Re: [CH] Fish Sauce (Slightly OT)

Luke Speer (lukasz@midcoast.com.au)
Sat, 14 Aug 1999 08:52:24 +1000

Randy wrote:
	    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!
Luke replied:
Wait till you get one that has gone bad.. Early in my fish sauce days I
opened a bottle one day and was just about to pour it into the dish I
was cooking when I caught a sniff and decided not to.(Just as well
because it may have been hard to wash from the Chiles). I went down to
the supermarket and got another of the same brand, opened that and
compared the two, and decided the proper place for the first bottle was
a burial at sea or a toxic waste dump.. 
Here in Oz we are seeing more Asian type food so Fish sauce is becoming
more commonly used.. 
                    Luke in Oz