"Omelet" > wrote in message
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> In article >,
> "James Silverton" > wrote:
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>> Omelet wrote on Wed, 05 Aug 2009 14:44:56 -0500:
>>
>> > >> I've not used Anchovy much, but I use Oyster sauce all the
>> > >> time. I just asked as I like to experiment. :-)
>> >>
>> >> Some may like to know that there is vegetarian "oyster sauce"
>> >> made from mushrooms.
>>
>> > I've seen mushroom sauce. As far as I know, they don't call
>> > it Oyster sauce?
>>
>> No, those are two different things. You can find "Vegetarian Oyster
>> Sauce" in Chinese supermarkets.
>
> Huh. That sounds interesting enough to search for. Thanks!
>
>

Perhaps made with oyster mushrooms... but then are mushrooms/fungi vegetable
or meat.

Really matters not what they call it, if it contains no oysters it's not
oyster sauce, unless Chinese tradition permits... perhaps made with
*artificial oyster*, as in oyster substitute, as in made with fermented
seaweed. Btw, all anchovy are fermented, it's just a matter of degree...
fermented is a culinary term that sounds nicer than rotted.