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Pad Thai was invented by Thailand's authoritarian prime minister
Original: “It was Thailand’s authoritarian mid-twentieth-century prime minister, Plaek Phibunsongkhram, usually known as Phibun in
Thailand's mid-twentieth-century prime minister Plaek Phibunsongkhram, known as Phibun, is credited with creating the pad Thai phenomenon. A JSTOR Daily piece on the invention of the national dish is circulating, noting that the famously beloved noodle dish was promoted under his nationalist government as part of campaigns to modernise Thai cuisine and identity.
Why now: A JSTOR Daily article about the political origins of pad Thai is being widely shared.
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- “It was Thailand’s authoritarian mid-twentieth-century prime minister, Plaek Phibunsongkhram, usually known as Phibun in English, who created the pad Thai phenomenon.” Inventing Pad Thai - JSTOR Daily https:// daily.jstor.org/inventing-pad- thai/ # Food # Noodles # Thailand #… · UilliamMacGiollaM@mastodon.scot · 8
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