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คนไทยแล้ว (Thai person already)

The title is not true insofar as it would mean I had mastered language and customs, but it was  gleefully shouted at me by a real Thai person when, one day after school, I rolled up to the songteaw stop on a motorcycle taxi, grocery bags in tow. I think if she had seen what was in the bags (salted peanuts and yogurt), the woman would have been less inclined to celebrate my Thainess. While I have really started to appreciate the food of Thailand, it has still been difficult to be really satisfied health-wise. To begin with, you need to be okay with eating small amounts of meat to have any culinary variety here, but proteins are often redundant, with eggs and meat in the same meal, and not really enough of either. Then I can go eat more eggs for protein, which is, of course, more of the same and gets boring. Other times, the meal will be entirely meat, rice, and sauce, often with a very fatty cut of meat. This is great for getting enough protein, but if not paired with a significant am