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2. Research - if it has been said it will be on the internet. Ignorance is no longer a justifiable reason for buying the wrong thing. Take the time to research in detail everything that you could possible want to know about

3. Testimonials - don't know anybody that has bought a Fish Sauce? Wrong! If the Fish Sauce is good the internet will let you know. Use the Internet as a friend and get testimonials before you buy.

4. Questions - Got a question about Fish Sauce then search the Forums, FAQ's, Blogs etc. Don't be afraid to ask .....

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6. Returns - still worried that even after all of the above your Fish Sauce wont be what you want? Check out the returns policy. There is so much competition now that someone, somewhere is bound to offer the terms that you are comfortable with.

7. Feedback - happy with your Fish Sauce then let people know, after all you are depending on others people input in your buying decision, so why not give a little back.

8. Security - check for the yellow padlock on the Fish Sauce site before you buy, and the s after http:/ /i.e. https:// = a secure site

9. Contact - got a question about Fish Sauce, or want to leave a comment then check out the sites contact page. Reputable companies have them and respond.

10. Payment - ready to pay for your Fish Sauce, then use your credit card or PayPal! Be aware of companies that don't accept them, there may be genuine reasons but given the huge amount of choice you have when buying online there is no reason at all not to buy via credit card or PayPal.

Fish sauce is a condiment derived from fish that have been allowed to fermentation (food). The term describes a wide range of products used in many different countries, and by different cultures, throughout history. Fish sauce is frequently used in Cuisine of Vietnam, Cuisine of Thailand, Cuisine of Laos, Cuisine of the Philippines and other Southeast Asian cooking to add saltiness to dishes. In Southeast Asian cuisines, it is also used as a dipping condiment for fish, shrimp, pork, and chicken (food).In southern China, it is used as a cooking oil, or as an ingredient for soups and casseroles.

Types Some fish sauces are made from raw fish, others from dried fish, some from only a single species; others from whatever is dredged up in the net, including some shellfish; some from whole fish, others from only the blood or viscera. Some fish sauces contain only fish and edible salt, others add a variety of herbs and spices. Fish sauce that has been only briefly fermented has a pronounced fishy taste, while extended fermentation reduces this and gives the product a nut (fruit), cheesier flavor.

Southeast Asian Southeast Asian fish sauce is often made from anchovy, salt and water, and is often used in moderation because it is intensely flavoured. Anchovies and salt are arranged in wooden boxes to ferment and are slowly pressed, yielding the salty, fishy liquid. The variety from Vietnam is generally called nước mắm- famous with some traditional brand names: nước mắm Phú Quốc (Phu Quoc), nước mắm Phan Thiết (Phan Thiet), and similar condiments from Thailand and Myanmar are called nam pla (น้ำปลา) and ngan byar yay respectively. In Lao/Isan it is called nam pa, but a chunkier, more aromatic version known as padaek is also used. In Cambodia, it is known as teuk trei (ទឹកត្រី) and range from a variety of sauces using fish sauce as a base.The Indonesian semisolid fish paste trasi, the Cambodian prahok and the Malays (ethnic group) fermented krill brick belacan are other popular variations of the same theme. The similar Filipino people version common to Indo-China is called patis. It is the by-product of a popular crude fish sauce, bagoong.

Southeast Asians generally use fish sauce as a cooking sauce, although it is sometimes used as a dipping sauce as well. However, there is a sweet and sour version of this sauce which is used more commonly as a dipping sauce (see nuoc cham).

Western factory near Tarifa, SpainA similar fish sauce was ubiquitous in Classical Roman cooking, where in Latin it is known as garum or liquamen, and also existed in many varieties such as oxygarum (mixed with vinegar) and meligarum (mixed with honey). It was one of the trade specialties in Hispania Baetica.

Garum is frequently maligned as being bad smelling or rotten. For example, it has been described as an "evil-smelling fish sauce" made of fish ranging from tuna, mackerel, and moray eel to anchovies (Introduction to Paul Wilkinson, Pompeii: The Last Day, London BBC Productions 2003). This attitude derives in part from ancient authors who satirized the condiment, but mostly from the fact that fish sauce was generally unknown in the Western world until very recently. The truth is quite different, and in fact garum only smelled when it was being made. Once the process was complete it produced a pleasant aroma for as long as it was usable.

In English language it was formerly translated as fishpickle. The original Worcestershire sauce is a related product because it is fermented and contains anchovies.

Recipe Here is a recipe from the 1881 Household Cyclopedia for an antique non-fermented fish sauce.

Take:

• 1 pound of anchovies
• 1 quart of claret (a dry red wine)
• 1 pint of white wine vinegar
• ½ ounce of cloves and mace
• 2 rages of ginger sliced
• a little black pepper
• peel of a lemon
• a piece of horseradish
• 1 large onion
• a bunch of thyme and savory (herb)

Set all these over a slow fire to simmer an hour, then strain it through a colander; when cold put it in a bottle with the spice, but not the herbs. To a large coffeecupful cold, put a pound of butter; stir it over the fire until it is as thick as cream; shake the bottle when used, and put no water to the butter.

In Vietnamese restaurants, fish sauce is rarely presented to the client in pure or "straight" form. Rather, it is usually mixed with water, vinegar, or lime or lemon juice, and sugar, and often other ingredients such as crushed garlic, ground ginger, Tabasco sauce, chili pepper seeds and/or marinated carrots. This mix (known as nước chấm) accompanies such dishes as Imperial rolls and rice vermicelli noodles (and various permutations thereof, e.g. bún bì, bún chả giò etc.). Here is one rendition of the basic formula:

• 1 part fish sauce
• 3 parts water
• 3 parts vinegar
• 3 parts white granulated sugar

Combine ingredients and stir well, until sugar dissolves. Chill before serving.

