Thai Food Heeeelp. Do Brazil Nuts ever feature in Typical Thai food?

[Wills]

I LOVE Thai food but 4 years ago developed a very serious Brazil nut allergy. Since then I've avoided Thai because someone told me they use Brazil nut oil a lot. But given how much I used to eat I'm now skeptical. I still order a chinese without thinking about it. Just wondering if I'm being silly.

Cheers

I did a Thai cookery course and didn't come across any brazil nuts or brazil nut oil - it tended to be mainly peanuts.

If it's a serious allergy you are not being silly - i'd just ring the restaurant in advance and ask them what type of oil they use. And then go stuff yourself with Phad Thai hmmmmmm

No,they don't use brazil nuts.
They may use candle nuts though which are not generally used in Western hemisphere.

oHHHH Pad Thai. I've just spoken to them and I think they understood Brazil nuts and no they don't use them. The problem here is that different cultures have different names for the same nut. Technically I shouldn't eat any tree nuts (peanuts are not tree nuts) but its awful not to eat asian food. Anyway Pad Thai here we come.

What are candle nuts?

Erm..they are nuts used to thicken SE Asian cookery.

A bit about candle nuts.Similar to macadamia nuts.

Thanks for that. Truth is that I ought not to eat any tree nuts, but there's loads of things I 'ought' not to eat