On Sun, 21 Mar 2021 00:34:58 -0600, US Janet >
wrote:

>On Sat, 20 Mar 2021 20:00:33 -0500, Sqwertz >
>wrote:
>
>>On Sat, 20 Mar 2021 13:52:35 -0600, US Janet wrote:
>>
>>> The attached recipe from dsi
>>>
>>> https://meatwave.com/recipes/grilled...t-heo-nuong-xa
>>>
>>> calls for"Vietnamese fish sauce". I asked if there was much
>>> difference between Vietnamese fish sauce and a different one.
>>> I was contemplating making the recipe but only had one fish sauce
>>> commonly available in my area. With much effort I could probably find
>>> Vietnamese fish sauce.
>>>
>>> In the context of fish sauce above, I believe it is the bottled stuff
>>> that is added to other typical ingredients to make a sauce used by the
>>> Vietnamese for fish.
>>
>>Fish sauce (nuoc mam) is all Vietnamese fish sauce. It's not USED
>>for fish, it's MADE OUT OF fish. You didn't say what brand/product
>>you have.
>>
>>-sw
>. The brand is Dynasty, product of Thailand. Anchovy extract, salt
>and sugar.
>Janet US


Thought I do not use it often any more, I have almost always used
Golden Boy, which lists ingredients as "anchovy fish, salt, sugar."

It has very nice flavor in dishes, but over the years, one of its big
advantages to me was that I could get it in a pack of maybe 4-6 small
bottles- probably the sort one would carry for lunch, or maybe keep on
the table, because I found that using up a large bottle was difficult
to do before I felt it was just open too long.

Although I used to cook Thai or Vietnamese more than I do now, each
recipe only took a couple spoons of the sauce and the usual bottles
were 24 oz, or close too it. It would have taken me forever to use it
all up. I'd wind up chucking an old bottle thinking its freshness
might be off. It proved cheaper, ultimately, to get the multi-pack of
small sizes.

Of course, I might have been wrong. I mean, I have vinegars and honeys
that are really old, but I know those things last forever and ever,
though some taste changes might occur, but that can be an adventure
and a side benefit, rather than a problem.