Market highlights

Here are some highlights from the market this morning. First, there was the curry stand, with 12 different types of curry paste (if you zoom on these pictures, you can make out the names of the curry...the darker red ones are the only ones that have already been fried; the frying, incidentally, causes the oil to separate out from the rest of the curry; as we learned, curry paste should always be fried before use):





Below are some of the vegetables. The tiny little green pea-like things on the upper left are actually a type of eggplant (known, not surprisingly, as the "pea eggplant"). These are frequently found in green curries. Two baskets to the right are the VERY spicy "bird's eye" chilis.



Finally, for those interested, here's a picture of Gina holding a basket of kafir limes. The limes are scratched to collect the fragrant oil used for flavoring dishes. The actual pulp of the limes is inedible, but was used in traditional times to make shampoo.