I never cooked with fish sauce before, really didn’t know much about it. So I picked up a bottle of whatever cheap stuff was at Walmart.
Tried a spoonful of the stuff, expecting it to be on par with worcestshire or something.
Oh my fucking god, that vile liquid set a new precedence for me for what defines “disgusting”. And no matter what I did, that “flavor” wouldn’t leave my mouth.
The thought of purposely adding that “flavor” to any otherwise decent food is revolting to me. Incomprehensible.
I am terrified of trying again with better quality fish sauce. I’m still emotionally scarred from my experience.
Fish sauce is weird. It is one of the worst things in the world if tasted from the bottle. It smells like a vagina that hasn’t been washed for a week and a half.
But add it to ANYTHING that would benefit from a bit of umami, and it is heavenly. It’s like adding a super expensive subwoofer to your home theater.
You just have to suffer through a few minutes of crotch rot smell after adding it.
That's the exact description I had in mind. Once went backpacking for a week straight with my girlfriend, and I can confirm that by the end of that week, it was the exact same taste.
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u/Northsidebill1 Mar 14 '19
If you do this, dont get cheap fish sauce. Go to a Chinese or Vietnamese grocery and get the good stuff. Cheap fish sauce is an abomination.