Fresh lemon grass is hard to find, and fresh cilantro doesn’t last long, so tonight I made four curry pastes.  Red, Yellow, Green, and Massmun.  I love having them on hand – cook them in coconut milk with some sugar and salt and soy sauce, throw in tofu and whatever colorful veggies I have on hand, and it’s dinner.  Each one tastes so different from the other that the same basic recipe makes different dishes.   However, I’m not too keen on wearing gloves, so I end up with burning hands for days from cutting the hot peppers!  Make all four at once, and you’re flirting with disaster.  Ow.  Ow.  Ow.  The hands hurt, but they smell wonderful.