Anna Monro wrote: > I hope this isn't one of those idiotic questions which everyone asks > > when they first join the list, which will result in great flaming and > I'll never be allowed to live it down. on the contrary, great question! yours is the sort of question this group was set up for, among other things. and don't worry, everyone knows there is never any flaming here....<grin> > Anyway - I'm having a dinner party this weekend, using a mixture of > Thai and Malaysian recipes. One of them (for Mi Goreng, a noodle > dish) calls for Sambal Tumis, which the recipe helpfully explains is a > chili sauce. i'll ask around up here. My neighbor is native Malay and i frequent most of the thai places worth spending money on. good luck h. alan ************************************************************ h. alan kantrud northern plains institute for advanced habanero research 3000 east cliff road, burnsville (not kidding), mn 55337 vox 612.8984.1807 fax 612.707.0694 "i love to singa...about the sunna and the moona and the springa" ~e. cartman (under alien supervision) ************************************************************