Twas the Night Before Christmas

Every Christmas Eve, the local Christians stay up all night decorating the church and preparing food for the next day.

One of the dishes they like to make is called 'khaaw phok.' It's made from rice and sesame seeds...which they pound together until it becomes this black, stretchy mass. The khaaw phok itself doesn't have that much flavor. But you eat it after dipping it in this yummy, sugary molasses stuff. They eat it all night long! It was so much fun.


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