tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24104123.post6718199728995804562..comments2023-11-02T05:24:40.766-07:00Comments on i eat padek: who are the people in your neighborhoodjrmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15853893645398902176noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24104123.post-46135216998700530352007-11-16T11:54:00.000-08:002007-11-16T11:54:00.000-08:00c'mon now somchai, are you sure??? i can't speak ...c'mon now somchai, are you sure??? i can't speak for the akha, but even though hmong, mien and lue don't traditionally eat padek, (they eat nam pou more) you would be hard pressed to find a house that didn't have a jar of padek in their cupboard!<BR/><BR/>(i just called by kalom friend to verify.) <BR/><BR/>but keep the dialogue going!jrmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15853893645398902176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24104123.post-12396203964998676042007-11-14T20:00:00.000-08:002007-11-14T20:00:00.000-08:00Well bear in mind that many ethnicities born in La...Well bear in mind that many ethnicities born in Laos don't eat padek, like Thai Lu, and most of what we call Lao Seung, (Akha, Homng and so on). And you might well arrive in a town thinking you could eat padek, and slurp foe and you'd be left high and dry. Didn't mean to rain on the parade.<BR/><BR/>Nice photo. Looks like a show and tell of one of those big sat and koke things to husk rice.<BR/><BR/>SomchaiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24104123.post-28258223033127627212007-11-12T21:30:00.000-08:002007-11-12T21:30:00.000-08:00Wow, Cherry Valley, IL is #21? That's something I ...Wow, Cherry Valley, IL is #21? That's something I didn't expect. My grandpa grew up in Cherry Valley--it's out in the middle of relative nowhere, just outside Rockford, about an hour or two west of Chicago. That's pretty cool.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com