Mom's Recipe Episode 3

Stir fried beef basil rice in pork fat

With this episode Sriyada receives packages and the delivery boy collapses from heat and exhaustion. They try to give him one of their boxed lunches and then get a lesson on why they are unhealthy with all the oil. He pieces together a healthier box from others. Another girl ate like he did and it was called thoughtless food. They visit the home of the delivery boy and learn why his preferred food was most thoughtful. His father was a musician that ate and acted however he pleased. It resulted in failing health and all his musician fans and friends left him to his family that he had spent years ignoring. They have been taking care of him faithfully in spite of his poor behavior in the past. He is now grateful for his wonderful wife and faithful son. Sriyada and Chengtu were walked through the process of making pig fat. When used properly and in small amounts, it is not unhealthy for food. She showed them how to cook eggs and keep the yolk soft and how to crush basil first to release aromatics before adding to the meat. Even tho this dish was similar to the ones they had ordered, there was a distinct difference in oil amount and quality. They showed cooking in oil with carcinogens vice freshly made , small quantity and throwing away after use. It does make you think about all the extra bad things that might be included in takeaway foods from lazy habits with cooking oil. At the end they give the recipe and show the cooking techniques to make the dish successfully.

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