See also

• Bagoong terong
• Bagoong monamon

External links

• Fish Sauce Recipes
• Fish Sauce – How it is Made, by Kasma Loha-unchit, a Thai cooking instructor and author living in the U.S.
• Garum!
• James Grout: Garum, part of the Encyclopædia Romana
• Italian Cooking And Living Article on Garum
• Phu Quoc Fish Sauce – Nam Huong Producer
• vietnamese fish sauce-Hoangtuan company

Fish sauce is a condiment derived from fish that have been allowed to fermentation (food). The term describes a wide range of products used in many different countries, and by different cultures, throughout history. Fish sauce is frequently used in Cuisine of Vietnam, Cuisine of Thailand, Cuisine of Laos, Cuisine of the Philippines and other Southeast Asian cooking to add saltiness to dishes. In Southeast Asian cuisines, it is also used as a dipping condiment for fish, shrimp, pork, and chicken (food).In southern China, it is used as a cooking oil, or as an ingredient for soups and casseroles.

Types Some fish sauces are made from raw fish, others from dried fish, some from only a single species; others from whatever is dredged up in the net, including some shellfish; some from whole fish, others from only the blood or viscera. Some fish sauces contain only fish and edible salt, others add a variety of herbs and spices. Fish sauce that has been only briefly fermented has a pronounced fishy taste, while extended fermentation reduces this and gives the product a nut (fruit), cheesier flavor.

Southeast Asian Southeast Asian fish sauce is often made from anchovy, salt and water, and is often used in moderation because it is intensely flavoured. Anchovies and salt are arranged in wooden boxes to ferment and are slowly pressed, yielding the salty, fishy liquid. The variety from Vietnam is generally called nước mắm- famous with some traditional brand names: nước mắm Phú Quốc (Phu Quoc), nước mắm Phan Thiết (Phan Thiet), and similar condiments from Thailand and Myanmar are called nam pla (น้ำปลา) and ngan byar yay respectively. In Lao/Isan it is called nam pa, but a chunkier, more aromatic version known as padaek is also used. In Cambodia, it is known as teuk trei (ទឹកត្រី) and range from a variety of sauces using fish sauce as a base.The Indonesian semisolid fish paste trasi, the Cambodian prahok and the Malays (ethnic group) fermented krill brick belacan are other popular variations of the same theme. The similar Filipino people version common to Indo-China is called patis. It is the by-product of a popular crude fish sauce, bagoong.

Southeast Asians generally use fish sauce as a cooking sauce, although it is sometimes used as a dipping sauce as well. However, there is a sweet and sour version of this sauce which is used more commonly as a dipping sauce (see nuoc cham).

Western factory near Tarifa, SpainA similar fish sauce was ubiquitous in Classical Roman cooking, where in Latin it is known as garum or liquamen, and also existed in many varieties such as oxygarum (mixed with vinegar) and meligarum (mixed with honey). It was one of the trade specialties in Hispania Baetica.

Garum is frequently maligned as being bad smelling or rotten. For example, it has been described as an "evil-smelling fish sauce" made of fish ranging from tuna, mackerel, and moray eel to anchovies (Introduction to Paul Wilkinson, Pompeii: The Last Day, London BBC Productions 2003). This attitude derives in part from ancient authors who satirized the condiment, but mostly from the fact that fish sauce was generally unknown in the Western world until very recently. The truth is quite different, and in fact garum only smelled when it was being made. Once the process was complete it produced a pleasant aroma for as long as it was usable.

In English language it was formerly translated as fishpickle. The original Worcestershire sauce is a related product because it is fermented and contains anchovies.

Recipe Here is a recipe from the 1881 Household Cyclopedia for an antique non-fermented fish sauce.

Take:

• 1 pound of anchovies
• 1 quart of claret (a dry red wine)
• 1 pint of white wine vinegar
• ½ ounce of cloves and mace
• 2 rages of ginger sliced
• a little black pepper
• peel of a lemon
• a piece of horseradish
• 1 large onion
• a bunch of thyme and savory (herb)

Set all these over a slow fire to simmer an hour, then strain it through a colander; when cold put it in a bottle with the spice, but not the herbs. To a large coffeecupful cold, put a pound of butter; stir it over the fire until it is as thick as cream; shake the bottle when used, and put no water to the butter.

In Vietnamese restaurants, fish sauce is rarely presented to the client in pure or "straight" form. Rather, it is usually mixed with water, vinegar, or lime or lemon juice, and sugar, and often other ingredients such as crushed garlic, ground ginger, Tabasco sauce, chili pepper seeds and/or marinated carrots. This mix (known as nước chấm) accompanies such dishes as Imperial rolls and rice vermicelli noodles (and various permutations thereof, e.g. bún bì, bún chả giò etc.). Here is one rendition of the basic formula:

• 1 part fish sauce
• 3 parts water
• 3 parts vinegar
• 3 parts white granulated sugar

Combine ingredients and stir well, until sugar dissolves. Chill before serving.

See also

• Bagoong terong
• Bagoong monamon

External links

• Fish Sauce Recipes
• Fish Sauce – How it is Made, by Kasma Loha-unchit, a Thai cooking instructor and author living in the U.S.
• Garum!
• James Grout: Garum, part of the Encyclopædia Romana
• Italian Cooking And Living Article on Garum
• Phu Quoc Fish Sauce – Nam Huong Producer
• vietnamese fish sauce-Hoangtuan company

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