Flower Power

We always are interested when Darith makes a new Khmer dish that we haven’t tasted. This particular one was quite interesting. Times of the year make a difference on ingredients that he can get, pretty much like our seasons for vegetables, etc. The flower you see in the picture is from a plant that grows in the water. Last rainy season we saw hundreds of these plants that get dislodged from the shore and float down the river. They do not eat the leaf of the plant or stem, but only when the bloom comes this time of year. This is considered a very nice meal and the crew really liked it. You can tell Piseth is ready to dig in. The mealtime joke is that if they don't have rice they will have "no power" to work! Thus the title of this blog. Yesterday, we had pizza for lunch, but I think think they worked just fine! gail