The Stratton ABC Foundation Childrens Home Chiang Mai » food

Big Thanks To The Sandaver Family

John — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 03:17:36 +0000

Next months food bill has been alleviated tremendously thanks to a very generous donation from the Sandaver family: Adam, who lives in Chiang Mai with his wife Sirikul and their 3 children, and Adams parents, John and Margaret.

They popped in on Monday with a trunk load of supplies for our kitchen and we would all like to say a very big “Thankyou”.

A Healthy Diet

John — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 03:19:06 +0000

One of the biggest parts of our budget is the weekly food bill. We ensure a healthy diet: low in meat, high in fresh vegetable content, brown rice and plenty of fruit.

We are doing our best to expand our vegetable growing at home in an attempt to relieve the budget a little.

Any help to sustain this high standard diet and so keep the children as healthy and active as possible, is much appreciated.

“Baa Tam Ahaan Aloi”

John — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 05:13:50 +0000

In our promo video you will hear little Zak saying that one of the reasons he likes it here is that “Baa tam ahaan aloi”…(“Aunty(house Mother) makes delicious food”, and how true that is. I make sure the kitchen is regularly stocked with a good variety of fresh veg and the children enjoy a very tasty, healthy diet.

Right now sweet potatoes are in season:)

Tambon at Wat Mae Salab

John — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 02:23:51 +0000

This weekend there was a Tambon ceremony at our local Temple, Wat Mae Salab.

In keeping with our policy of doing our best to follow local culture we visited the Wat on Saturday and I gave all of the children a small amount of money to donate, along with a larger donation from myself.

Kneeling before the Monk we offered up the silver tray with all the donations and stayed on our knees to receive the Monks blessing.

On Sunday the full ceremony was held, with the Wat so full that many had to sit outside as many Monks blessed all present.

After the blessings there was food for all, so Wasana got a welcome break from cooking lunch as the kids and myself ate at the Temple.

Luckily I love the local Thai food and filled up with spicy lab, (raw minced and pounded pork mixed with herbs and spices), …mmmm aloi mak mak.

The kids ate more out of respect, as much of the food was a little too spicy for them to enjoy properly.

The locals were all very attentive to the children and also quite amused at the way I tucked into the local quisine.

We left the Wat at around midday ready for our regular Sunday Bai Tio.

For more photos please visit our photobucket album here.

Some of the photos were taken by our most keen website worker, Tai.