Chin som or naem is made from pork, beef or buffalo meat, and named accordingly, chin som mu, chin som ngua, chin som khwai. The pork kind is sometimes called mu som. It can be eaten by itself with rice. It should be cooked by grilling with the wrapper on it as Chin Som Mok or made into some other dishes such as khua chin som, chio phak plang and khua fak pheka on. (Udom Rungruengsi, 1999, p. 1879; Saowapha Thakaew, personal communication, July 2, 2007) |