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think_too_mut

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A visit to Thailand would teach you that the fish is "Thai tuna". Isaan, landlocked, don't have it. It comes from Samutsakhorn, between Bangkok and Hua Hin.

 

Then goes around the country. Not Isaan specific.

 

Actually, It is Plaa Too ปลาทู. A mackerel and a stable diet throughout Thailand as you say.

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Thai tuna, that's how I heard Thais naming it, never any other name. Along the road to Hua Hin, where they are fished, there are dozens of stalls selling it half dried (like 1 day sun dried).

 

That is easily explained, the thais you have met don`t know the names of various fish species, most likely only 2 or 3. And that certainly does not include mackerel.

The smallest tuna species is the Skipjack tuna, and still it grows up to 70 centimers or more.

 

Try ask them: What is the english name for ปลานิล Plaa Nin, Tilapia or ปลาดุภPlaa Duk, catfish. The 2 most common fish, found everywhere for sale in Thailand.

My guess would be, that you will come up with a blank :)

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