Ok, I just ran out of my bottle of 3 Crabs fish sauce, and I am ready
to place a new order. I was happy with 3 Crabs brand (much better
than Tiparos).

What should I order? Squid brand, Golden Boy or stick with 3 Crabs?

TIA
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Lori wrote on Mon, 30 Apr 2007 19:40:29 GMT:

LL> What should I order? Squid brand, Golden Boy or stick with
LL> 3 Crabs?

The only one I know is Golden Boy and that has always been very
satisfactory.


James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

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James Silverton wrote:

> Lori wrote on Mon, 30 Apr 2007 19:40:29 GMT:
>
> LL> What should I order? Squid brand, Golden Boy or stick with
> LL> 3 Crabs?
>
> The only one I know is Golden Boy and that has always been very
> satisfactory.

I've used Golden Boy, and it was good. There's also Cock Brand Fish
Sauce..

--
Dan

"James Silverton" <not.jim.silverton.at.comcast.not> wrote:
> Lori wrote on Mon, 30 Apr 2007 19:40:29 GMT:
>
> LL> What should I order? Squid brand, Golden Boy or stick with
> LL> 3 Crabs?
>
> The only one I know is Golden Boy and that has always been very
> satisfactory.

We're presently using Pa-Siam, but Jun mentioned several other brands.

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On Mon, 30 Apr 2007 19:40:29 GMT, Lori Lee >
wrote:

>Ok, I just ran out of my bottle of 3 Crabs fish sauce, and I am ready
>to place a new order. I was happy with 3 Crabs brand (much better
>than Tiparos).
>
>What should I order? Squid brand, Golden Boy or stick with 3 Crabs?
>
>TIA
>Remove "No Spam" from e-mail address before replying

i've read good things about 3 crabs. squid brand is widely available
here, and that's what i have.

there's a brief discussion he

<http://www.thaifoodandtravel.com/features/fishsauce1.html>

and he

<http://importfood.com/gourmet_fish_sauce.html>

your pal,
blake

As I posted b4, the salt content in the fish sauces you mention are highly
loaded with salt....less than 1 T furnishes all the sodium you need for one
or more days. Tiparo make a fish sauce that has more than enough salt but
still 1/2 the amout of the rest so look for this special preparation...We
have to consider are we equating good tast with sodium overload or not?????
perhaps we should deverlop our taste to the extent that we can define
exactly what we are really experiencing when we judge one product over the
the other
"Steve Wertz" > wrote in message
...
> On Mon, 30 Apr 2007 19:40:29 GMT, Lori Lee wrote:
>
>> Ok, I just ran out of my bottle of 3 Crabs fish sauce, and I am ready
>> to place a new order. I was happy with 3 Crabs brand (much better
>> than Tiparos).
>>
>> What should I order? Squid brand, Golden Boy or stick with 3 Crabs?
>
> I always use 3 crabs. It looks like Phu Quoc got it's grant to
> use the name exclusively as an origin of distinction, so anything
> that says Phu Quoc on the bottle should be good as well.
>
> -sw

On May 4, 4:20 am, "Joel" > wrote:
> As I posted b4, the salt content in the fish sauces you mention are highly
> loaded with salt....less than 1 T furnishes all the sodium you need for one
> or more days. Tiparo make a fish sauce that has more than enough salt but
> still 1/2 the amout of the rest so look for this special preparation...We
> have to consider are we equating good tast with sodium overload or not?????
> perhaps we should deverlop our taste to the extent that we can define
> exactly what we are really experiencing when we judge one product over the
> the other


Used properly, one would never ever use 1T of fish sauce for one
serving of food. If I'm using fish sauce as a condiment, I don't put
any more than a few drops on my food.

Perhaps we have to develop our minds enough to judge just how much
fish sauce we're actually using (per serving), then determine if we
even have sodium overload.

Rona Y > wrote:
> On May 4, 4:20 am, "Joel" > wrote:
> > [ . . . ]
> Used properly, one would never ever use 1T of fish sauce for one
> serving of food. If I'm using fish sauce as a condiment, I don't put
> any more than a few drops on my food.
>
> Perhaps we have to develop our minds enough to judge just how much
> fish sauce we're actually using (per serving), then determine if we
> even have sodium overload.

Hey, Rona! Good to hear from ya. I totally agree. In most of my (Jun's)
recipes, I add the fish sauce caveat, "Too little is better than too
much!"

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Nick. Support severely wounded and disabled Veterans and their families!

Thank a Veteran and Support Our Troops. You are not forgotten. Thanks ! ! !
~Semper Fi~

On May 4, 12:56 pm, Nick Cramer > wrote:

>
> Hey, Rona! Good to hear from ya. I totally agree. In most of my (Jun's)
> recipes, I add the fish sauce caveat, "Too little is better than too
> much!"
>
> --
> Nick. Support severely wounded and disabled Veterans and their families!
>
> Thank a Veteran and Support Our Troops. You are not forgotten. Thanks ! ! !
> ~Semper Fi~

Thanks! I'm always around, just don't post much.

Yes! Definitely err on the too little side! You can always add more
at the table, after all.

Years ago on the Food Network, the two chefs on the Two Hot Tamales
(can't remember their names--something like Milliken and Fenniger??)
were making something Thai, and they used either a whole cup or half a
(large) bottle of fish sauce in the dish!!! Either way, it was
waaaaaaaaay too much! My mother sent them an e-mail telling them how
foolish they were, but they never replied. I wonder why....

rona

Steve Wertz wrote:
> On Mon, 30 Apr 2007 19:40:29 GMT, Lori Lee wrote:
>
>> Ok, I just ran out of my bottle of 3 Crabs fish sauce, and I am ready
>> to place a new order. I was happy with 3 Crabs brand (much better
>> than Tiparos).
>>
>> What should I order? Squid brand, Golden Boy or stick with 3 Crabs?
>
> I always use 3 crabs. It looks like Phu Quoc got it's grant to
> use the name exclusively as an origin of distinction, so anything
> that says Phu Quoc on the bottle should be good as well.
>
> -sw

I used to use 3 Crabs but found out it isn't naturally fermented. It
is flavor-enhanced. So I went to Golden Boy which is excellent.

Melondy

>
> I used to use 3 Crabs but found out it isn't naturally fermented. It
> is flavor-enhanced. So I went to Golden Boy which is excellent.
>
> Melondy

Here is a good article about fish sauce and the use of hydrolyzed
wheat protein as a flavor enhancer.
http://www.thaifoodandtravel.com/fea...ishsauce1.html

-tmo