Steve Wertz wrote:

> On Tue, 8 Aug 2006 07:48:52 -0700, Ken Blake wrote:
>
>> 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.?
>
> Ketchup, mustard, and mayo have a pretty quick turnover on US
> grocery store shelves. Fish sauce doesn't move that quick. It
> comes a long way under sometimes severe conditions.


Yes, as I just said in another message in this thread--the issue appears to
be, not just plastic, but a combination of plastic and losng storage.


> Notice that restaurants always use glass bottles for their
> table-top ketchups.


That used to be true, but not any more in my experience. These days I hardly
ever see anything but plastic.

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Ken Blake
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> Contrary to popular belief, they are not
> refilled (at least not at respectable joints - sometimes they may
> be "consolidated" though). Plastic bottles + no refrigeration
> cuts down on the ideal conditions for ketchup if not used quickly.
> Restaurants often don't rotate their stocks of dry goods, too.
>
> And for the same reason you don't see very many fish sauces in
> plastic, you don't see soy sauce in plastic either. I'd bet the
> salt content of each of those products isn't exactly beneficial to
> plastic..
>
> -sw