16 กันยายน 2551

Thai Dessert in Thai Style

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Thai dessert has binding for the life of Thai people many years ago and became important ever since until at present. Thai dessert cannot be neglected for daily life of Thai people. Although selling Thai desserts are not widely seen like before still Thai knows to make their own sweets. Apart from the life of Thailand people are mostly agriculturist, sub-urban people having varieties of natural product such as coconut, palm planted in their own land, varieties of fruits such as banana, sugarcane, mango including rice, sticky rice, shredded rice grain, popped rice, etc. It wanted to use coconut milk then get their own coconut, grind to get milk out of it, if wanted to have flour, rice is also a flour because they plant their own rice, grind by mill or stone mill can seen at any houses. By grinding the rice then later they will have the flour making a delicious sweet in the family. If they make a lot they will distribute it to neighbors to taste delectably.



Khanom krok and banana sweet seems to be the best. Because of its ingredients which easy to find, and making is easy. The oven for khanom krok is sold since Ayudya period. For banana and coconut are widely eaten if not otherwise will throw the left over and it's wasting

Khanom num is another dessert, people like to eat, easy to do and the most famous to be eaten are kaeng buad such as pakthong buad (squash buad) kluay buatchi next with khanom num. It also preserve as food longer like khanom syrup and khanom kuan including the preserve fruits and fruits preserve in sugar.


Most of Thai people consume dessert are from the rural area. But don't say that people in the city will not eat. Because apart from bread such as doughnut, cake, cookie, pudding, waffles, custard, pie etc. Thai desserts like Thong Yib, Thong Yod, Foi Thong, Khanom Chan, Khanom Buang, Khanom Numdokmai, Thong Muan are also famous eaten by several people.

In brief Thai dessert has influence against the tradition of eating for Thai people just like no one could resist. However although later the dessert from Western country have influence with Thai people. That some of Thai desserts are vanished from being famous in Thai society. But still numbers of Thai desserts with colorful, tasty, aromatic in Thai culture. Therefore it is not strange or eating as so called internationally "Thai desserts never died" or as long Thai culture still existed Thai desserts still existed like ever before.

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