I was disappointed by these dried salted fish. They were not
fermented like I expected. They just tasted kinda musty.

Here's a picture of one of the fish with some of the other
ingredients:

http://i32.tinypic.com/mbolc9.jpg
(There were two fish rather than 1 in this package for ~$16)

I didn't know how to shred the fish - it's pretty leathery. So I
just ripped off the skin, ripped out as many bones as possible and
shaved the fillets with my santoku. I used marinated chicken, green
onions, fresh carrot, and a little bit of fresh (not frozen) shrimp
in small slices. Garlic, frozen peas and some stray corn. Soy and
oyster sauce were the only sauces I used, and all that was in the
marinade.

It was still pretty tasty, but not fishy, and disappointingly not
pungent at all:

http://i25.tinypic.com/sy2t7q.jpg

This is what I've used in the past, and what I'll continue using
from now on. This stuff has the stink and pungency I was looking
for in the salted fish:

http://i29.tinypic.com/icrayh.jpg

My previous jar, with a piece at it's side, and the resulting dish:
http://i32.tinypic.com/rarh46.jpg
http://i29.tinypic.com/r8gmdc.jpg

Leftovers for breakfast. Then to the dentist. He oughta appreciate
that ;-)

-sw