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One of the best things about visiting Grandma is her home cook meal. I was hoping to learn a new Lao dish this visit but we didn’t have enough time. There is always the next visit.
I’ve recently developed food allergy amongst other things, and dinner at her house was one of the best meals but I paid dearly afterward. Below is an elder relative portow Nee sharing meal with us.
Kang Keelek with ants’ eggs, I don’t think it gets any authentic than this.
I didn’t try Mok Padek and it looks real good.
This is the first time I’ve seen a small mango. It is slightly bigger than an egg and it’s very sweet. You don’t want to hear what Bo has to say about it.
These are eggs from her laying hens. I see a few Americana blue eggs amongst them.
Grandpa collected 26 eggs on Sunday.
Max came to visit Grandma also, and it was a bumpy one hour ride in back of a pickup truck but I’m sure it’s worth it for him to see the chickens again.
I can’t say that they fell the same way about him, Grandma was nervous seeing him pacing back and forth. I think he had killed 3 hens last year.
Her new chicks.
Grandma has a few roosters left, and this is the youngest one.
I didn’t do a good job panning, or in this case chickens run.
Her garden is coming along, she has plenty of lettuce and spring onions. The darker green color are broccoli that she planted in early Spring.
Her blueberry bushes bear many fruits this year.
This looks like a few Lao plants that I know.
And after seeing the thorns I knew it is Pak Kha. It’s great with egg omelet.
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Her Persimmon trees bear many fruits this year. Sorry for the many photos and I hope you have enjoyed visiting Grandma with us.
Photos were taken with Canon T2i, EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM lens, and EF50mm f/1.4 lens.
We travel every year to Bo’s parents for Thanksgiving.This year Lee dressed her part as the Native American, but in reality we were like the Pilgrims that traveled the Mayflower journey to settle in North America. We just came many moons later.
As Laotians and Laotian Americans living in the US, we are thankful to be here. I was Lee’s age when I came to America.
We all brought in a dish or two and I made 2 trays of spring rolls.
Stuffing is one of Bo’s favorite dish on Thanksgiving, and his mom learned how to make this American dish from her sponsor.
I called this dish Goi Gai, but I’m sure some Laotians called it Larb Gai. It is a Lao spicy chicken salad.
Tum mak houng (spicy papaya salad)
som phak kad (pickled green vegetables)
All homemade desserts.
The pumpkin cupcakes were delicious. Lee and I have to give this a try, and we could probably find a good deal on pumpkin this time of the year.
This was brought in by our German guest, and very popular among the kids.
I didn’t have much luck photographing the kids, I had to chase them down.
Then I finally caught up with them in the garage, here is a group photo.
As for the chickens they were glad that it’s a turkey day and not a chicken day. As for Laotians we get confused sometimes and have chicken occasionally on Thanksgiving so it worries this Americana hen til she turned grey.
He is thinking that I’m way too young to be eaten. Actually I couldn’t tell if it were a hen or rooster.
They are safe this year since grandma had 2 turkey cooking in her ovens. I hope you all had a good Thanksgiving feast.
Technical note: I didn’t use flash taking the food photos and had to compensate by shooting in high ISO 6400. I think it is not the best choice on my part, some of the pictures are grainy.
We visited Grandma’s today, and got there before one of her customers picked up these eggs. She has several regular customers that would come by when they want fresh eggs.
Max was glad to visit again. He killed several of her chickens the last time Grandma kept him when we were out of town. Bo knew not to ask her to keep him again, his hunting instinct is too strong.
He is happy to be able to go places with us, especially visiting Grandma again.
One of Bo’s Americana Hens hatched 6 chicks this time. Bo’s mom didn’t have as many rooster so half of the eggs did not hatched.
She is a good mother and this is her second set of chicks this year.
Grandma only kept a few Americana Hens since they are so stubborn sometimes. These are the ones that lay blue eggs.
After Bo found out that he bought 2 male Guinea fowls, he has been searching for female Guinea Fowls for these guys but no luck so far.
I can’t remember what it is called when a chicken or bird stands on one leg and they like to do this a lot.
This one likes to drink from the kok water, this is not to be confused with Coke.
The Wild Red Jungle fowl that Bo got last year has grown. He is a lot more friendlier than his mom.
Feeding time.
Grandma saved today’s eggs for us.
Bo’s chicken coop is still intact and in working condition. She opens from the back to get the eggs.
The laying hens laid 34 eggs today. She doesn’t know how many hen she has, she lost count the last time she was trying to count them. I’m just glad that we get to take some fresh eggs home.
I will post Grandma’s Garden next.
I will add exif data when I have more time.
Grandma has so many hens that she lost count of them. They are like her children and they follow her around.
Canon T2i, EF70-200mm f/4L USM lens, Manual, f/6.3, 1/200sec, ISO 400, focal length 70mm, evaluative metering
She has to lock the roosters up part of the day so that the hens can do their business.
Canon T2i, EF70-200mm f/4L USM lens, Aperture Priority, f/5.6, 1/50sec, ISO 400, EB -0.3step, focal 122mm, evaluative metering
This one is waiting for her turn to lay her egg, Grandma said that at one time there were 3 hens sitting on the same nest, needless to say how the eggs turned out. It was dark in the hen-house and kind of hard to take a picture.
Canon T2i, EF70-200mm f/4L USM lens, Aperture Priority, f/4, 1/6400sec, ISO 400, Exposure Bias 0step, focal length 70mm, evaluative metering
The weather is still nice and cool, but longer daylight hours so the laying hens lay more eggs than during the winter months.
Canon T2i, EF70-200mm f/4L USM lens, Aperture Priority, f/4, 1/250sec, ISO 400, Exposure Bias 0step, focal length 118mm, evaluative metering
Canon T2i, EF70-200mm f/4L USM lens, Aperture Priority, f/5.6, 1/200sec, ISO 400, focal length 70mm, evaluative metering
This is Bo’s latest addition. He thought he got a male and female Guinea Fowls, but it turned out that they are both males.
Canon T2i, EF70-200mm f/4L USM lens, Manual, f/6.3, 1/160sec, ISO 400, focal length 200mm, evaluative metering
They do make a lot of noises and can fly pretty high.
Canon T2i, EF70-200mm f/4L USM lens, Manual, f/6.3, 1/160sec, ISO 400, focal length 200mm, evaluative metering
This is one of the first few Americana hens that Bo bought last year. She’s too old and doesn’t lay egg anymore.
Canon T2i, EF70-200mm f/4L USM lens, Aperture Priority, f/5.6, 1/800sec, ISO 400, focal length 140mm, evaluative metering
Rhode Island Red, far from home and just hanging out.
Canon T2i, EF70-200mm f/4L USM lens, Aperture Priority, f/5.6, 1/125sec, ISO 400, focal length 163mm, evaluative metering
An Americana hen, she is a beauty.
Canon T2i, EF70-200mm f/4L USM lens, Aperture Priority, f/5.6, 1/800sec, ISO 400, focal length 98mm, evaluative metering
Max is keeping a watchful eye on the hens.
Canon T2i, EF70-200mm f/4L USM lens, Manual, f/6.3, 1/160sec, ISO 100, focal length 131mm, evaluative metering
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