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Lemon grass is an important ingredient in many Thai food dishes. The image above will make it clear that lemon grass does not appear similar to any of the grass types that we see, it looks more like a stem than grass. If you are interested in making a Thai food dish that needs lemon grass but, do not have access to fresh lemon grass you have a few options.

Lemon grass paste and lemon grass powder are two options that you can try. Lemon grass paste as the name suggests, would be wet and pulpy, cold storage will be necessary to ensure that it does not spoil. You will need to take a little lemon grass paste each time and use it. The instructions on the lemon grass paste pack would mention the amount of lemon grass paste that you should use. Generally, 1 teaspoonfull of lemon grass paste should be the equivalent of around 1 stalk of lemon grass. Try this a couple of times, fine tuning the proportions and you will soon become an expert at estimating the proportion of lemon grass paste to be used.

When it comes to lemon grass powder, you should remember to store it in a cool and dry paste. The refrigerator is a good place to do this. Use a clean and dry spoon to take out the amount of lemon grass powder that is needed for your dish. A teaspoonfull of lemon grass powder should be equivalent to 1 stalk of lemon grass. Read the instructions on the packet, follow these for storage and porportions.

Read more about lemon grass at this link: http://www.thaifood.food-recipe-cooking.com/lemon-grass-01.htm

Most of us use CDs (compact discs) to store various types of information.  This information could be office work files, personal photographs or confidential documents. The prices of CDs has dropped steadily and this has resulted in computer users, not worrying about using the complete space available on each disk.

This has resulted in most computer users having a large collection of CDs, most of which are useless or outdated. The problem that follows is, how to dispose these CDs safely. While taking about safety in destroying a CD we need to consider two issues. The first is related to safety from any injury, the second issue is equally important and relates to confidentiality of the contents on the CD. You could easily throw your unwanted CDs in a dustbin, but risk the possibility of someone picking the CD and reading the contents!

Some people recommend burning CDs but, this could cause a lot of pollution and the fumes could injure your health. Putting your CD in a microwave would lead to similar problems. Trying to break your CD with your bare hands would probably keep the data out of the hands of most people but, could cut or bruise your palms. Leaving the CDs as they are is not a good idea too. You would soon have so many CDs that tracking would be impossible. You would never know if a CD has fallen into the wrong hands.

So, how can a CD be destroyed safely? If you want to destroy a CD safely and easily, walk out to the compound or road. Drop the CD on the ground. Now press your shoe heel (not bare foot) on the CD and heavily turn right and then left. Do not try to spin a 360 degrees as you could lose your balance and fall! Turn right and then left 5-6 times. Then flip the CD the other way and do the same. It is fair to assume that the data on the CD would now be unreadable, except to a secret service police officer. Pick the CD and drop it in the dustbin.

This process is okay if you had a few CDs to destroy. But if you had many CDs or needed to destroy CDs from your office, a less athletic way might be wiser. CD ’shredders’ are available that can punch holes throug a CD and make it useless. Shredders can also slice the CD into small pieces. These are specific devices that are sold and you should not use food processors or paper shredders to do this job. CD shredders are available in different capacities and you can choose a model to fit the volume of CDs that you will be destroying. You could also find a manual or mechanical CD shredder so look around before you make a decision.

A comprehensive report regarding destroying a CD safely is available at this link. It also discusses many common ways that could be used to destroy a CD but, are dangerous. http://www.health.food-recipe-cooking.com/destroying-a-cd-01.htm
 

An important ingredient for the Thai papaya salad recipe is obviously the papaya itself. The papaya that should be used in your papaya salad recipe should be raw and firm. In Thailand, such papayas are normally around 9 inches to a foot long. Any Thai papaya salad recipe that you use, will recommend that the papaya be grated.  This makes it necessary for the papaya to be firm and tight.

The color of the papaya inside should be whitish or a very pale green, do not use a papaya that has started ripening. This would be a little orangish or reddish inside and will not grate well and surely will not have the crisp bite that is expected in your Thai papaya salad.

If you are not familiar with the papaya salad from Thailand check the recipe at this link: http://www.thaifood.food-recipe-cooking.com/green-papaya-salad-01-th-nv.htm