On Oct 19, 1:45 pm, "James Silverton" >
wrote:
> PeterLucas wrote on Sun, 19 Oct 2008 16:50:04 +0000 (UTC):
>
> >> A fascinating discussion; thanks indeed! In my defence, I
> >> would say that my tasting of fish sauce occurred twice. Once
> >> was an experiment just to see and the second was to check
> >> what was in two similar bottles at a pho restaurant; one was
> >> hoison sauce and one wasn't!
>
> > I would have just looked at the consistency of the
> > sauce....... before having a glug!! ;-)
>
> Some people insist on having the last word :-) A fraction of a spoonful
> was enough and some types of fish sauce are quite thick. The brand I
> prefer is Golden Boy which is clear and thin but was not that in the pho
> place!
>
> --
>
> James Silverton
> Potomac, Maryland
>
> Email, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

Just now got my first Golden Boy. Used to use Tipros in the plastic
bottle, or that patis in a white lable. GB has by far the best lable
(a baby in an aura, holding a bottle with a picture of a baby in an
aura).

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