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A Brief History of Fish Sauce (legalnomads.com)
tananan 16 hours ago [-]
Thanks for sharing. It is especially interesting to hear the factors that contributed to the decline of fish sauce use in the west.

One thing I am “stealing” from SEA is fish sauce in scrambled eggs. Feels almost like a cheat code.

vinhnx 10 hours ago [-]
Oh absolutely and you're welcome! Btw, fish sauce in scrambled eggs over rice is one of the simplest, most satisfying meals you'll find across Southeast Asia, in my country Vietnam especially. It's my favorite meal also.
stevenwoo 47 minutes ago [-]
ICYMI - This is an attempt to mimic a secret Vietnamese American restaurant recipe but interesting use of fish sauce with spaghetti https://www.tasteofhome.com/article/san-francisco-style-viet...
AdieuToLogic 32 minutes ago [-]
> One thing I am “stealing” from SEA is fish sauce in scrambled eggs. Feels almost like a cheat code.

A bit of stone ground mustard added to scrambled eggs is another culinary delight.

saysjonathan 41 minutes ago [-]
Homemade garum is a fun kitchen experiment, if you have the equipment and patience. Heat + protease + protein substrate is really all you need.
valzevul 15 minutes ago [-]
On that note, the easiest way to get your hands on some protease is to buy digestive enzymes sold as food supplements (most often they're made out of dried pork pancreas).

You also don't need much equipment: scales and an immersion circulator should do the trick.

joshu 9 minutes ago [-]
it hasn't updated in a while but i quite like this blog: https://www.culinarycrush.biz/all/will-it-garum
xattt 28 minutes ago [-]
> protease

Thanks for the flashback of briefly walking through Glassware Processing at a reference public health lab. The smell of whatever protein-digesting soap they used was horrendous.

It might have been the smell of whatever agar they were prepping at the time too… but whatever it was.. it’s imprinted forever.

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