4 Gold for My Sweet (Thai Dessert)
Three eminent Thai sweets which are related to gold are
“Thong Yip”, “Thong Yood”, and “Foi Thong”. “Thong” in Thai means gold in
English. The main raw materials for cooking these three sweets are egg yolk and
sugar syrup.
Actually, “Thong Yip” will be very delicious if it is cooked
by pure egg yolk. Unlike the past, people now put some starch in egg yolk when
they cook “Thong Yip” to make some more profit. Egg yolk is stirred well before
putting on warm sugar syrup. When it is done, it will be placed in a small bowl
and it is managed to have curves.
“Thong Yood” is made mainly by egg yolk and some particular
starch. Sellers are very keen to cook their “Thong Yood”. They have to have
high skills for producing small ball while throwing into warm sugar syrup. When
it is cooked, it will be placed on banana leaf.
Similarly, “Foi Thong” is made from egg yolk. The shape of
“Foi Thong” is different from both “Thong Yip” and “Thong Yood”. It comes from
putting egg yolk in a cone with a small hole. Swing this cone over warm sugar
syrup. Then egg yolk will be in small lines like noodle and it is piled up.
These three sweets are considered as sweet for high
socio-economic status persons in the past, and people will cook them for
particular occasions such as cerebrate birthday, new home, marry, promoting
rank, or religion days.
These three sweets are considered as gold representative. Gold
is considered as the value property of Thai. Especially in the past, only red
tape or high rank persons can buy gold. Servants, workers, or slaves cannot
because they had no money. Of course, these sweets, in the past, are offered
for former. Fortunately, nowadays, things change and are changed because of
forces such as science and technology, economy, politics, or education so Thai
people either rich or poor, high or low rank can buy and enjoy these sweets
easily.
Traditionally, Thai believe that people who are the host
will be luckier and richer when they serve their guests with these sweets. It
is also the honors of the host to serve the high class sweet to their guest. At
the same time, the guests will be happy and glad when they eat these sweet
because they know they are honored and they might be lucky and rich too after
eating them.
To sum up, if people want others to treat them well, they
need to do what they want to others first. Then others will do the same thing
in return.
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