[CH] Fish Sauce (Slightly OT)
Rockin' Randy (ledbelly99@yahoo.com)
Fri, 13 Aug 1999 00:11:01 -0700 (PDT)
Greetings!
During "Neptunalia '99" at Daytona Beach, Myron amd I visited his favorite
Oriental store. Among homemade Kimchi and other delights I purchased a
bottle of Fish Sauce - I had seen it in recipes that Doug Irvine posted to
the list.
I asked the owner about a choice of two available brands. He recommended
the brand that was "not so fishy". Who-Weee! I'm glad I didn't get the
"fishy" one.
Most folks who have smelled it choke a little, shake their heads and ask
if I *really* eat that stuff!
The ingredients listed Anchovies, salt and water. I had figured they mash
them all together and strain the liquid off - nope! Here is a link to
Kasma's page. There is a *very* interesting story about the process of
making Fish Sauce:
http://users.lanminds.com/~kasma/features.html
Her cooking pages are great and do have a lot of references to chilis in
cooking. Kasma also corresponded with The Colonel.
I thought that The Carp, being a fermenting kinda guy, might want to try
his hand at some Fish Sauce in one of his crocks!
Out of Hiding,
rr
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