New Year's Day (Thailand)

This looks like more fun than watching a ball drop at midnight

Today was New Year's Day in Thailand (and a lot of other Southeast Asian countries as well). Thais usually celebrate by sprinkling water on others (or using super soakers, whatever works). Some may also make New Year's resolutions like in America.

With all that said, we probably should have done something a bit more special today, but you know, it gets exhausting trying to celebrate a different holiday you know very little about every day of the week (though I did go out for a jog, which was one of my many neglected resolutions from January). So I just put together a Yellow Thai Curry from a packet. I've done this several times before and it usually turns out really well. You sauté the curry paste in oil then add coconut milk. Then you throw in whatever vegetables you have lying around (so as long as it has potatoes. Yellow curry simply must have potatoes!) Serve with rice and then you've got a delicious meal.

I'd usually make it with just vegetables or throw in some chicken. This time I decided to be all vegetarian and do it with tofu. Now it should be said that I've had some very good tofu in the past, but I've never really cooked with it myself. Apparently, you need to think of tofu like a sponge. It usually comes soaking in a yucky tasting water, so you've got to get all the moisture out and marinate it in what you want it to taste like. Sadly, I didn't do this and it ended up tasting too much like the yucky water. It was still eatable, but it would have been better without it. Sigh, hopefully I'll do better this coming new year.