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Default I fear this stuff! fish sauce!

On Oct 5, 6:59*am, piedmont > wrote:
> Don't laugh, I just bought a bottle of imported Vietnamese fish sauce
> and it scares me! Should it be a little bit chunky, pours ok but after
> I opened it already I put my finger over the top a shook it up, it
> seemed to blow out just a tiny bit.
>
> Here is the writing on the bottle, *Que Huong, Bun Mam Da Nang, Mam
> Nem Pha San, Huong Vi dac Trung, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
>
> Fish sauce smells already so how could you tell if its went bad?


It's fermented fish sauce with fresh garlic and lemongrass. Maybe
there's still a little fermenting going on?

You cook with it anyways, right?