"Serene Vannoy" > wrote in message
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> Kate Connally wrote:
>
>> So, I would be curious to see a survey about this.
>> Do you use the soy sauce?
>
> About half the time.
>
>> Does anyone you know use the soy sauce?
>
> Since I know myself, that would be a yes.
>
>> Do you use the mustard?
>
> Only if I have eggrolls, which I like dipped into sweet-and-sour and hot
> mustard.
>
>> Does anyone you know use the mustard?
>> Do you save the soy sauce and collect it in a bottle
>> at home for home use?
>
> No, but sometimes I keep the packets and use them if I'm having rice for
> lunch or something.
>
>> Ditto mustard.
>
> Ditto.
>
Japanese call soy; shoyu. it's a fermented product. here in the u.k. most
Japanese consider what passes as soy sold in the shops to be a chemical
concoction that is not in any way the same as their fermented product.

> Serene