Steve Wertz wrote:

> On Mon, 7 Aug 2006 19:46:30 -0700, Ken Blake wrote:
>
>> Steve Wertz wrote:
>>
>>> Never buy fish sauce in plastic bottles.
>>
>> Why not?
>
> Because most plastic is slightly porous. Some of those bottles
> have been through hell and back before they hit the shelves,
> often for another, long rest.
>
> Although its already spoiled, if it sits in plastic too long it
> will spoil in a different way. I've seen some really old fish
> sauce in plastic bottles at some stores. It's not a pretty sight
> - dark and cloudy.
>
> The fact that it's in plastic bottles to begin with is a bad sign
> already, fresh or not.


Thanks, interesting. But why do you say this about fish sauce in particular?
Wouldn't the same hold true for almost anything bottled in plastic--soy
sauce, ketchup, mustard, mayonnaise, etc.?

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