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Default Thai All-purpose Sauce?

On Sun, 17 Oct 2010 13:09:08 -0400, Ian > wrote:

>Hi -
>
>I found a nice little book called "Healthy and Easy Thai Cooking:
>Healthy Thai Dishes You Can Make at Home (Healthy & Easy)" (isbn
>9781901268430) at Borders for the bargain price of $3.99. Since it
>originated in Thailand, I thought it might have some unusual and
>interesting recipes, and at that price it was not much of a gamble.
>
>Well, I got past the 'whiskered sheat fish' reference, thanks to google
>(its a catfish), but the 'all-purpose sauce' is unexplained, except for
>an indecipherable photograph. My local Thai grocery thinks they might
>mean soy sauce, or perhaps Golden Mountain or Maggi Sauce, but I though
>I'd throw the question open to the resident experts here. Anyone got a
>definitive answer?


http://www.stellalucy.com/thaikitche...posesauce.aspx