rolling nutrition nazis 2010

btw these guys will make custom cereals/granola and send them to you: http://www.meandgoji.com. i kind of want to try it.

<3 <3 <3 fish sauce but maybe it is in part bcz I don't have a sense of smell, eh? Thai curry just does not taste right w/out it.

yeah like 3 drops of fish sauce can really drastically improve certain dishes!

you aren't supposed to smell it

it does smell like a rotting body though

maybe i was misinformed--imagined it as more of a condiment on its own than something you use three drops of. i don't make a lot of complicated curries or anything (and by "not a lot" i mean "none at this point in my life").

def not something i would just pour onto a completed dish like i would hot sauce or sriracha.

yeah you do not want to use it as a condiment or your food may taste like a corpse. you mix it in the sauce. it's def key if ur making pad thai too imo

yeah may patience for sauces/oils/seasonings extends to "what i can pour directly from a bottle"

used a couple drops of fish sauce in my broth last night. makes it richer imo

The Splendid Table cookbook swears by a couple of drops of fish sauce in *everything* for umami. Like, in beef stew and marinara sauce and stuff. Have not really tried this but I guess I agree in theory.

splendid table drives me crazy

i would only use it in a dish where i felt the fish scent would be complimentary to the other items already in the dish. not beef stew! if you have to rely on fish sauce to get your achieved flavor profile in that kind of dish, you might need to go back and study complimentary ingredients and cooking procedures imo.

fishy beef stew

fish sauce is the greatest! so key in thai + viet food

i like slightly fishy tasting marinara sauce and think it would be ok in beef stew if i liked beef stew. the fishyness comes out differently depending on what else is in there.

otoh the spendid table promos make me want to hurl so maybe tehresa is right

fish sauce is used in alot of different dishes. the smell goes away and you're left with savory madness of the most delectable sort

You could just put 1 or 2 chopped up anchovies in yr bolognese if that's what you want.

i tried listening to the podcast for a while last year and that woman is just like "HEY WE ADDED LOTS OF BUTTTTTERRR MMMMMMM BUTTTTTTERRRRRR SO TASTY" and i couldn't take it. she did once interview a cool senegalese chef, though!
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anchovies are so salty!

very overpowering, even in small quantities.

I don't mind listing to TST but the cookbook gets a thumbs down from me, and not just because of the fish-sauce-in-everything philosophy.

yeah i wouldn't touch anchovies if i could use fish sauce instead
btw you can also use sardines....

can use it in anything once you put it in while cooking, rice/noodle based dishes or anything chinese/thai is amazing. i don't think it's that weird to use in pastas or stews either, rotting fish is in lots of sauces! i've never really noticed the smell apart from when i put the bottle to my nose first time i bought some. it's not really v strong, are you really lashing it on? i can't smell it in the cupboard at all.

i just don't think you should depend on it for everything! be adventurous and creative, people!!!!

try it you will like it

I had two turkey finger sandwiches, salad, and 1 imitation oreo cookie.

I want to buy fish sauce--it's in a lot of my recipes.

I am confused by turkey finger sandwich.

Is it like a chicken finger sandwich

Ha--you know, like little sandwiches, not actual turkey fingers.

The Splendid Table woman has a cookbook? She is a such a buzzkill whenever I'm breezing along with NPR and then her nagging voice comes on.

Yeah, it's called How to Eat Supper or something like that.

what is an imitation oreo cookie?

http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/2008/05/23-End/hydrox.jpg

you aren't supposed to smell it

― jortin shartgent (harbl), Wednesday, 6 January 2010 19:18

duh. cooking with it = u smell it

Hydrox, what a great name for a cookie.

godzilla vs hydrox

hydrogen + oxygen = creme filled chocolate cookie

WHO LOVES WALNUTS? HOLLA @ ME

ayooo

holla!

hot buttered walnuts

it's not really v strong, are you really lashing it on? i can't smell it in the cupboard at all.

― I see what this is (Local Garda), Wednesday, January 6, 2010 3:02 PM

well mines got a cap on it. when i open the cap i can smell it immediately and when i squirt it into the hot pan to mix w/ curry you can smell it cooking. maybe im just using too much. also i can't find the one brand that supposed to be the best (and not as putrid) in stores: golden boy

probably king of all nuts in terms of nutrition?

if you squirt it that sounds like too much but i am not sure. usually a few drops is enough. i have some crappy grocery store brand but it's not like i'll ever run out of it.

also i can't find the one brand that supposed to be the best (and not as putrid) in stores: golden boy

there are no pan-asian supermarkets/down in hell/so you can't buy golden boy peanuts there

http://zenandjuice.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/goldenboy.jpg

I gots the golden boy. Squid also supposed to be pretty good.

recursive thumbs up baby

finally a pic of am0n the golden boy

where did you buy it