In article >,
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.
>
> -sw

The brands in plastic are usually saltier than the ones packed in glass.
I've had fish sauce in plastic bottles where the salt precipitated with
time.

Cindy
Another Three Crabs supporter

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