On Fri, 11 Aug 2006 04:46:06 GMT, Cindy Fuller
> wrote:

>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.

I've had that happen to product in both plastic and glass bottles.

>Cindy
>Another Three Crabs supporter

- John Frawley