On Jun 9, 5:25*am, stark > wrote:
> I've tried everything: masks, clothes pins, mentholatum. I just can't
> get around the smell. Mine's a good brand, Three Crabs or something
> like that; and granted the taste is mild, just a salty, rich taste
> that makes a good dipping sauce. But that smell! *I'm not a neutral
> scent fanatic. I don't mind the smells of frying permeating the house,
> or a long braise or even sauteeing onions and garlic. *My wife must
> have some hound dog in her genes; she can tell if I've looked at a
> clove of garlic within the past three hours. She didn't mind the smell
> of my simmering fish sauce; in fact, she kinda liked it. Me? I was
> ready to abandon ship, sell the house or raze it and rebuild. Naw!
> Just dump the fish sauce and note it as another "cannot do."
>
> How about you? Do it bother you? How do you cope? *How do you explain
> to guests that your sewer system is fine and that neither you nor your
> pets are flatulent or dead and that so far as you know there's nothing
> rotting beneath your house?

I totally agree with you- I won't buy it, especially after watching a
show that showed how it's made- yuk!! I just do without...