Living the Thai way as an expat, hygine, Local Markets etc

[poosmate]

Warning OFF TOPIC.
In my opinion for expats who are the regular users and contributors to the forum are not really concerned which section the topics are in.
I usually read the forum using the 'view unread posts" and do not even notice what category the posts are in. However it is most annoying when a topic is going along nicely and is of interest to many when a moderator who may not even be a resident or expat in Thailand decides to in my view stop a thread as in their opinion it is off topic.
My suggestion would be that all new threads are placed in Foo by the OP then maybe a discussion of many subjects will take place and a thread can wander without hindrance?

[Big Boy]

This forum is providing a public service. The above comment is less than helpful. If you want to discuss further, please do so via PM as per the T&Cs which you have agreed to abide by.

[Korkenzieher]

Big Boy - I have no issue with your decision though IMHO, in the specific case it isn't so far off the topic because cost variance and reliability of food sources are germane to the cost of living in Hua Hin - but that in itself is a judgement call. And what else are Moderators there for, at the end of the day, but to make those judgement calls.

Subject matter under discussion is likely to cross the nice neat boundaries that forum titles imply, and that's just a fact of life. It is inevitable, that topics will drift when someone asks a question that another contributor feels obliged to answer, rather rather than appear rude by ignoring. How does an individual poster deal with that?

Search engines will index the text of contributions - not just the thread title. Almost any word I could come up with will throw up pieces of conversation where the use of the word is incorrect, or the context is different, or whatever. It is a pity there is no facility with this SW (phpBB?) to have a discussion 'tree' where sub topics splinter off the main thread, or some sort of cross-indexing system, but again, that is what searching is for!

[Lev]

In my opinion for expats who are the regular users and contributors to the forum are not really concerned which section the topics are in.

That maybe true however we strive to attract new visitors and members who are concerned where information is and need to locate it easily, as do the search engines that scan and rank this forum along with the external websites that syndicate our content. The frustration of having a perfectly good thread go wildly off topic is shared by many, ourselves included.

a moderator who may not even be a resident or expat in Thailand decides to in my view stop a thread as in their opinion it is off topic

Physical location is totally irrelevant, the moderators are undertaking a task of managing information. Questioning their actions on the public board is against the rules as you well know, take it up via PM if you have a problem.

It may seem that moderators are jumping on everything but we have had more than a fair amount of 'thread drift' recently so are attempting to adjust the flow and re-compile the information so it is relevant and useful to new members and readers, not just the expats that know where everything is. All are welcome to start new topics on any subject, we encourage this over steering an existing discussion into oblivion.

Now, please, any further comments on this or quips about the moderators or their decisions will be deleted.

[Siani]

Sorry if I have done something wrong, it was not intentional. I suppose I should have split the topics up

[moja]

Checked the fridge and the Villa fairies have indeed arrived. No cider though. Knew I should have grabbed a few at JD place yesterday Guess I will have to go down the road and have a couple of beers. As one would on a rainy friday afternoon.

Crazy 88

Seems one just cannot get the staff these days!!!!

[crazy88]

Got to agree with you on Natta Siani. Nice people too.

Takiap I will dig out the number for you. You will need a Thai speaker. I have met him all over the place in town. Not the happiest looking chappie but his off the bone mutton makes a great curry

Crazy 88

[Big Boy]

Not the happiest looking chappie but his off the bone mutton makes a great curry

Crazy 88

I've never seen sheep in Thailand (maybe I haven't been looking).

I've always assumed that mutton is a mature sheep ie beyond lamb stage. I know a lot of lamb is imported from New Zealand, but what is the origin of the mutton please?

[Johan]

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[Korkenzieher]

Mutton is mature lamb - less than a year, and older than about 4 months. Mutton used to be very common in the UK but fell out of favour due to fattiness, and stronger taste. Lamb is almost universal now, which is a shame. There are some places where you can buy mutton wether (about 4 years), just like you can buy a pig-in-a-box but it isn't likely to be turning up on the shelves of Tesco and Asda any time real soon. The word itself is just the English spelling of the French 'mouton', for sheep. Lamb is from the German 'lamm' for the same thing.

[poosmate]

Not necessarily sheep.

Goat meat is the meat of the domestic goat It is often called chevon or mutton when the meat comes from adults.In some parts of Asia the word “mutton” is often used colloquially to describe both goat and lamb meat, despite technically only referring to sheep meat. Wiki

[Siani]

I have to tell you this Just eaten a fabulous meal at Wan restaurant. There were three of us, my son joined us tonight. When we arrived a BBQ was in the entrance with Catfish just gently cooking, just perfect. My husband said that he would have that for sure. So we ordered 2 fried rice with pork (truly fab), the catfish, nam tuk (can't spell it) and some Issan fried chicken. Huge portions...too much We had 3 or maybe 4 large Changs between us. The bill was 410 baht How do they do it? I love Wan, she is so lovely, just wants to feed you and make you happy This is living the expat way as it should be in Thailand

[Big Boy]

Thanks poosmate - that was my suspicion. I'll certainly look out for it next time I'm there.

[JimmyGreaves]

Sheep, there's a lot of them around they always follow blindly!

[pharvey]

Not necessarily sheep.

Goat meat is the meat of the domestic goat It is often called chevon or mutton when the meat comes from adults.In some parts of Asia the word “mutton” is often used colloquially to describe both goat and lamb meat, despite technically only referring to sheep meat. Wiki

Certainly in China, ''mutton'' tends to be goat.