stool to do the same job.
By the way, are those stains red paint, or have you been chewing betelnut while working?
Close but it is a gigantic fire in P-lok in 1973.Originally Posted by Dougal
I usually have to ask about 10 Thais the directions and instead of saying 'mai lu' they point in different directions. Actually, the museum along with the Bhuddha-Casting Foundry is located on Wisut Kasat Road.Originally Posted by RandomChances
Washing board isn't it.
I can;t remember their real name. I am sure Hillbilly bands use them to make music.
I think Curious George is probably right. These devices are used to separate the rice husks.Originally Posted by Dougal
I love history and want to keep this thread going. Can I give info about the birthing room of post #4, that seem to puzzle people? In hot Thailand, why does the new mother and child stay in a room with a fire? The fire does more than keep the new baby warm like inside the mother.Originally Posted by hillbilly
I don't think any one of you really know why the women have to stay in the room with fire after having a baby. The real reason was the mother's womb and the child's umbilical cord need to be dried. The humidity of Thailand does not help, so building a fire dries this out. The fire drying the room, driving away the moisture is to help prevent infection for the first few weeks. The Thai word for this is "Yoo-Fai". My Thai-English dictionary translates this as "roasting the mother".
Not a bad idea. Chuck the noisy little oik on the fire too!Originally Posted by Thai Wife
This looks like a functional kitchen.
These wooden boats are slowly being replaced by the plastic ones. What is hanging above the boats?
Last edited by hillbilly; 31-05-2006 at 04:17 PM.
My guess the woven things above the boats are seines.
Fish traps ain't they
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