Stuffed Eggs Pratoom

Pratoom was my first Thai maid. She had a round, dimpled, smiling face, a mop of unruly black curls, and a quick wit.

When I first arrived in Thailand, I lived in an enormous house, joining families with my mother’s existing household. Pratoom applied for the position of second maid and was brought in by virtue of the fact she was the Number One maid’s younger sister. When I set up my own household and moved down the lane to a smaller house, Pratoom, affectionately abbreviated to “T