Thai · IV The Method
Prik Nam Pla (Table Condiment and Finishing Sauce)
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Description
The simplest and most universal of Thai table condiments — fish sauce with sliced fresh bird's eye chillies, and usually a squeeze of lime. Prik nam pla appears on every Thai table as the basic seasoning adjustment available to every diner — it is the salt cellar and the hot sauce and the acid condiment of the Thai table simultaneously. Its preparation requires 60 seconds: sliced fresh chillies in fish sauce, perhaps lime, perhaps a thin slice of garlic. Its function is both practical (individual seasoning adjustment) and cultural — it is the expression of the Thai table's fundamental principle that every diner is their own final cook.
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The Thread
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Flavour Context
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