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August 21, 2005 - My host mother is a businesswoman and has a couple of operations - a food stall at St. John Mary International School and a kanom making operation from our home. Kanom is the thai word for "sweets". There are many kinds of sweets that she makes. Last week, she ramped up operations for a big festival in the neighboring town of Chinat. To your left is Za and Ra making the coconut filling as the first step. It is made of peanuts, coconut, palm sugar and salt. Below, Ann, makes the cups for Kanom Keng. The mixture is poured into the leaf cups and then steamed. | |||||||||
| I believe the mixture is made of sugar and powdered rice. Kanom Keng and Kanom Tian are sold at a special festival, "wai jao". One peice is sold for 5 baht (10 cents). Below, you can see my host mother making Kanom Tian. Kanom Tian has the coconut filling and also a wrapper made of rice. Over 2 days of non-stop working, she made 2500 pieces of Kanom Keng and 5500 pieces of Kanom Tian. That is a lot of kanom! Three ladies came to help her, plus Anne, Ra, Za, La and Eur. |
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| Below is the finished product of Kanom Keng. It is sort of like Mochi (from Japan) or Gao (from China). It is sticky and sweet. | ||||||||||
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