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[quote=Anonymous]We moved to the US (DC exurbs) in the early 70’s. Mom:Thai, Dad:Indiana.

Dinners were almost all home cooked and alternated between Americanized Thai food (ie. Som tam made with shredded carrots instead of green papaya) and Thai-ified American food (ie. oven fried chicken served with prick nam pla). She brought along a small jar of (homemade!) sriracha or dry peppers hidden in her purse for infrequent meals out to Red Lobster or even fast food restaurants.

Once in a while, my mom would try to cook western classics. But these were not so successful. Mashed potatoes (potatoes beaten to a gluey slush or soupey reconstituted potatoes from a box) or ‘pizza’ (dough smothered in processed cheese and so heavily-laden with toppings that the dough never cooked through), tuna casserole (a tub of mayo with canned fish swimming about), ‘stroganoff’ (ground beef topped with Campbells cream of mushroom soup).

Mom was enamored with gardening & canning, and watched for sales, so there were 3 refrigerators- and 2 walk-in pantries-worth of food supplies for our family of 4. When we moved my parents to assisted living a few years ago, I threw out jars and jars of home preserved food going back to the 1980’s.[/quote]

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