Stu wrote on Tue, 05 Oct 2010 10:33:51 -0500:

>> 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?
>>
>> Michael

The only fish sauce I use is a Thai variety called Golden Boy, which is
clear and light yellowish brown. The many sauces I see containing
various sorts of sludge are most unattractive. Even Golden Boy tasted
straight is pretty horrible but it does wonders for Thai and Vietnamese
cooking.

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James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

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