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Sat 07 Jul 2007Best buysCURRY FAVOUR:The nation's favourite meal, as voted by viewers of Corrigan Knows Food on RTÉ 1, is Thai green curry. Who would have thought it. Not Paddy Power bookmakers anyhow; the winning dish was backed in from 150/1 to end up a short-priced favourite, leaving Chinese stir-fry; Indian curry; bacon and cabbage; and steak and chips languishing in its wake.Good news then for the Wexford-based owners of Thai Gold, the new food products sourced, manufactured and packaged in Thailand and distributed on the Irish market by Norman Ruddock, his Thai wife Penn Thaiphithak, and James Brady. The Thai Gold label can be found in supermarkets (Dunnes Stores, Superquinn and some SuperValus), delicatessens and health food shops all over Ireland. The products, which where possible are organic and Fairtrade, embrace just about everything you'll need to make the nation's "favourite" meal, including green curry paste, coconut milk, fish sauce, and both white and brown jasmine rice.