George said...

> 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?
>
> You must have some particular sensitivity to its odor. I open the bottle
> and pour out the small amount and proceed without even thinking about
> it. Maybe open the bottle and dispense what you need under the range
> hood the next time?


I used required fish sauce to make Thai chicken satay. It smelled putrid
after 24 hours of marinating but bbq'd up delicious! Now it's a GOUT ATTACK
waiting to happen.

Andy