Thailand

[Kat100]

Just watched hairy bikers cooking in Thailand, loved it .....wish they would come and cook for me...
Loved the different ways of cooking and the meals which were made, what humble lifestyles people can lead, and there were many smiles x

 

[noblehead]

Not seen this one but did enjoy the Hairy Dieters series back in 2012

 

[Yorksman]

I have several Hairy biker's books and have adapted their recipes for type 2. A very good book is their Book of Curries and I just got their Asian Adventure These two and their two Hairy Dieters books are very cheap at WH Smiths and I have made meals from all of them.

It's just meat, fish or poultry with some very simple leafy veggies and various spices. Very quick and very simple to make. I use pearl barley, brown rice or wholewheat noodles with most of these dishes. Something like their Goan fish curry doesn't make any impression on my BGs. I have it with parboiled brown rice which is 20g carbs per 100g and since a serving is something like 75g of the rice, 15g carbs in the main meal of the day is nothing. I avoid using the richer stuff and things like palm sugar so they are low carb and low fat but, because you know what spices to use, they are tasty and satisfying.

 

[luceeloo]

I do love these types of travel-cooking combination shows. I like to see the way in which different cultures emphasize the importance of good food. I think that's where the UK and USA fall down. We've become too obsessed by prepackaged snack food, with all the added rubbish that goes into it. Then there's street food. In the UK the best we can do is fast food burgers. In many other countries there seems to be just as much importance put on to the quality of street food as there is for normal family meals.

I saw the Hairy Bikers cook rice noodles by throwing them in a wok full of oil. I'm going to try that one day, as it made me wonder if the oil would slow the transition of the carbs in the rice noodles ?

 

[AnnieC]

I am totally addicted to the travel food programmes on TV and it just shows us how unhealthily we eat in this country. Take the asian countries like Vietnam and Cambodia etc they are relativly poor people so no fast food for them but they have a really healthy mostly low fat diet of fish chicken vegetables and lots of herbs and of course their staple is rice and how often do you see any that are obese I bet their percentage of diabetics is far lower than here
In those countries they make a lot of a little meat bulking out the meal with vegetables and rice.. I have been prediabetic for a few years and I personally don't eat red meat just chicken fish low fat dairy lots of veg and no starchy carbs....much the way they eat in those countries except for the rice and still managing to keep diabetes at bay

 

[Kat100]

Yes I love the cooking and travel programmes, so interesting....
Simple and tasty cooking, no fast food, it all looks great .......shame we can't do better :/

Great viewing though the hairy bikers and love how they just adapt with the different foods in different countries x

 

[Kat100]

I have several Hairy biker's books and have adapted their recipes for type 2. A very good book is their Book of Curries and I just got their Asian Adventure These two and their two Hairy Dieters books are very cheap at WH Smiths and I have made meals from all of them.

It's just meat, fish or poultry with some very simple leafy veggies and various spices. Very quick and very simple to make. I use pearl barley, brown rice or wholewheat noodles with most of these dishes. Something like their Goan fish curry doesn't make any impression on my BGs. I have it with parboiled brown rice which is 20g carbs per 100g and since a serving is something like 75g of the rice, 15g carbs in the main meal of the day is nothing. I avoid using the richer stuff and things like palm sugar so they are low carb and low fat but, because you know what spices to use, they are tasty and satisfying.

Just love a good spicy curry x

 

[Kat100]

I am totally addicted to the travel food programmes on TV and it just shows us how unhealthily we eat in this country. Take the asian countries like Vietnam and Cambodia etc they are relativly poor people so no fast food for them but they have a really healthy mostly low fat diet of fish chicken vegetables and lots of herbs and of course their staple is rice and how often do you see any that are obese I bet their percentage of diabetics is far lower than here
In those countries they make a lot of a little meat bulking out the meal with vegetables and rice.. I have been prediabetic for a few years and I personally don't eat red meat just chicken fish low fat dairy lots of veg and no starchy carbs....much the way they eat in those countries except for the rice and still managing to keep diabetes at bay

That is great to hear, keep up the good way of eating k x

 

[Yorksman]

I saw the Hairy Bikers cook rice noodles by throwing them in a wok full of oil. I'm going to try that one day, as it made me wonder if the oil would slow the transition of the carbs in the rice noodles ?

There are a bewildering number of different noodle types. I bought some brown rice noodles at my local chine supermarket and he proudly informed me that they were getting 20 more noodle types next month. They must have 50 by now.

Still, one of the kindest for me, weight for weight, are Blue Dragon Wholewheat noodles but the very thing types are hard to find, they are mostlt medium.

I have some shrimp noodles which only take 90 sec to boil so I suspect they would cook quickly in hot oil as per the hair bikers programme.

If you have a Wing Yip nearby, have a look at what they have on their shelves. Their online stuff is already enough for most:

http://www.wingyipstore.co.uk/c-6-noodles-rice-flour.aspx

If you click on noodles, as opposed to instant noodles, you'll see some 50 types

 

[Yorksman]

I have been prediabetic for a few years and I personally don't eat red meat just chicken fish low fat dairy lots of veg and no starchy carbs....much the way they eat in those countries except for the rice and still managing to keep diabetes at bay

We get the wrong idea about diabetes in the UK largely because of the media. Diabetes rates in the UK is actually lower than many cuontries we think of as healthy. Vietnam has see an explosion of diabetes for example:

Diabetes goes boom in Vietnam

The cause is nearly always urbanisation and the movement of peoples from the countryside to the industrialised cities and, along with supermarkets and fast food outlets, the lack of time due to the increased amount of time spent at work fuels the epidemic.

Nauru went from one of the healthiest populations to the most obese with diabetes rates of 40% within one and a half generations, because they discovered phosphates which they mine.